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How to Find out What You Should Pursue in Life
What do you enjoy doing now?
Where does your time go when you have nothing that you must do?
And what are the moments you remember the most fondly?
There are things that you enjoy naturally, things that you enjoy being by yourself, and things that you think you enjoy, but that are mostly ways to pass time.
It is very likely that these are the things that you want to do in your life, or at least give you an idea to an underlying cause that will guide you to more specifically joyful things.
Note here that there is a difference between the things you default to when bored (the ways to pass time) and the things you genuinely enjoy (the things that make your heart skip a beat).
Both of these seem enjoyable subjectively, but for very different reasons.
The first kind is the removal of a negative (boredom), while the other kind is the addition of a positive (genuine joy).
Examples:
- Watching TV on the side vs. being fully engaged in a storyline.
- Reading an okay story vs. not wanting to put it down (including the empty feeling when you finally finish it).
- Spending time surrounded by people vs. talking to people about…
