I feel like life is pointless. How can I find meaning in my life?
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Moderated by Danielle Johnson, MSED, Community mental Health Counseling, LMHC
Updated: Aug 3, 2020
enchantingSky79
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Jan 10, 2020
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You bring meaning to your life. Doing what you love, whether it is a hobby or a job you enjoy can make your life seem less pointless. Everyone has a different view about what brings meaning into their life. Usually long term goals help bring meaning to your life. Even short ones help.
If things that used to bring you joy and meaning don’t bring you that anymore, you might want to speak to a doctor about it to see if you are depressed.
Some people live to become rich, others to raise their kids and see their grandkids one day but it is different for everyone.
Uuuuuuhgood
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Jan 22, 2020
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One technique that I use that really helps is to make a list everyday of three things I am proud of doing at the end of each day! Take it one day at a time and go easy on yourself! Make small goals everyday, and they will eventually get you to larger goals! It can also be good to have a calendar and everyday you meal off whether you have met your physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental needs. At the end of the week, tally up your points and figure out what you need to focus on the next week. Spend some time every week reflecting on yourself and how you feel, and remember that you can do this!
AnxiousLittleBookworm
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Feb 27, 2020
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Try new things and talk to new people! Honestly! Putting yourself out there and joining a club in your community, trying out a hobby, setting goals for yourself in your workplace, talking to someone in line at Starbucks. We find meaning in our lives through our active participation in it. If you feel you have lots going on in your life but none of it is meaningful to you, it might be time to shake things up and step outside your comfort zone. Mindfulness can also help you find meaning. Taking a moment to slow down, and really consider what you have around you. The 'point' might become a little bit clearer :)
MrFaust
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Mar 28, 2020
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I think finding the meaning of life has been a complicated situation for all people as for me. We need to learn life and our life to find the meaning of our life, and we should definitely take time to learn. Thinking about the places we want to achieve, what we want to achieve and reviewing our daily activities will definitely help us in this process. In addition, exercising, nature walks and eating healthy will put you in a more positive relationship with your body and nature. Although all of these may seem small things, I think that the observations and experiences you will make over time will help you learn the purpose of your life.
Bwydnoww
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Apr 3, 2020
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Life isn't pointless, you have to look at all the great things that life has to share. You are something and you could do great things, change things, invent new things. You may not think of all the things that you can do but you can do so much more. Life doesn't have a meaning, life is what you make it. Life can be anything you want it to be and I believe that you can do such good things and make it however you want life to be for yourself. It may not be what you want but it will change, I promise.
ListenerNDR4U
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Apr 12, 2020
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Look around me, my loved ones need me. They bring meaning to my life. My friends need me, who will be their confidant if not me. My dreams need me, they need someone to achieve them. I need myself, as only I can make my life worthy of living. It's important to assess and reflect on what made your life pointless and stay away from that for your own well-being. Your happiness lies beyond that. Never lose hope and never lose faith on life because you'll miss your chance at having the best life. Life is beautiful and I/You deserve that beautiful life.
musicalEnergy94
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Apr 16, 2020
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finding meaning in your life when you feel like life is hopeless is difficult because you may feel alone with no support. so many people feel like there is no meaning because there may be so many decisions every direction they look at. a simpler life has less decisions and more time for meaning. everyone has different lives but creating goals can help to find meaning. you can control how much effert goes into each goal depending on how difficult it is. when you meet a goal such as going for a walk or organizing your daily plan. when you meet a goal give yourself credit for doing it. you can create your life anyway you want. if you stay positive just that alone can create meaning in everything you do
Anonymous
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Apr 22, 2020
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Look around you, think what has made you happy. Find a new hobby and things that will motivate you.Try to talk to people and have fun with them. Do the things that you feel most happy doing and start doing them more often, for example being with your family, being with your friends, playing a sport, drawing something, singing and dancing to your favorite songs, going out in nature and seeing the beautiful and unique places.You can find meaning in anything around you, there are so many things that you can do. Life is beautiful it has bad sides to but try to life it the fullest.
blissfulBadger6896
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May 7, 2020
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For this question, I tend to turn to Viktor Frankl, an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist who survived a concentration camp in WW2. He found that a helpful question to ask is, "What is it that I am living for? What is the one thing that I, and I alone, can do?" This may be as simple as caring for a loved one or pet. It may be completing a project, like a book or a piece of construction. I feel sad, and sometimes angry, when I think that life is meaningless and that nothing really matters in the end. But I think that life is about making our own meaning and making relationships with other people. Personally, I have found that doing service to people in my community really helps. Like personally making or buying a meal for a homeless person, or putting together a care package.
AakritiRastogi
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May 8, 2020
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Initially we all feel so. But never loose hope, everyone on this planet has some role to play and so do you must have. You have a role to be kind, to Love everyone, do the right thing for you. Try doing Things that interests you the most. Like people love painting, music,dance etc so they choose a career out of it. Ask your inner self what is that thing you live the most, try doing that thing and as you’ll love doing that, this question on your pointless life will go, by this you will find the meaning of your life. And I am sure you are here on the planet to do something brilliant. Good luck
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