Being tempted to get lifted instead has always been my downfall.

Sorry, but there is no realism in “psychology”. Only in arts. So, you have only one choice, to stay an optimist :)

Comedy! Comedians live the darkest lives and somehow find the funniest shit to say about it. I love listening to stand up when I feel down cus I love the way it makes me look at stuff. Also if your funny you can also make your own jokes about it.

Take up a cause. It could be feeding the homeless, or rescuing dogs (or even just fostering them for a rescue), or welcoming refugees (see welcome.us)

Or just live for spite :)

Can we revise the rules around posting links?

Ironically, there's a repost up that was posted by a karma-farming account, but when I try to post a link of the original in the comments, the automod deletes my comment claiming it's a crosspost.

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What if the reason I'm doing so shit is because it looks like every decision is the latter and turns out to be the former

I found out my husband cheated on me and I felt like crap for a whole year but now I have decided I am going to take care of myself since I have always been taking care every one but my self. So I wake up tell my self I’m beautiful and I choose to be happy. I enrolled.in a gym and started walking and watching what I ate, lost 20 pounds and feel good about myself. I also wondered why God put me in this world because it seems I have been sad ever since I could remember. Now with me staying active and helping out at the soup kitchen I have realized, other people are worse off then me.

Do something for someone else. Volunteer. No bullshit. Become someone important to someone else and you'll find meaning.

「積思成言，積言成行，積行成習，積習成性，積性成命。」

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The guy from TikTok does this..

OP, I’m 24M and in much of the same rut as you. I’m searching for something that will give me and understanding of life and how I’m meant to live it. The honest answer I recently came to understand is that we can be anything or nothing at all, and that’s overwhelming as fuck. Our greatest power and our most devastating reality is our capability to carve our own path into history, and that can be daunting for me a lot of the time. I picked up a habit of reading Epictetus, Aurelius and Seneca, and Stoicism has at least helped me process my feelings and applying some sense of life into my daily habits. It’s a huge world and honestly I question whether or not life would be much simpler if I was a rural farmer in the past having his life in front of him with tunnel vision and nothing else. But this is where we’re at and in the world we live in, and we have to find some way to cope with that.

Check out: After Life on Netflix. Surprisingly helpful.

It’s about a depressed suicidal man that lost his wife to cancer and subsequently his will to live. It’s dark comedy, but it might give you some things to consider.

Also Stutz on Netflix was a worthy watch.

Last recommendation is: how to change your mind on Netflix.

long answer:life is like taking a walk, it is meaningless, but it's still fun. the problem for you is it's not fun anymore. Exercising makes you to able to feel fun again.

You can also pursue the CPA designation for a year (it is a hard test), and alter the outcome of all your future jobs, particularly as you age. That extra income can result in writing/drawing seminars, money in the bank, working part time and getting paid a higher hourly rate so you can work on that book and draw that painting, you also will be able to tutor and teach others which is a great career path change as you age. The idea that you won’t draw and write if you make a living doing something else, is just not true. It just may be a slower process

just go exercise😆 this problem can't be solved by thinking, but it can be solved by doing exercise regularly.

Honestly, I had a ton of adventures in my teens and twenties. Traveled, jumped careers, competed in sports, chased any dream, met women, and all kinds of people.

It was cool but it’s not that cool. Now I want to provide a better end for my mom and any loved ones I meet and care about. That’s the adventure.

My father died alone, burnt so many bridges. It takes real effort to maintain solid and real relationships. My mom won’t die alone by any choice I have, she will die being provided for.

I don’t even and won’t remember all the beaches I’ve walked on, slept on and drank on. I will remember the people I really care about and they will remember me

This is great advice

You've probably gotten a ton of answers, but anything that helps people less fortunate that you is a way to find purpose. Helps for me.

More like they know your location 😅

Mr Lincoln was a Vampire Hunter.