Jul 30, 2006 14:53
I am contemplating volunteering at the hospital, helping make sick kids smile.
I need to find meaning, a purpose. In the past, my life has been defined by it's structure: going to school, going to work, having little free time, but using it well. Now all I have is free time, and its not really used for anything productive. It's becoming more evident that I will not find a job that will be creatively/otherwise fulfilling, so I must look for other outlets....
I think these outlets must be non-selfish. Helping others, etc. I do so many things for myself, maybe my accomplishment and satisfaction will be through doing things for other people.
I guess we'll see.
I am ok, but not content; there is a happiness in the fact that I am healthy and doing well and comfortable. But there is great dissatisfaction in the fact that I may be too comfortable. Like there is more that I should be doing accomplishing seeing feeling... etc.
But the point is to find these things.
So I will try