Up until I reached 21 years of age, everything was just fun. Gaming, hanging out, drugs, parties, traveling, meeting new people, reading books, etc. All of that was fun.
But suddenly, I grew up and all of that shit is not fun anymore. I just don't get any joy out of it. I'm 25 now, I worked my ass off so I can have a nice job, car, and a small home. But what is the point if I just don't enjoy life anymore? The only thing that brings me joy now is dating girls. And even that is slowly getting boring. I've talked about this with my friends and they basically have the same experience.
I have nobody older and wiser to talk to about this, so I thought maybe someone here could give me some answers, or an insight on why is this happening and what to do about it.
Lone_Ranger 2 3mo ago
Dude - I am now early 50s. I wish I could knock some sense into you. Your life is just beginning.
That feeling of emptiness that you are feeling? I know it. Its a lack of purpose.
You need to find purpose and a mission in your life. You will never make yourself happier by more work, more house, more car, more travel or more pussy.
Consumption (even of pussy) is just wearing and boring after a while.
I highly suspect that you need to very seriously start thinking about starting a family.
here is a useful excercise - think about your life backwards. Decide where you want to be buried. Go and visit the graveyard that is your end destination. Go and actually sit there, and think about it for an hour. Then think about this - who do you want to visit your grave? Who do you want to hold your hand while you die? Do you want to leave behind a legacy? do you want children? How are you going to get a family?
This is it man. This is what you should be doing.
First-light 3mo ago
You might need to find yourself -find what will motivate you. Get yourself on a path to a destination you want to attain. Try a new thing each month until something sticks?
However, sometimes its not about where you are driving the machine of yourself, its about the actual smooth running of the machine. You might need to service the machine, not go looking for a map of where to go. -Do you have a dietary deficiency or hormonal imbalance? Reading around these things and tests may be worth looking at -Do you have a mental condition like depression? -Have you damaged your serotonin receptors or some other receptor sites in your brain with recreational drug use?
These thigs might be helpful. Try to look at it as a fault testing exercise, if its not one thing, then what shall I test for next and so on. Humans are meant to be both miserable and happy in life and if its all misery, then something is wrong and you need to actively look for where the fault lies..
MrSupreme 3mo ago
Save up a bunch of money,then travel south east Asia or latinamerica for a few years. Dollars are still hard currency and you can have a blast there. But you need to do something you like, have a medium-long term plan, try to start your own business.Find joy in other non-sexual things like hobbies and work.if you enjoy everyday things then you're set for a happy life. Plan ahead and execute, specially at your age, time will seem more expensive when you're on your mid 30s
Lone_Ranger 2 3mo ago
terrible plan.
Travelling is just running away. Its delaying the day when you need to start thinking and acting like an adult.
You are basically encouraging him to revert to teenager. This is exactly what women do.
You're telling him to do the male equivalent of eat, pray, love.
Its a crap answer.
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Kosingas 3mo ago
Travel to Southeast Asia? That's a rather specific thing to say.
Why would I travel there?
Yeah, I'm planning to start a business in affiliate marketing. But that is no fun at all. Its hard work.
MrSupreme 3mo ago
Southeast asia or latinamerica, there's easy pussy for foreigners,it is very cheap if you're American/European, and nature is beautiful too.
Musicgoon78 1 3mo ago
It's sounds like you have no mission. Figure out what you want. It's harder than it seems.
You are responsible for your own happiness.
Typo-MAGAshiv 2 3mo ago
Happiness is mostly a choice, a state of mind. Once your needs are met, that is.
Either there's some need not being met, or you're actively choosing to remain unhappy. Only you can answer this.
If you depend on external factors to feel happy, you'll rarely be happy.
Intrepid_Place53900 1 3mo ago
You aren't a kid anymore. Welcome to adulthood.
So, what do you find Fun now? What do you do in your free time? (other than girls).
You have to find things that are enjoyable to you in life.
Fishing, working out , Biking, tennis, golf, motorcycles, Jeep stuff, whatever, some hobbies you enjoy. Even Reading, I enjoy reading and many other things.
Honestly find stuff you like to do, put the girls on hold. Then go find some girls that you might be able to do this stuff that you enjoy, together.
May you live a long and interesting life.
whytehorse2021 3mo ago
Most guys do college, career and then work on their legacy(kids). It used to be around age 25 that you'd get married and start a family but the lovely ladies want to have a 10yr hoe phase so now you have to wait until your 30s when they're ready to "settle".
If you want to bypass the Western woman make-you-wait-all-through-your-20s phase you can do like the others suggest and go to SE Asia, Latin America, Africa, or E. Europe and get a traditional woman. I can get you a wife-material girlfriend in 10sec in those places.
Lone_Ranger 2 3mo ago
Correct - except its more like a 15 year hoe phase - from 16 to 31. You can pack a lot of cock into 15 years, even as a normie, fat 5.
Then they're ready for billy beta.
whytehorse2021 3mo ago
r/DatingOver30 is going to have WAATGM material for the next 100 yrs. Fortunately the Zoomers have picked up on the lose weight feel great trend.
Kloi 3mo ago
Do you have goals related to passions?
It sounds like you set yourself up to enjoy life but forgot to set any fun goals to enjoy now that your basic needs have been exceeded.
For me it's backpacking, kayaking, hiking new trails, traveling to big cities and hanging out with the locals for a few music, music festivals.
For some of my guys it's boating, jetskis, fourwheeling, fast cars and quick bikes, playing guitar or paintballing.