I'm doing 37 things
The problem with “discovering your purpose” is that the statement presupposes the existence of purpose. Rather than wandering aimlessly through life (or even worse, grasping on to some sort of false promise of meaning), take some initiative and create meaning for yourself, on your own terms. Searching blindly for purpose is like trying to solve a puzzle with no possible solution and leads only to frustration. Accepting the purpose that religion or other institutions prescribe leads to a lifetime of guilt and codependency. Rather than feeling like you are by nature a failure who must grovel at the knees of God or endlessly searching for another purpose, accept who you are and come to terms with yourself and your own passions. Have some confidence in your ability to choose right from wrong and live a worthwhile life according to your own standards.
TheBurdenOfGod's Life List
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1. get a Masters degree in English
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2. get a degree in philosophy.
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3. Travel to Greece
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4. travel to Japan
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5. finish my tattoos
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6. read all of shakespeare
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7. read all murakami books
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8. publish a short story
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9. become a professor
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10. read every book I own
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11. live in Europe for a while
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12. publish an essay
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13. become multilingual
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14. read all of milan kundera's books
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15. read all of ayn rand's books
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16. promote healthy atheism
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17. write for a music magazine
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18. Travel to all 50 States
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19. create personal meaning from an otherwise meaningless existence
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20. Buy my own home
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21. Read all novels by John Fowles
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22. take more history classes
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23. Read all of Tom Robbins's books
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24. develop my own philosophy
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25. accept death
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26. create my own code of morality
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27. watch my whole stanley kubrick set
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28. live in a forest
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29. watch all movies on AFI's 100 Best movies list
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30. Read Proust's Remembrance of Things Past
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31. read war and peace
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32. impeach the president
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33. study more religions and religious practices
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34. visit Petra
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35. Visit Rome
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36. Visit Machu Pichu
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37. Go to a World Cup game
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