What is Life? - Da fuck?

I'm in the exact same position right now. I've decided that I'm not gonna follow the beaten path. It might be a phase and I might change my mind as I tend to go through various phases. I have a year of school left. Thinking about selling most of my shit after I graduate, trading, and traveling the world. Also considering going in the Navy for 3 years as an officer to save some money so I can trade more capital and live better.

My dream's to be a traveling writer and trader. Also looking into online businesses to start and general ways to generate income remotely.

RooshV has a userbase with a very similar mindset. Check out the "Lifestyle" section of his forum. It's pretty much dedicated to how to be financially independent without answering to anyone.

I think we're in a phase where we want everything but don't want to compromise on anything. Have to put in your dues, no easy money unless you're the lucky man/woman who wins the lottery.

Hopefully I'll grow up soon, but I don't see it happening in the near future.

I have gone through a simular thought process. What helped me is the realization that work is not the only thing that defines me.

Go out and spend that hard earned money on something that excites you. In the past weeks, I've gone kayaking, rockwall climbing and camping. Walking into work, I feel refreshed and look forward to the activities I have planned.

So sign up for something that you think is interesting, forget about your job for a weekend and just do it.

@RustyFork I totally agree bro, I'm a senior as well and until a few months ago I had a dream of selling my shit and moving to south africa and chillin there for a 2 years or so. Its just difficult because of the whole unemployment gap issue, I'm sure you know. I'll for sure be checking out that lifestyle forum tho.

@Scandal, do we really have to compromise our life just for some money tho? I hate the idea of growing up... I just wana be a kid and fuck around all my life.... oooo I wish.

@officerGodzilla Yea man, I'm thinking about getting a Lifetime Fitness membership again (a gym incase you havnt heard of it), it's open 24/7 so it'd be a interesting to go in at 6-7AM, work out/play ball and than hit up work after showering. Did u ever end up "growing up"?

Go read an article about children in the South Sudan, take a deep breath or go for a long run and count your lucky fucking stars that we were born in the US with the ability to reach the highest highs while being granted a put option on just how bad it can get for someone living in this country; a place where the homeless are given cell phones.

That's a great question to ask. You don't need experience to open a business. My buddy started one in high school and now he makes a bank on his innovative idea. You don't need to work in a corporate world before you start a business. Having some finance pedigree will never hurt but you can try starting a business now. I am actually planning to start one this academic year since I am a senior.

Yea thats not that bad OP, try being 22 and being a dad while working FT and going to school FT.... Reality my friend. Im not complaining boohoo but its difficult, in the words of Tupac --"Got to keep yo head up, even when the road is hard never give up"

Everyone's telling OP, 'It could be worse.'

Wanting something good does not imply that you don't appreciate what you already have. But we only get one life and I don't know about you, but I'm gonna try to make the most of it. Even if others never got the chance.

I'll save you a trip to the conference room...

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First of all, before you think you've stumbled on some brilliant insight, recognize that virtually EVERY single person who enters the work force from college has these thoughts. There are some who are so robotic as to overlook it, others who just choose to ignore it, and fewer still who actually have the wits to do something about it.

Secondly, you need to stop worrying and start accepting. Accept that centuries from now, you will at best have been reduced to a footnote in a textbook, or although your name might be immortalized, this caricature will be as much fiction as fact (e.g. George Washington). Accept that really there is no inherent purpose in life, and there there is no validation awaiting you at the end.

Some people just bail on the corporate world with an idea that they can be their own man. This is actually the wrong approach, in my view, because you will fail. Those who succeed bail because they think they can be their own business. There is a difference, i.e. you don't just quit because you refuse to take orders from superiors, you quit because you think you can do it better on your own and you have a plan and an idea to achieve that. Surely you see how foolish it would be to quit a safe job to start a business and then realize that you have no competitive advantage, no passion for the work itself, and that the whole scheme was merely a ploy to have control of your life. Then you will have no clue what to do and you will regret it all the same.

I was inspired by a quote by Stephen Hawking, who said something to the effect of: "Never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it."

Which is why I am absolutely dumbfounded at people who would just like to make enough money to walk away and do nothing. Your life would be largely empty without work. This was the moral of the story from Office Space. Peter Gibbons could do nothing, but he chooses to work in construction at the end. And he's happy, and satisfied.

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Please put a Spoiler Alert, come on man...

What's the point?

Look, you're sitting at a computer punching in numbers to excel because, although it might not seem like it, it makes a difference. You're helping build a better world. It sounds cliche, but think about it. If people hadn't taken an interest in industry, we wouldn't have the option to travel around and write while other people toiled away at desk jobs.

10,000 years ago, people decided gradually to move from hunting and gathering over a large amount of land to settling and cultivating smaller areas. You know those fruits and vegetables you like so well? Those didn't exist back then -- not in any recognizable way, at least. Over this vast time period, farmers bred the best roots and fruits with each other, selecting the sizes, flavors and colors they liked best. We love nature because we helped create it.

There's a philosophical beauty in industry. The world will be different at the end of your career than it was at the beginning, in part because of your individual actions. We live in a very specialized economy, so your work might be a bit less meaningful today than the farmer's was in 6,000 BC (or the hunters' and gatherers' work was before him), but that shouldn't detach meaning from your work.

If that doesn't help you, then you can instead look at your options ten years from now, when you've built up a comfortable amount of wealth and security. You can take direct action by starting a company of your own or directing your capital toward non-profits or non-governmental agencies whose work solves problems that bother you.

And yeah, you'll have plenty of time to cook, write, travel and kayak in between.

Yes. But his neighbor told him that you don't need money to do nothing.

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LOL Eddie, I was hoping to respond before you had to explain your first comment

If you're 20, you need to enjoy life. no need for the socrates type bullshit.

Some good advice on here.

For those of think I'm complaining, I'm trying to get some facts straight.Trust me or not, I'm very thankful for what I have... but like @rustyfork said, you only life once, so do it right.

I love finance, but moreover, I'm talking in terms of work-life in general. Its not about me being forced to work, everyone gotta make a living somehow, but its more about, is this what life is all about? I'm not trying to just live a boring ass life with 9 to 5s everyday and the only think I look forward to is rolling a blunt when I get home.

My main question: Does this "working/adult/grown-up life" get better? Right now, I'm just finding it hard to get adjusted to this crazy routine of having work responsibilities as well as how did some you adjust to it?

Not trying to complain/make you feel sorry for me/ or any other BS. Simply looking for some advice.

@the_stig, good ass video lol. I was thinking about the exact same thing when I was writing the post.