Facepunch, what are your greatest motivations in life? - General

Steam engines, monster trucks and rock 'n roll and cars and shit too. I just want to design mechanical shit really

Finish my education here and then move away to some other country. Other than that, misc. stuff like becoming a good guitar player, releasing my first music album, having a good comfortable life.

because there's a million shit rappers out there and someone's gotta make fun of them on the internet

I believe that most people do what they do so that they [B]can[/B] do what makes them happy. AKA the ultimate goal is happiness. But there are many factors to each decision too I attend university with a major I love, working my ass off in extra curriculars for the money in the future (and because I enjoy the work, it's fulfilling), and it's fun to have power and make important decision tbh. Deep down, with no filter, the things I desire most: Power (in the sense that people value my presence and opinions), love (From a significant other) and freedom.

To live until I die. On a more serious note: Money doesn't really matter so long as I can make ends meet. I'm more interested in being productive and doing something I'm passionate about.

Stuff happens; might as well be there.

My only source of motivation used to be finding a significant other, but after seeing the profoundly negative effects I've had on other peoples' lives over the years, I don't think I have it in me to purposefully bring someone down like that. I suppose now my only goal is live out life in relative financial comfort, seek escape as much as possible through entertainment or possibly drugs, stay out of the way of history, and die at some point.

I'm gonna get my Computer Science degree, get a job at Bethesda or Valve, and be learning guitar in the mean time. There's the chance of finding someone, too. I'll hopefully be a pretty chill cat at the end of it all.

So long as I can live reasonably comfortably I'm cool.

To live a quiet life with the one I love

Love

probably just waiting for the day i get frustrated and depressed enough to have a psychotic episode and kill myself

I made this thread but I haven't even posted in it yet. I made it because I honestly don't know the answer, I don't really have much to be motivated or live for. I just barely truck along at the moment at least. I just wanted to know what you guys have to live for.

Mount Everest. Why? Because one day, I want to climb it. Because it is there.

Making other people's lives just that much less shitty in whatever ways I can

[QUOTE=NightmareX91;49379167]Mount Everest. Why? Because one day, I want to climb it. Because it is there.[/QUOTE] Should shoot for something a bit more challenging like Olympus Mons.

The payoff at the end. Just finished this PC I've been building. Feels so good.

Well, the world is an interesting place and there are interesting people out there. I'd like to meet them, and I think you do that partly by being interesting yourself.

I want to be successful in everything I do, and learn from the mistakes and troubles of my parents/people around me. I want to also be as good of parent as mine are as well one day, but that's a long way off. I've worked really hard to get as far as I am at a young age, and I want to keep moving forward. I want to eventually have my own cnc machine shop to make cool stuff whatever I want, whenever I want. There's a lot of cool stuff I want to see and do around the world while I'm still young and full of energy, and I'm going to. My dad always told me to not be a bum, so I've made certain I'd never be one, and I'd work hard for anything I want in life.

[QUOTE=gk99;49383079]Just finished this PC I've been building. Feels so good.[/QUOTE] Ever get a PC build right on the first try? You feel invincible.

Riding my motorcycle, playing video games, and having fun. Life is awesome.

At this point I really don't know what to do. I believe the goal is to be happy. Anything else comes second. I don't strive for material things, I guess I'm a bit of a nihilist in that regard. I just see what the day has to offer for me and don't plan too far ahead because let's be honest, can anyone predict how the next week is going to be for them? Right now I'm working on making myself a bit more optimistic and lighthearted. The last year has not been fun at all. [editline]25th December 2015[/editline] I suppose I should set a more concrete goal for myself that I can work on, something short-term. I guess I should work on my 3d modeling skills again. I've never done organic things or charactrs before so I think that's a good goal for the following month.

Self preservation and money.

i don't have any maybe this is why i constantly feel like shit

ditto ^

Success feels good, thats my main motivation

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I've learned that if you have to choose between a boring well-paid job and a fantastic less-paid job you should pick the latter one, because you'll to a certain extent be bound to it and if you do what you love for a living, happiness will follow right after. Just imagine doing something you love all day and then coming home to people you love and doing fun stuff. That's a great life. My motivation is to be a better person and also to do well in uni so I can go and find that life.

I guess my biggest motivation is that I want to make a living do what I love rather than something boring, no matter what it takes. It took a long time before I realized that I can't do that without time and effort. I also want to be remembered as funny and creative.

i want to keep growing as a person and getting better at everything i do so when i get old i'll be some wise old geezer that everyone ignores