Discussion If you had ambition, what would you do with it?

[Anxieyote]

I think it's fair to say that a lot of us may have given up on our earthly ambitions a long time ago, but hypothetically, if you were a well-adjusted and talented person—would there be a way you could leave the world in a better place than it was at before you were born?

Is there something you think you could have provided to others that would have left a lasting impact if you weren't encumbered by your life circumstances?

Or did you ever even have aspirations of providing utility to your fellow humans in the first place? I know I have fantasized of having a great positive influence on others in the course of my lifetime, but some of you may not share that desire.

 

[FuneralCry]

I cannot think of an good answer. Ever since I was young, the only thing I have really wanted is to die. I have never had any goals or aspirations. I am not meant for this life. I'm not sure there could be a way for me to leave the world in a better place. I have no will to live or motivation to do anything.

 

[Ash]

I'd be a successful author. But that would require me the motivation to write everyday and deal with rejection and negative reviews and if I could manage all of that, I wouldn't be here!!!

 

[BitterlyAlive_]

I was planning to be a teacher for a bit, help kids the same way my teachers helped me and hopefully foster some sort of inner growth.

I cannot think of an good answer. Ever since I was young, the only thing I have really wanted is to die. I have never had any goals or aspirations. I am not meant for this life. I'm not sure there could be a way for me to leave the world in a better place. I have no will to live or motivation to do anything.

I understand how you feel. My plan was more like "well, I have to pick something, and this sounds nice." But deep down, yeah, I pretty much felt this way too. Probably why the plan didn't work out.

 

[aBLEACHyindividual]

If I was white, and average / good looking and tall my life would be prefect because I would probably be rich and have some talent and would have a purpose. I would do what they do, have friends, girlfriends, have a wife and kids and nice job and nice life.

 

[Darkmoon Queen]

Nah. I just wanted the money.

 

[whywere]

I wish I could just have enough to live on and go around the world helping folks improve their lives and their future.

We have to get off this rock someday or we will be just like the dinosaurs an gone.

We have to expand our lives and minds and I wish I could help everyone.

I always was told, from day one, that I thought different and strange and I have had so, so many people tell me that I was born thousands of years to early, who knows

Love and kindness to all on SS, as all of YOU are my family, never had one till I joined SS.

Walter

 

[UseItOrLoseIt]

I had ambition. A lot of it. I had will and discipline and focus. I wanted to be everything, from a mathematician to a poet to a pianist to a normal human being. But it all went away once it became obvious that I didn't have the talent to become any of these things. And what didn't went on its own, drowned in the deep waters of depression.

 

[ClownMe]

I literally have no idea, that just about sums up how little ambition and passion I have.

 

[BottomlessPit]

I wanted to learn foreign languages (other than English), but never had the necessary discipline. Same goes for so many other things. My entire life I was never short of ambitions, but they were always rather short-lived.

 

[foreverlikethestars]

I have some ambition, though it's repeatedly squandered. I would love to apply my talent with chemistry to develop and research psychedelic drugs while contributing to their legalization and availability. I think they have a huge value in treating mental illness which has brought us to these depths. That being said I'm currently flunking out of university and always on the verge of ctb

 

[Deleted member 8975]

I'd kill myself immediately.

 

[Shadowplay]

I don't lack ambition per se, but depression and anxiety spa my energy and fuck with my concentration. If I didn't have to do that then I'd probably be an economist. It's one of my nerdy passions.

 

[deflationary]

Ambition is ugly. I've never liked ambitious people.

If I was ambitious then maybe I'd go for murder-suicide instead of just suicide. There's plenty of loathsome people out there that the world would be better off without.

Or maybe I'd read more. One of the two.

 

[Deleted member 8579]

Ambition is worthless if you lack the talent to support it.

 

[motel rooms]

Ambition is ugly. I've never liked ambitious people.
If I was ambitious then maybe I'd go for murder-suicide instead of just suicide.

