Ask HN: How to know what you want to do for the rest of your life.

Re:Ask HN: How to know what you want to do for the rest of y... by hnthrowaway0328 on Monday January 22, 2024 @04:21PM (#39095624)

45 and couldn't figure that out either. I have family, work and kid so that's pretty much "everything" in modern Capitalism.

But I did figure out that there are two types of people. One figured out what they wanted to do in early life and went ahead to leave their names in history. The other didn't and perhaps never did.

There is not much one can do. If you are in the first camp you simply could not suppress the eagerness of going ahead and dive into what your destiny is, and if you are in the second then you simply could not figure out.

Just move on and figure out on the road. It's fine if you never figure that out. Most people thought they figure that out but they did not.

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Re:Ask HN: How to know what you want to do for the rest of y... by sodiumtech on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @03:47AM (#39100986)

Right these thoughts make me feel bad. I dont want to be from second group but i think i am from that group, at least till now.

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Re:Ask HN: How to know what you want to do for the rest of y... by badpun on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @04:17AM (#39101195)

99.9% of people are in that group. You're just normal, there's nothing wrong with that.

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Re:Ask HN: How to know what you want to do for the rest of y... by 082349872349872 on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @02:40PM (#39108602)

No one asked to be born, and no one is obliged to "make their mark". In fact, staying out of the news, out of the hospital, and out of jail is not a bad rough set of goals.

As long as we're here, we might as well "Party on", "Be excellent to each other", and, in general, do our best to enjoy the situation until we're no longer.

(all tourists eventually leave; some just take longer than others)

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