No life purpose seems meaningful enough

[Something Funny]

We live in a world of abundance and overconsumption.

There are tons of good paintings, songs, games, clothes, everything...

There's too much of it.

And then you are supposed to pick life purpose and be productive and do more of that. But what for? There is already too much. 

For your life purpose to be meaningful, you need to either be doing something really niche and special, like Leo, or bullshit yourself into believing that it is.

I like sewing, I like exercise. I was considering making a youtube channel about either of these but what for? There are already millions of videos about working out and learning how to make clothes. We don't need more. We don't need more clothing brands either, there are already too many of those...

If we are being honest, the best decision would be to get out of that cycle of production / consumption entirely. But then you would starve to death.

Edited 16 hours ago by Something Funny

[bazera]

Maybe doing something niche and special can be done in most fields. For example, exercise is huge industry right? What type of exercise do you like? I'd imagine there are some many sub-niches in exercise.

Maybe it's an issue of not-being creative enough. And to be so creative in some field that you come up with something original, requires a lot of experience in it. You can't just innovate a field that's just a hobby of yours.

Also, it doesn't have to be inovating, just a creative solution for some set of problems that people have in your niche.

[Elliott]

41 minutes ago, Something Funny said:

We live in a world of abundance and overconsumption.

There are tons of good paintings, songs, games, clothes, everything...

There's too much of it.

And then you are supposed to pick life purpose and be productive and do more of that. But what for? There is already too much. 

For your life purpose to be meaningful, you need to either be doing something really niche and special, like Leo, or bullshit yourself into believing that it is.

I like sewing, I like exercise. I was considering making a youtube channel about either of these but what for? There are already millions of videos about working out and learning how to make clothes. We don't need more. We don't need more clothing brands either, there are already too many of those...

If we are being honest, the best decision would be to get out of that cycle of production / consumption entirely. But then you would starve to death.

Life purpose doesn't have to be about something commercialized or monetized.

[Something Funny]

@Elliott this is the context of lofe purpose we are talking about here

[CARDOZZO]

There is no originality out there.

What is the future of sewing? Can you make 2060's clothes? Can you invent a new kind of niche style and apply 1000's fans approach to sell? Can you invent materials? Sewing techniques? 3D Printing Clothes On Demand At House?

Ask more deep questions, learn about inventors, innovators, pioneers. 

Be 1 of 1. 

[Leo Gura]

You have to be blind and soulless to have all of today's tools available to you and not see anything beautiful worth creating.

Mankind are asleep zombies starving for leadership, Truth, Love, God. And you see no way of leading them? Really??

There is a severe deficit of vision and passion here.

Edited 11 hours ago by Leo Gura

[vibv]

4 hours ago, Something Funny said:

 

We don't need more. We don't need more clothing brands either, there are already too many of those...

Good!

Now use Imagination and envision something greater than already exists! That's what we need right now—to go BEYOND. We have to go deeeeper  ✨

[The Blind Sage]

@Something Funny That's why things like the life purpose course exists - to help you figure out a meaningful purpose.

It's very normal to feel this way. 99% of people have no idea what they should meaningfully pursue, its a process of discovery and is not meant to be done alone - books, courses, coaching, etc are necessary for most people

Don't think in terms of binary - I have my life purpose or I dont. Think in terms of discovering who you are and narrowing your lp down to align with what you discover. If you dont find anything meaningful odds are you havent explored enough things/dont know your values.

discovering your lp could take years, 1 step at a time

[Elliott]

4 hours ago, Something Funny said:

@Elliott this is the context of lofe purpose we are talking about here

It doesn't need to be related to making money.

[The Blind Sage]

21 minutes ago, Elliott said:

It doesn't need to be related to making money.

Very true, but I'd surmise that it often eventually makes at least some money as since LP involves someone on the path of mastery, they end up providing massive value to some that are likely willing to pay for whatever it is they're doing

But yeah, it's a limited way of thinking to assume LP can only be something that makes money. I believe I recall Leo saying it's very likely many of us will have to  make money in a stage orange entrepreneurial way to fund their LP

[Ulax]

@Something Funny Bro i fully get you.

I say focus on 'doing the next best thing'.

If you can't find a life passion, focus on finding an interesting career, if you can't find an interesting career, find at least a career.

Even just having a career will discipline you, and help you hone the craft of getting good at something. Then if you find a life calling you will be much more skilled at the getting good process.

