hi, im 27, single, dont want kids/a wife /a big job/ another college degree/ a big house/ friends/ family/ god i really dont want anything else as i'm happy as i am. what is there left to achieve in life?
2007-11-18 00:22:55 · 16 answers · asked by vanilla_thrilla01 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
You have not achieved anything. You are happy that doesn't mean that there is nothing left to achieve. You just need a direction. Coz no one can be perfectly satisfied.
2007-11-18 00:26:03 · answer #1 · answered by Life's Good!! 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I dont think you are happy since you are asking this question. I think you have to look at other things. The most effective way to do this would probably be travelling. As you mentioned, you are single which enables you to free yourself of whatever responsibilities you may have now and you can start looking into and pursuing different things. Travel! Sometimes when we get too comfortable in a place, we thought that this is all we ever wanted but once we see new things, desires start upsurging once again. I think it would be pathetic to not dream anymore at the age of 27. Even when one reaches old age, it is an incredibly sad life to not dream for anything any longer.
I always wanted life to have some being higher than me...like God. Because when one dies, it is just so meaningful to have lived this life and be nothing after death, no matter what you have achieve on earth, you're still dead. But I am in my own personal battle of debating that right now. Anyway, point is, when we reach the top of a mountain, there's no way to go except down. But when one goes up, they go in one path and you dont really explore the other parts of the mountain. Maybe before you start thinking of higher things that there is nothing left for you to achieve (meaning you've achieved it all), try to see from another perspective.
2007-11-18 00:35:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gaining age, knowledge, wisdom, peace, happiness, experience...these are all left to achieve....
Just because you are content as you are now, doesn't mean that there is nothing left. Life is a varied, sometimes frustrating, often joyful, tearful, exciting, journey. There is always something more to achieve....always another corner to turn, another path to walk...another choice to be made.
I applaud the fact that you are content. I am awed that you know, at your age, exactly what you want and do not want....but, I ask you....is this the end of everything? Are you ready, right now, to leave life? If not, then (and I don't see the answer being yes) then you do have something left to achieve...you have only to find it.
2007-11-18 00:37:37 · answer #3 · answered by aidan402 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Me too. Now I'm just trying to get this right.
A long time ago I thought that love was something that you reserved for some special set of people that you had judged worthy of it.
After a while I got to thinking about what Jesus had said about turning the other cheek and loving our neighbor I put the two together and realized that he had made no exceptions in these statements. It became obvious to me that he intended that we exclude no one from the love that we are supposed to be giving. I started thinking about my idea of love and suddenly realized that I had not been loving anyone at all. I had simply been judging everyone and every thing.
Judging someone worthy of love is not love, it is only judgment. I actually started to cry when I realized this. I saw just how much of my life I had wasted being judgmental, thinking of myself as a Christian, when I was actually doing just the opposite of what Jesus had asked us to do.
I thought about the verse judge not lest ye be judged, and I understood it for the first time.
I realized that I have a lot of catching up to do. So many opportunities were wasted. I now try to apply the love that I have for the world in a universal way like Jesus asks us to do.
If I start to feel afraid and think that I see someone that I should not love because of something I have thought or heard I try to catch my mistake as soon as possible. I tell myself that I have forgot the truth and have fallen for the same old trick that had cost me so many opportunities to be loving in the past. The horror of this realization is often all that is necessary to bring me back to my senses and make me drop the judgmental nonsense I was thinking.
I still have a lot to learn about love, but at least I’m making progress.
Love and blessings
Your brother
don
2007-11-18 02:22:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have found what most people search for their whole lives. Happiness. You should feel thankful and try and enjoy it for as long as it lasts. Don't concern yourself with questions such as how do I become more happy than happy. Unless of course, pride is more important to you than happiness.
Saying that, I do agree that once you get to a point in life where you are happy, you should then concentrate on making other people happy, so maybe start sharing the secrets of your success. How you got happy...You'd be suprised how much happier you get when you no longer concentrate on your own happiness. Altruism is in my opinion, the only thing that gets rewarded with real happiness.
But I appaud you for not jumping on societies bandwagon that says the bigger your house is or the more you have the happier you are because that is just an illusion created by nasty capitalists.
2007-11-18 00:38:10 · answer #5 · answered by Dan G 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you have no ambitions for yourself, have them for others.
Consider volunteering and make a difference in someone else's life; help them meet Their achievements. And, in the process, you just might find yourself and discover that you Would like more for yourself as well.
It's necessary to set goals in order to have achievements, and so far you don't seem to have set any goals. It's also important to keep setting new goals as you approach achievement of your current goals - just so you retain a sense of purpose for your life.
Become involved in something: whether it's Big Brothers Association, a walkathon for a charity, animal rescue, visiting nursing homes, volunteering at a hospital or homeless shelter, or assisting in some project your church might have.
You will find that reaching outside your comfort zone and assisting others will bring a new dimension to your life - and it may inspire you to develop new desires and set new goals for your own personal life.
2007-11-18 00:32:58 · answer #6 · answered by L.G. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is always more to learn. Like going from level to level in a game. New computers come out all the time and there are things to learn all the time. Whatever your interest is in life there should be new things to explore in those areas. Like me, I love the Bible and gardening and computers. The Bible shows me new things every day and gardening is a challenge these days with Global Warming and all the bugs, and computers - that is changing so quickly it is hard to keep up with it and I wish I had more time to do it. I did study computer repair but have not been able to do much in it. So far I only opened one computer to clean it. I have to open another one soon, a newer one.
2007-11-18 02:03:16 · answer #7 · answered by Marina C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think by you saying in your question that you do not want any of those things in you your life , and then saying you are happy about it all , is telling me that life for you is very boring . ou say you do not want God , well you would not be here on this earth without him , you do not want any family , well without GOD AND YOUR MUM AND DAD , YOU WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY, and then you do not want any FRIENDS , well what kind of life as you get older in life are you going to live . you say you are 27 yearsyoung , , and you have nothing to achieve in you life or you do not want to.
WELL lets start of with aids , no cure for that, a lot of the cancer around no cure for that, , so instead of saying , they is nothing left to achieve in your life , i surgest you sit down and think about what you put in your question
2007-11-18 00:41:01 · answer #8 · answered by Tranquilty 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
achieve enjoying the things you do have right now, its fine not to want more in your life, to be happy where /with what you have, life shouldnt be a constant state of wanting or trying to reach goals, we all need some idle time, where we are just happy with things the way they are, this may last forever for you , but keep in mind you are very young, your desires may change
2007-11-18 00:34:08 · answer #9 · answered by dlin333 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Congratulations on achieving happiness with your life the way it is and for reaching your goals
Now it's time for you to challenge yourself and your life or perhaps you should set your self goals of trying to achieve something great for the greater good.
Do something for a charity or to help the environment.
2007-11-19 22:32:27 · answer #10 · answered by funcplinvic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