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Anyone else feel that their direction in life is more related to being what "they're supposed to do" rather than any conviction or desire to pursue it? (hexbear.net)

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Title mostly.

I'm doing fine right now, had an argument with my brother but overall I got my path forward ironed out, but I can't shake the feeling that all of what I do is just some pathological need to stumble forward into what I'm supposed to do but rather than actually being a meaningful calling or direction.

Maybe I'm just depressed.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I wish I could do the things I'm supposed to do, like have kids with a house and a real career, or I wish I could do what I want to do as I did when I was younger, like travel and party with friends or other things.

I feel like I neither do what I'm supposed to do nor what I want to do, but I just do what I need to do to survive. I have a decent job but I'm just kina stuck between steps, I can no longer have the fun of young adulthood but I can't reach the milestones of an adult, and that realization makes me so depressed.