[NewKidOnTheBlock]

There is no life purpose; you just play certain roles in life according to your needs, abilities and circumstances/ luck. And those roles are not stagnant either, they change over time. This is evident and logical since life purpose is a construct which even Leo would admit to. I am of the opinion that it is, indeed, a gigacope to think that everyone (or even you) have something so valuable to provide to this world that you can call it your life purpose lmfao. Nope, wr all just keep playing those roles as best as we can, and then we pass. So let's get to work, goyim lmao

5 hours ago, Elliott said:

It doesn't need to be related to making money.

Everyone's an artist until the rent is due; or until you're hungry and you need to go hunt down an antilope, to recontectualize this in the most primal way

 

[Elliott]

9 minutes ago, NewKidOnTheBlock said:

 

Everyone's an artist until the rent is due; or until you're hungry and you need to go hunt down an antilope, to recontectualize this in the most primal way

I didnt suggest not having income or a job. You can be an artist and work at walmart in the same life.... if my life purpose is to be a musician does that then mean i can't also cook my own food?

9 minutes ago, NewKidOnTheBlock said:

am of the opinion that it is, indeed, a gigacope to think that everyone (or even you) have something so valuable to provide to this world that you can call it your life purpose lmfao. Nope, wr all just keep playing those roles as

 

It's just about doing something you're passionate about....

Edited 4 hours ago by Elliott

[Ulax]

8 minutes ago, NewKidOnTheBlock said:

Everyone's an artist until the rent is due; or until you're hungry and you need to go hunt down an antilope, to recontectualize this in the most primal way

 

It ain't about just being an artist. Its about attaining rare & valuable skills as an artist.

You think Christopher Nolan has to worry about his rent? 

[NewKidOnTheBlock]

19 minutes ago, Elliott said:

I didnt suggest not having income or a job. You can be an artist and work at walmart in the same life.... if my life purpose is to be a musician does that then mean i can't also cook my own food?

For sure you can. I was just being a smartass, intentionally LUL

20 minutes ago, Elliott said:

It's just about doing something you're passionate about....

Then passions are essentially synonymous with interests/ hobbies. This doesn't seem to be the way this concept is framed here, which is that passion is ussually a singular focused interest that is identity defining

25 minutes ago, Ulax said:

It ain't about just being an artist. Its about attaining rare & valuable skills as an artist.

You think Christopher Nolan has to worry about his rent? 

How many Christopher Nolans are there in this world, what do you think? LUL

[Elliott]

Just now, NewKidOnTheBlock said:

 

Then passions are essentially synonymous with interests/ hobbies. This doesn't seem to be the way this concept is framed here, which is that passion is ussually a singular focused interest that is identity defining

Yes a singular passion, something you essentially give your life toward.

[LastThursday]

@Something Funny I get the sentiment. I can go on to Amazon or eBay right now and get nearly anything I want, and I don't even need to get off the sofa. Any idea I have someone's got there already or it would cost a bunch of money to set up and protect.

Either, you're making the same thing but better, cheaper or in a slightly novel way. And most things on Amazon or whatever, I don't actually need.

But despite all that, it is actually possible to be genuinely innovative and creative, and there will be a market for it somewhere. It just takes practice and effort. There's probably never been a better time to be visible to the world and showcase what you're about if that's what you want.

[theleelajoker]

36 minutes ago, NewKidOnTheBlock said:

There is no life purpose; you just play certain roles in life according to your needs, abilities and circumstances/ luck. And those roles are not stagnant either, they change over time. This is evident and logical since life purpose is a construct which even Leo would admit to. I am of the opinion that it is, indeed, a gigacope to think that everyone (or even you) have something so valuable to provide to this world that you can call it your life purpose lmfao. Nope, wr all just keep playing those roles as best as we can, and then we pass. So let's get to work, goyim lmao

Everyone's an artist until the rent is due; or until you're hungry and you need to go hunt down an antilope, to recontectualize this in the most primal way

 

Resonates, especially the bold part.

I get the idea of life purpose. Has its charme, but also its limitations. And sometimes it seems to me that the whole chaos, drama and evil in the world is simply the universes attempt to make life meaningful. Let's assume you're "it" and let's assume you're invincible, you can never die, you cannot not exist...so how can you make it interesting for you? 

To take some pressure of the whole thing re OP: a japanese women once talked about ikigai, and she said: "in the West, you take it so serious, you make it so big, this purpose thing. In Japan, we sometimes just use the model in a way of "what gets me out of bed TODAY?

[Ulax]

16 minutes ago, NewKidOnTheBlock said:

How many Christopher Nolans are there in this world, what do you think? LUL

51 minutes ago, NewKidOnTheBlock said:

Everyone's an artist until the rent is due; or until you're hungry and you need to go hunt down an antilope, to recontectualize this in the most primal way

 

You made a universal claim. I pointed out an exception that showed your universal claim was false.