I don't know if I'm just lazy or what.
But I seem to go in this circle where for months, I'm extremely motivated and dedicated and put in the work for my goals, and life feels amazing.
Then, out of nowhere, it completely dies. Everything feels like a chore and life feels very empty. Kinda like I'm just alive, not really living. And I go back to feeling dedicated months later and the cycle just repeats.
I don't know if I just lack discipline or purpose or what, but I hear people talk about purpose like MJ where purpose is what gets you going even when times are tough.
But I just don't get it. I tried caring about something "bigger than myself" or various other purposes. And I did care, but my care always ends.
I have a YouTube channel and I had hundreds of comments talking about how my videos helped them. And it feels great to hear that feedback, but man that good feeling goes away QUICK.
Maybe I just never actually cared but how does one even find a "greater than yourself" purpose like that and genuinely care about it.
Maybe you also don't need a purpose like that cause a lot of fulfilled, successful people seem to simply follow their goals and live by their chosen values, and they don't feel empty I think.
I mean I at least know what I don't want out of life. Like no one wants to be broke, not be able to provide for their family, be addicted to social media, have zero self control, etc.
So I have goals to NOT be those things in life, but I don't really know what I want to be in life. Its like I'm running instead of chasing. Which may lead to success, but I feel like I'll still feel empty after achieving everything I want to achieve.
I don't know if your supposed to feel this way in the journey of self improvement, but I feel like I shouldn't be feeling empty like this.
At the end of the day, I don't know. But I'm also 18 so I don't have that life experience. Maybe I just need to stop overthinking it and just "grind" like everyone says lol.
What do you guys think?
But I seem to go in this circle where for months, I'm extremely motivated and dedicated and put in the work for my goals, and life feels amazing.
Then, out of nowhere, it completely dies. Everything feels like a chore and life feels very empty. Kinda like I'm just alive, not really living. And I go back to feeling dedicated months later and the cycle just repeats.
I don't know if I just lack discipline or purpose or what, but I hear people talk about purpose like MJ where purpose is what gets you going even when times are tough.
But I just don't get it. I tried caring about something "bigger than myself" or various other purposes. And I did care, but my care always ends.
I have a YouTube channel and I had hundreds of comments talking about how my videos helped them. And it feels great to hear that feedback, but man that good feeling goes away QUICK.
Maybe I just never actually cared but how does one even find a "greater than yourself" purpose like that and genuinely care about it.
Maybe you also don't need a purpose like that cause a lot of fulfilled, successful people seem to simply follow their goals and live by their chosen values, and they don't feel empty I think.
I mean I at least know what I don't want out of life. Like no one wants to be broke, not be able to provide for their family, be addicted to social media, have zero self control, etc.
So I have goals to NOT be those things in life, but I don't really know what I want to be in life. Its like I'm running instead of chasing. Which may lead to success, but I feel like I'll still feel empty after achieving everything I want to achieve.
I don't know if your supposed to feel this way in the journey of self improvement, but I feel like I shouldn't be feeling empty like this.
At the end of the day, I don't know. But I'm also 18 so I don't have that life experience. Maybe I just need to stop overthinking it and just "grind" like everyone says lol.
What do you guys think?
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