What Do You Live For?
 

Other than family, that is. What makes you want to get up & seize the day? Do you have an end goal? Are you waiting for something? What makes you feel whole other than other people?

It's a little difficult for me answer without mentioning other people because they do mean a lot to me.

But in the short term, I'm taking a class soon that will hopefully lead to working in a field that I've been wanting to for a while now. I'm pretty excited for that, honestly.

Other than family, I want to go into graphic design. I'll do a self-published comic. Then, I hope to get to Marvel and draw comics.

I'm not really sure, to be honest. I guess that there just seems to always be something that makes me not want to die anytime soon. Of course, family is the first thing that comes to my mind. But there's also simple things such as a new drink, a new video game, a new store, etc. I'd like to, at least, finish my backlogs and my bucket list. Don't have a dream or anything, but I have some goals. Currently, I'm in university, so there's something I need to finish.

I'm gonna sounds incredible pretentious and say, I live for art.

This guy:
https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...84&oe=5678B0BB

EDIT: Who didn't read the 1st post? THIS GUY!!! But to be fair, I could probably give almost anything up...but that kid is my life.

Now I know you said besides family but my 3 sons are my life love them to bits. all I really want is to watch them grow guide them be there for them in need and the rest. just cant bear life without them.

I have a drive to succeed and feel accomplished. I've been working hard towards my education and career and just knowing my plan for the future is extremely satisfying.

Plus, I like stuff. I'm definitely a stuff person.

I'd have to say writing is my life. It's something I've always loved, and always wanted to do. My dream would be to write comics for a living, but as long as I can still hold a pen or use a keyboard, I will keep writing. It's my joy and passion.

I didn't. I was gonna put family, but nope.

It varies from day to day - some days are better than others. On the rougher days, I just focus on the small pleasures, rather than worrying about the big picture.

Besides family....

I mean, everything I do is for my family. I always want to do more, be better, be the best. I want everyone in my family to have everything they want and need. Working hard and earning respect at work, giving 150% so that when anyone thinks of who the best person for the next job is, I'm the name on the top of the list.

It's the only way that I can make my family proud of me. All the stress, all the long hours, all the years of school....it's all worth it if it allows me to take care of the people in my life.

The future of the world. I'm being serious, I'm fascinated by how the world changes every decade. The 80's and 90's are so different than today and I can't imagine what the world will be like 10-20 years from now.

The change in technology is fascinating. Sometimes I feel like we're living in the future. We have a computer in the size of our pocket for goodness sakes (phones), and now people can have robotic limbs, we have computers that talk to us, we have all the information in the world at the palm of a finger (the internet), the entertainment industry continues to push forward more and more, etc.

The mere fact that we may also find cures for cancer and various diseases in our lifetimes, a cure for blindness or being deaf, and might actually see man land on Mars or build a space station on the Moon is fascinating.

I don't think all of that will happen in the next 10-20 years, though. Especially not the landing on Mars thing. We still have a long way to go when it comes to developing good enough technology to travel in space.

As for cures for cancer and HIV... that could have happened already. In fact, every year there's a newspaper article or something stating that a cure for those diseases has been found or is being developed. The pharmacy industry just simply doesn't allow those diseases to be eliminated, because that means less money for them.

The alternative of getting out of the bed and live my life to the fullest is just toooooooo boring :P

Reasons for me other than family and my cat:
Reading cool fantasy books, eating delicious things and try to tan as much as possible.

(I am almost vampire white. My doctor finally found the reason why and now I can sunbathe like everyone else! YAY! :D)

I honestly don't know. I do know I'd never put friends or family, as in my experience how much people care about you is directly related to what they can get out of you. When you work 6-7 days a week and make it clear that no, you can't just take off work to go to the bar or the beach because you have responsibilities, people stop taking your phone calls pretty quick. As for family... in mine there's the rich side and the poor side. The rich side doesn't talk to anyone who's not rich, and the poor side only ever talks to me to see if I have any money for them, or if I can help them move, or some other "favor", never ever just to say hello or see how I'm doing. So I'd never, ever say I "live for" friends and family because in my experience they're parasites. Not that I don't "care" about them, I do and I care that they are well. I just don't "live" for them and they're not a particularly big part of my life.

At this point I guess work. That's really all I do, work and play some video games before bed. After struggling for years to get to do a job I actually like doing it feels great to do something positive that really makes a difference in people's lives. Just yesterday I got one of my clients to sign up for our gym's nutrition program, and during the pre-screening interview he mentioned that he's about to have another kid but is really scared that he won't be able to be active with them because he keeps gaining weight as he gets older. It's important to me that I have an opportunity to help people fix themselves, be healthier, and live better. It's very rewarding work that I do, although it should pay a lot more than it does given the fact that our country's in a seriously bad state as far as obesity and nutritional pollution. It kind of bothers me that services like mine are still considered to be something of a "luxury expenditure", when half the country is obese and frankly, if people could get themselves in better shape on their own, they would have already. But it does pay pretty well and emotionally and spiritually it's very rewarding. I never feel like my day was a waste.

So I guess work, and the fact that I still feel like I haven't peaked yet.

I live for the moment. :) Not in the crazy sense like "YOLO I'mma do all this crazy stuff!" No. I just flow and let things happen, and usually I'm pleasantly surprised by joy. Other times, crap happens lol but then it's over and I move on.

I'm a bit like that as well. Wouldn't say I live for the moment per se, though. More like things happen and I adapt to the situation and try to make something out of it.

That's good too :)

Sometimes if I try to make the most of something, I'll develop an expectation of some sort for my efforts, and that could be a letdown when things don't go how you wanted. So I try not to try...as paradoxical as that may sound lol