Meaning of life Options

[*mipadi*]

Lately I've felt myself in a nihilistic quandary, a Nietzchean void of chaos and uncertainty, if you will. I feel like this insecurity is due to the fact that my life seems almost complete devoid of meaning. I wake up most mornings around 7 AM. I take a shower. I have a cup of yogurt or a bow of Cracklin' Oat Bran for breakfast. I go to class at 8 AM. I have calculus most mornings, except Thursday, which is a comp sci lab. I diligently take notes in calculus. I come back to my room by 9 AM. I dally around on the computer for a while. Then I go to more class. Then I come back and waste more time on the computer, or napping. I go to my final class. Then I go to work, where I hammer out a few dozen lines of code, fix some bugs, whatever. Go back to my room, mess around on the computer, not really producing anything worthwhile. Maybe I play a video game. Maybe I nap. Probably I nap. Maybe I study later in the evening. I might even eat somewhere in there. Then I scramble to finish up some homework, and head to bed for another day of the same.

And little of what I do during the day seems to have any meaning whatsoever. Everything I do seems to be an attempt to expend the least amount of effort possible, as though I am so completely sapped of energy that the slightest effort is impossible.

I feel like I used to spend much more time giving my life meaning. I used to write extensively, which forced me to really think about the world around me, and my experiences. I used to interact with people more regularly. I used to at least read and synthesize information.

This is disappointing, because I strongly feel in making each day worthwhile. I am a strong atheist. My atheism has led me to realize that it is important to make everyday count, because we only get one shot at life. Yet, I feel that I rarely make everyday count. I make very few days count, in fact.

But this post is not about me. The above anecdote was just a lead-in to the real question: Do you make each day count? Do you live so as to give your life meaning? If so, how? How do you feel that your life, or any person's life, can be given meaning? In short, what do you do to make living worthwhile, to use your mental and physical faculties in the most productive way? I'm not asking what the general meaning of life is; I don't intend for the usual answers. I'm interesting in seeing what you as an individual does to give your life meaning each day.

[krispy_kreme333]

This ia a very deep topic.

Anyways. I don't really do anything to make my life seem meaningful to me. I was thinking about this the other day. I mean, I am a very lazy person. There is so much that I want to do with my time, but I can never seem to motivate myself to do it. I want to enjoy my life to the fullest, and for a while I was. But now, I feel like everything I do is pointless. I'm not suicidal or anything but I just don't see the purpose or meaning of life. I don't really know what I believe as far as my faith is concerned, but i don't really know what is after life. I think that we just die and thats it. I am just really confused about a lot of things. I'm not really sure what I believe in or why I am even here. I want so much to enjoy what I have while I have it, but I can not seem to motivate myself. I wish I had more motivation and drive, because then i would probably feel more like my life has meaning. I just dont know how to do that.

[*mipadi*]

Anyways. I don't really do anything to make my life seem meaningful to me. I was thinking about this the other day. I mean, I am a very lazy person. There is so much that I want to do with my time, but I can never seem to motivate myself to do it. I want to enjoy my life to the fullest, and for a while I was. But now, I feel like everything I do is pointless. I'm not suicidal or anything but I just don't see the purpose or meaning of life. [...] I wish I had more motivation and drive, because then i would probably feel more like my life has meaning. I just dont know how to do that.

Yes, that's pretty much exactly what I mean! I'm certainly not depressed, either—sometimes I just feel that I could be doing so much more with my life if I actually applied myself.