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What do you live for?

aurelis

I’m curious to know what keeps people going each day - do you have a thing that helps you get through? Or not, and you’re just living. A special interest, a person/people, a cause, a memory, a wish and future, God. anything. Life isn’t easy naturally, and I just want to know how others keep going.

At the moment, I feel my internal compass is missing, and I’m not sure what exactly I’m fighting for, and what gives me joy. I’m working on it at the moment, but I feel really not connected to anything. I feel a lot of inside of “I should feel this and this should be what gets me going” but I have nothing. Also I want to detox from social media so other voices aren’t trying to tell me that answer.

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  • Hi, well the things that keep me going are my family, I have 2 nearly adult children. My job, I love to be a nurse, it’s when I put on my uniform that I feel most comfortable with that part of who I am. I love horses and spending time with them makes me so happy. I also spend many hours knitting and this sadly is probably the thing that really keeps me going. I make clothes for myself (when things fit perfectly because you made them yourself in the colours you chose, it’s amazing feeling). 
    I do think social media is draining. I spend time in it connecting with people like me but also realise it wastes hours of my life.  Can you try out a new hobby or activity? Spending time in a large craft store is probably my favourite shopping trip, you might find something that starts the ‘thing’ you are craving. 

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  • Hi, well the things that keep me going are my family, I have 2 nearly adult children. My job, I love to be a nurse, it’s when I put on my uniform that I feel most comfortable with that part of who I am. I love horses and spending time with them makes me so happy. I also spend many hours knitting and this sadly is probably the thing that really keeps me going. I make clothes for myself (when things fit perfectly because you made them yourself in the colours you chose, it’s amazing feeling). 
    I do think social media is draining. I spend time in it connecting with people like me but also realise it wastes hours of my life.  Can you try out a new hobby or activity? Spending time in a large craft store is probably my favourite shopping trip, you might find something that starts the ‘thing’ you are craving. 

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  • in reply to Orangegnome

    I love this! Sometimes I wish I had an animal pet that I could spend time with. No social rules to worry about!

    Thanks for sharing about the job, I wanted to ask , but you don’t have to answer, how do you enjoy your job without that sense of burning out? I want to feel that same thing as well when I work.

    Thank you for sharing this!! My thing I’m starting recently is bike riding. I just go out on a spontaneous bike ride. No plan of route, and at the moment, it’s the main thing keeping me grounded. I haven’t gone in more than a decade, but pumping up my old bike and then heading out has been something that does feel like something that gives me some joy.