What's the meaning of life? What keeps you going?

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So, when NTs answer the question of what's the meaning of life, they tend to give social reasons like family, loved ones etc.

As an aspie, I've never had any friends, bf / gf, or such. Travelling the world is my greatest ambition in life. However, travelling is expensive, so I need a job to make money. Except I can't get a job because aspie reasons.

Living on disability / benefits is essentially equal to living on the minimum possible allowance. There's little space for life ambitions, like travelling.

so... what's keeps you going?

Traveling the world. Accomplishing some things.

There is no "meaning" to life. I don't want to die, though.

Hi OP.
Didn't read anything but the caption of this thread.

There is no meaning.
You are going to die one day and you will lose everything and nothing matters.
Find your own truth and don't listen to anyone but yourself in determining what it is. One thing is for certain though, you can get sick from depression or do something beneficial for your wellbeing before you die.

you have to find out on your on what gives your life meaning.
I'm still trying to find what will make me happy.

Life has no meaning, other than what you make of your own.

Its the small things that give my life meaning, nature mostly, like this weekend I seen the most delicate shade of green on a Hazel tree in a local forest, the leaves had just unfurled, the sun was illuminating them, the pigment was pre chlorophyll production and it was beautiful.
I think it helps to let go of all the big dreams, and stay grounded in the now; learning to take note of the small and sometimes odd things that can make a individual feel content, after a while they add up.

Procrastination keeps me going.

Death? Yeah, I'll do that later.

Basic survival instinct, and there's still a lot of movies I haven't seen.

I have responsibilities to other people to be alive. And I hate the thought of leaving a dead body for other people to take care of. I'm also afraid of death.

Life has a lot of meaning for me. There are so many things that I enjoy doing. But the bad things seem to be overwhelming the good. If I had a choice, I'd be someone else.

The short answer: the fact that I don't want to die. I've got a lot of things left that I want to do. Even if I felt I had nothing to live for, I'd probably still keep living. Maybe survival is just a habit and I wouldn't know what else to do. Being dead seems like it'd be f*****g boring.

I'm still around because I don't have the guts to kill myself - yet.

Outer Wilds is being released this summer, Take On Mars has had some exiting updates lately, Space Engineers recently added planets, and new Star Wars movies are being made.

Technology is improving a lot and I want to be one of those old guys who remembers the good old days when displays were still 2D and cars didn't fly.

The idea of having a girlfriend (and eventually a wife) and having a job relating to my special interests in my future is pretty exciting.

Pursuing special interests and obsessions is always very fun, and it's what I generally do with my free time.

All that stuff is worth sticking around for, so I might as well.

"Meaning of life" is less important that "quality of life." As long as I'm enjoying myself -- or derive some pleasure from being in this world -- it doesn't matter whether it has any meaning at all.

Life happened by accident, but once it chemically self-organized and began self-replicating those two attributes became the most basic traits to be passed to the next generation (or there would be no further generations). All life on earth shares the same genes for these traits, along with the vast majority of our other genes that are necessary to be deemed, "alive". Especially when you consider how interconnected the survival of everything on our planet is, it's like all life on Earth could be seen as one single type of organism that has simply diversified greatly.

So at the very most basic level, the meaning of life is, "Don't die" and, "Help ensure life on Earth survives". Beyond that it's all gravy. But keep in mind that "Don't die" extrapolated out also means, "Be as happy as you can" and "Help ensure life survives" also means, "Be kind to others".

Most days I am just sad. But every once in a while, a day comes along that is so spectacular that I am glad I was around to experience it, like the day I rode a camel in the desert in China, and the day I flew over the Grand Canyon in a helicopter. I'm glad I can see and hear and walk. I also have spiritual beliefs, so that no matter how bad things get here, I believe the best is yet to come. My dogs bring me a lot of joy. They are always happy to see me and be with me. The music of Tim Janis calms me. I hope you do get the chance to travel, meanwhile I hope you can find a little something each day that brings you joy.