Meaningless Life?

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neanthuman,

I am the SAME way! I WAS enamored with computers, started early, worked late, etc... ALAS, I was treated like a slave, and my skills were WASTED! Anyway, I ended up almost wishing I went for something else. BTW I started out wanting to consult independently. I started out doing just that. It just devolved into a job. 8-(

BTW I think Perambulator has a GREAT idea, but how do we implement it?

I have said before and will say again: Every life is meaningless.

Why worry about it?

Get away from Missouri.

One day I will be free of this place too.

it's hard to pick up and find meaning. i'm not about to find jesus.
so i finally gave up on the BA in english, and picked up vocational training to be a pharmacy tech. i'm enjoying the coursework a lot.
i think there is an outlet for everyone, it's just a matter of finding it.

relationships/social issues are rougher. there are no real 'steps' or methods to give to someone online. i'm not sure if you have access to any sort of counseling, but maybe you should consider it if it's available to you.

i've been having a ton of the same thoughts. you're definitely not alone.

You have to create meaning for your life, it does not exist "out there" waiting to be found.

My personal experience tells me it is hard to find meaning in one's job or in human relationships. However, you have very fascinating obsessions (computers, French, philosophy, writing, sketching and politics according to your profile), and they should fill you with a deep sense of meaning. If they don't, something has gone wrong in your life, and you really need to examine your past. I'm sure there was some point in your life when you were passionate about your obsessions, and you need to rediscover why. Perhaps they have changed, and you have noticed and stuck to the same old obsessions out of habit or because too much of your time has been taken up by your job. Take some time off and examine your feelings; reflect on how you could renew your passion by, say sketching something different and posting the pictures online, or writing a book about French philosophy and politics. There is a deep well of enthusiasm within each of us, you just need to find out how to tap it.

i really like this topic and can identify with it totally, i was a little preoccupied last nite with thinking about my mother and all her problems

I too feel my life is meaningless. The PhD I'm doing I find boring, frustrating and pointless, and I have no SO or close friends (and know no one that interests me much in either capacity). I'm not that hugely passionate about my interests anymore, either. I have absolutely no idea what I want to do with the rest of my life other than move back to my country (which is a mess and has a bleak future but is still home).
On bad days, it's my parents that keep me alive - as long as they live I will not committ suicide because I can't do that to them.

Change your job.

I relate to your first post 100%. I never found satisfaction in my jobs and it seemed to me like I was stuck in misery and didn't see a way out of it / couldn't imagine any job i'd like doing. Then by chance I got into my current field of work and loved it.