The Existential Crisis Series--Part 2: Your Life is Meaningless, So What?

This is post is going to seem quite contrary to a number of posts between the first of this series and this one, but I need to ask you all to remember that this next step is not exactly the easiest to do and something that I try to remind myself of often.  It's difficult to remember sometimes and easier to default to what is expected of you from everyone else, but it's well worth trying.

So, you've established the fact that your life, as well as everyone else's around you, has no meaning.  It sounds depressing, but believe me, it's not and you're going to see why.

You see, although it sounds bleak, it's actually an open door which allows you to stop caring about what everyone thinks and expects of you because what they want for you may often be extremely different from what YOU want for yourself.  Think about it: our lives are finite.  If we lived forever, we would NEVER do what we always wanted to do.  The reason for that is because we would have all the time in the world to do these things and continually put it off.  But by having a definite end point by which we can no longer do or experience the things we want to, we have a natural due date to work with. 

So, we should stop doing or studying what makes us miserable because it's not stimulating any interest.  Do what you want to do, study what you want to study, and work towards something you want.  If you want to become a veterinarian, go study the sciences in high school, go into post secondary and work your butt off for that degree, and get into vet school.  If it's hard, keep trying.  Keep working.

Now, this next bit might sound a bit defeatist, but you have to stay realistic and remember that everyone has their limits too.  Not everyone can do absolutely anything they put their minds to because their minds may not be made to work that way.  I try to understand math, but no matter how much I tried, I only barely passed my Advanced Functions course in high school.  You can still do what you want to a degree, but even with all this freedom with which you now find yourself, you do have to remember to keep it real and don't lose sight of your morals and abilities along the way.

Next up: Dealing With Your Existential Angst

Until then,
Dusk