I have struggled with this issue many times over the years. All I can tell you is what is right for me.Not a business question, so posting in Off topic. But I know this forum is filled with insightful people.
Money is modern day survival. The passageway from childhood to adulthood is being able to survive on your own. Earning money becomes your purpose when you don't have enough to sustain yourself.
What is the point of life when you have enough money to sustain yourself?
The usual reply is "just do what makes you happy"
But what is happiness exactly?
All I understand is our brains have one goal in mind: to reproduce. When we are doing actions that are inline and satisfy that, our brain creates happy chemicals to tell us "Good job keeping doing this!"
So is the point just to follow our egos and primal desires as closely as possible?
I don't mean to ask this to try and sound smart or create some debate or something. Ive genuinely been stuck and lost for the past few years as to what life is all about. Or if it is really nothing with no meaning. We happen to exist up until this point and so you just make what you want of it, but at the barebones its to have the most optimum and prolonged survival.
When I was young I was always going to be happy when something happened in the future -- or I was able to buy something. I had a major health issue and almost lost my life. While I was lying there in bed, I asked when I was going to give myself permission to be happy. I was afraid I wouldn't last that long. So, as I got back on my feet, I changed my life and made myself new rules.
1. I live every day as though it will be my last one. Time is SO precious.
2. I try to pay forward by being helpful to the people around me. I want to leave a legacy of kind acts.
3. I don't want to make a bad cause by intentionally hurting anyone. It's not worth it to be mean or nasty.
4. I take care of myself. I try to eat right, exercise, sleep enough and spend some quiet time every day.
5. I take care of and cherish my relationships. That includes my dear husband, off-springs, and my close friends. They are the first people I go to with my joys and my sorrows.
6. I clean house a lot in my life. It's figurative and literal. I'm always evaluating things. I decide what activities and/or stuff I want to keep and what to 86 out of my life. Life needs room to send you something new. I try to make room for change.
Your life is a blank canvas. If you aren't happy, change it. It's your life!
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