Do you know what you want from your life?

El_Duderino 09

I know what I want NOW. And as soon as I have it, I'll become used to it and wont desire it anymore. What happens next is the important part. Either I will get new desires and pursue them, or I'll become bored with what I have.

I often look at people with loads of money and all the hassle they put up with. Bernie Ecclestone is a billionaire, in his 80s and would pimp his own mother for a dollar (Metaphorically of course). Last year he was in and out of court for bribing a banker so he could make more money on a deal (He was going to make a skip full of money on the deal anyway without bribing anyone). Or think of a Donald Trump character. I often think 'man if I had their money, I'd live the good life and take it easy', but that's just not human nature.

Jacques Lacan talks about desire and how you can only desire what you don't possess, once you possess it you no can no longer desire it as you did before. Someone said 'be careful what you wish for, you just might get it'. If you enjoy chasing your desire then the worst thing you can do is fulfill that desire.

If you're lucky you can find a new desire and enjoy pursuing it.

All you can really want in life is happiness, and then hope to god you never get it because then you're really screwed.

RDM_83 again

Candie wrote: »

I know what I want, and I'm lucky enough to be on the road to it. I just wish there were fewer trade-offs. It would be nice if things were easier, but sometimes the best things are the hardest won.

I'd love to have that mindset, I've the unfortunate tendency to be a dreamer and a realist (in that I know the goals aren't realistically achievable without sacrifices that I'm not really willing to make) while also being a massive procrastinator

Been working the last 2 years in the only type of work I've truly enjoyed and the thought of having to go back to sitting in a corporate office makes me sick even in the most miserable of days, unfortunately its not a job conductive to living a life with any stability or ability to plan for the future. So in short I don't clue!

One thing I have learned from a sad event of a very close friend is that I'm so happy I've got good mental health (touch wood!), no matter how cr@p things are going I'm not at war with myself, its always been external things that drag me down.

chrissb8

Do absolutely everything I want to do without letting small things like jobs or fictional responsibilities holding me back. Go see more of the world.

Have a job in which it's not overly competitive and has a family feel about it. Challenging enough and ambitious enough to keep me on my toes. I don't mind about climbing as high as I can up the ladder. I just want enough money to not worry about it and build my dream home. Which isn't that grand of a vision anyway. Something built with quality materials and a nice plot of land. Nothing too big I'm only a small man. A nice solid dependable car that will go for years.

After I'm mostly content with what I've achieved settle down have a bunch of kids and a loving relationship with a woman. Smoke my weed and drink my home brewed beer. Spend my days watching (playing as long as I can) football, hanging with my kids and keeping in touch with friends. Good clothes. Not designer but just nice clothes on my back and great food. Most importantly of all I want my health and if my health must go as I get older then my body before my mind. Holidays twice a year as well.

Idealistic but a quaint achievable life. Long way to go yet.

policarp

I was nearly killed by a

motorbike.

Last_Minute

In want to own my own house one day. I now realise that this will never happen but I enjoy thinking about it when I'm sad.

diomed

To have people say "that's the guy I was telling you about" ... but in a good way for a change.