How can I get more purpose behind my life?

[Brighty]

How can I get more purpose behind my life? I dont know if its the adderall that I take or what, but I feel like I have no real drive.

Like, I can't bring myself to work on this script I'm writing hardly anymore, and last semester I had such a hard time actually studying because it wasn't fun to do. Its like I don't have any discipline, like I'm this ultra pleasure seeker and that I always want to be feeling good 100% of the time and working doesn't make me feel good so I don't do it. Don't get me wrong, I have a pretty large social circle with a lot of friends and I get more than my fair share of girls, but when it comes time to actually be productive and not party/socialize/slack off, I have the hardest time forcing myself to do it. I'm heading back to college as a sophomore in the fall and I need to get this sorted out as soon as possible.

Can anyone relate to this or have any ways to kick myself a proverbial kick in the ass and start getting a work ethic?

 

[JustLurk]

Find something you really want to do, a passion or something, and do it.
Worked for me *shrugs*

The medicine might be reducing your drive by messing with your dopamine levels btw, I suggest asking your doctor about that.

 

[5string]

ADHD? The medicine can do that to you. Talk to the doc. It can cause a false sense of well being among other things. Maybe it's your underlying DX. Please go see the doc and talk to him about it.

 

[Fortress Maximus]

I'd say start working out and eating right. It's what did it for me, man.

 

[Alle_Gory]

I'd say start working out and eating right. It's what did it for me, man.

That's not a purpose...

 

[BigJimbo]

That's not a purpose...

It can be! Dude might be bisexual. Gay men often dedicate their lives to working out and looking good. Many older married men support young good looking guys. So, being in good shape in essence is your life.

 

[Quiksilver]

Find something you like doing, and figure out how to get paid to do it.

 

[Fortress Maximus]

That's not a purpose...

It will get him started. Are you going to answer his question, or just comment on my answer?

 

[Alle_Gory]

Respectfully--please speak for yourself. Your values and beliefs aren't God. Your definition of purpose might not match another's definition, but that doesn't mean that you're right and that everyone else who happens to disagree is wrong.

So, you're telling me that eating and going to the gym are the most fulfilling things for you?

 

[manish]

That's not a purpose...

you are forgetting some one named arnold schwarzenegger

 

[Alle_Gory]

you are forgetting some one named arnold schwarzenegger

His purpose was not to eat and go to the gym. He was a bodybuiler. From what I know, he idolized Reg Parks and followed in his footsteps which is why they have similar physiques. Arnold took his lessons and surpassed him to become a champion in his sport. He decided to be the best, that's his purpose.

Fortress Maximus: Thanks for repping me down (3 months after you posted in this thread). How passive aggressive of you. Kind of sensitive aren't you?

 

[highconscienceness]

How can I get more purpose behind my life? I dont know if its the adderall that I take or what, but I feel like I have no real drive.

Those drugs have side effect like depression, suicide, etc. You better off smoking weed IMO.

 

[Outsider]

Perhaps you should get cha money up boy?