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What's your purpose in life?

Asked by limeaide (1921points) August 26th, 2009

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teh_kvlt_liberal's avatar

To rebel and repel and smell

HeroicZach's avatar

To learn as much about the world as I possibly can, eventually learning enough to make my own contribution to the annals of human understanding.

saraaaaaa's avatar

To live it in every sense of the word.

rebbel's avatar

I want to make babies.

Sanyore's avatar

answering clichéd questions, evidently.

No purpose. Free agent and all that.

Dog's avatar

That would depend on who in my life you ask.

My spouse would say that we complete one another.

My younger kids would say to read them stories and take them to the pool.

My teenager would day hat I was there to control her life and refuse her money.

But I would say to create art that moves the soul and transcends time. Works that will survive far longer than me and will make people laugh or think far beyond this generation.

rawpixels's avatar

To travel all over and to see Pearl Jam as many times as I can before I die

wundayatta's avatar

To make fun of people who ask questions without having researched whether the question has been asked and answered a billion times before.

Nyeh!

Sorry. Must be feeling my oats today! ;-)

AstroChuck's avatar

Apparently to be as obnoxious as possible.

PerryDolia's avatar

To invent the dripless peanut butter and honey sandwich.

wundayatta's avatar

@AstroChuck I gotta wonder how I’d stack up against you if people were voting. I bet I’d win! You may be obnoxious, but you’re still very nice.

dpworkin's avatar

To do ameliorative work, and to love.

CMaz's avatar

To walk the green mile.

mcbealer's avatar

To document it with my camera. To leave it having caused the least amount of impact and pain. To help others know that it’s OK to cry. To love.

noodle_poodle's avatar

truly i have none…or none that i can discern

noodle_poodle's avatar

so i shall please myself as best i can without hurting others

bumwithablackberry's avatar

Some people more than others. I know what it feels like to be happy, and I havent had much of that at all. But I don’t even live for that, I feel I have a purpose, and to suffer was required. Happier now.
See this is why I feel that what we do affects what happens after we die.

bumwithablackberry's avatar

Oh my purpose, read the question wrong. To start a Green School, a school to study environmental studies, and renewal producers, such as wind and solar. And survival skills in case global chaos breaks out, how to maintain self suffieciency why the old transition, hopefully.

Jess's avatar

To contribute somehow, spin the Dharma wheel with all my might…
For my own sake as much as anything
Serve ‘da Lord
Smoke a ton of marijuana

drdoombot's avatar

Tikkun Olam – To repair or perfect the world. In other words, leave it better than I found it.

Related to that: to not do unto others what I would not have done unto myself.

To enjoy life, in the many forms it can be enjoyed: work to be proud of, art to be admired, relationships to be treasured, etc.

Sarcasm's avatar

There are two quotes I admire greatly.
One of which was by Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo, a Spanish philosopher and writer.
“Procuremos más ser padres de nuestro porvenir que hijos de nuestro pasado.” (Translation, We should try to be the parents of our future rather than the offspring of our past.)

The other one is the Foreword to a great album by a British electronic duo, VNV Nation:
“This is your world. These are your people. You can live for yourself today, or help build tomorrow for everyone.”

The only aspiration I have ever had was to repair the world.

doggywuv's avatar

To make offspring!
Oh, and to have wonderful relationships with my loved ones, constantly increase my understanding of the world to feed my curiosity, and have a grand and wonderful experience

filmfann's avatar

To answer this question.
Nailed It!

dynamicduo's avatar

To have fun. I love learning new things and applying that knowledge.

russian123's avatar

To fulfill my purpose. I believe everyone has one, some just don’t see it until they get much older.

markyy's avatar

How about I’ll let you know when I find out :)

Bluefreedom's avatar

To enjoy each and every day to the fullest and live an honest and productive life in whatever way suits me the best.

Simone_De_Beauvoir's avatar

to make life better for those I love and for those I don’t love

ShanEnri's avatar

To live, learn and love!

sjmc1989's avatar

@rawpixels Have I told you lately that I Love You! :) GA!

TexasDude's avatar

I don’t know, I haven’t made it yet.

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