Ambition makes you look pretty ugly
Kicking, squealing Gucci little piggy
You don't remember, you don't remember
Why don't you remember my name?
Off with his head, man, off with his head, man
Now do you remember my name? I guess he does!
(When I am king, you will be first against the wall
With your opinion which is of no consequence at all)

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I'm an ambitious dick. No, let me rephrase that: my dick is real ambitious. He's a webcam model, but that's just step one. I raised him to shoot for the (porn) stars.

@UseItOrLoseIt We are poets!

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

I'd probably just be mean to way more people other than myself. Me with ambition is the last thing the world needs. I already have hateful thoughts swirling in my brain all the time and if I wasn't so lazy I would be acting on them and making everyone miserable.

 

[deleted]

I would study to be rich, I am already poor and sad, at least I would be rich with a Ferrari a nice Italian suit and Rolex

 

[deflationary]

Ambition makes you look pretty ugly
Kicking, squealing Gucci little piggy
You don't remember, you don't remember
Why don't you remember my name?
Off with his head, man, off with his head, man
Now do you remember my name? I guess he does!
(When I am king, you will be first against the wall
With your opinion which is of no consequence at all)

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I'm an ambitious dick. No, let me rephrase that: my dick is real ambitious. He's a webcam model, but that's just step one. I raised him to shoot for the (porn) stars.

@UseItOrLoseIt We are poets!

I actually had those lyrics in mind when typing that :)

 

[motel rooms]

I actually had those lyrics in mind when typing that :)

I can't believe that album was released when I was 16. For a minute there I lost myself, I lost myself...

 

[deflationary]

I can't believe that album was released when I was 16. For a minute there I lost myself, I lost myself...

Thinking about age is always a dangerous thing. Anything older than a couple of years should have a trigger warning attached to its release date.

 

[netrezven]

I do have ambitions, insane for most people. I don't say that i will do it, but i will be sorry for myself if i die without trying. Even if i have to die trying...will keep it that way.
And really last week i spoke on viber with a friend of mine, that knows me well. So on what's up i said : "It's me who has to tell you what i did, so you can beleive it and know that it's possible". haha no details

 

[BeansOfRequirement]

I don't have any goals to tie the ambition to. Guess I'd lift more and eat more protein. I can't do anything with money and even if I had a gf I'm sure my penis wouldn't work 4 sex.

 

[SentientCreature]

I used to have goals and interests that required a lot of cognitive exertion. Now I can't afford to have goals anymore; in my current state they only open up the possibility for disappointment. Without goals I can't even speak of ambition hypothetically. I've preserved some of the interests, thought they're merely a convenient way of filling time now.

Perhaps it's just a pretense of philosophical disillusionment that helps me justify my lack of drive, but when I look at ambitious people now with my advanced cynical outlook all I see are anxious monkeys trying hard to impress each other.

 

[it's_all_a_game]

I had a lot of ambition but was crushed by awful people, capitalism & an unsupportive Mom. Now I just wait for death (and, at the risk of sounding narcissistic, I don't think this crappy world deserves my talent).

 

[stellabelle]

I think it's fair to say that a lot of us may have given up on our earthly ambitions a long time ago, but hypothetically, if you were a well-adjusted and talented person—would there be a way you could leave the world in a better place than it was at before you were born?

Is there something you think you could have provided to others that would have left a lasting impact if you weren't encumbered by your life circumstances?

Or did you ever even have aspirations of providing utility to your fellow humans in the first place? I know I have fantasized of having a great positive influence on others in the course of my lifetime, but some of you may not share that desire.

I was forced to give up repeatedly. Toxic family members. Nothing really changes. Morbidly depressed. They kind of destroyed it on purpose and then lied about it until I went absolutely fucking batshit on them. Things never got better. Just worse as time went on. I'm out of that now. The scars are still left behind. I can't forgive them or forgive myself for it. It was all too much.

too much criticism, stalkery, "observers", it all chased me away from my art or patience to do art, to do anything at all, my head is such a mess.

if I could get back to riding another motorcycle,,, all of that shit I loved but I kept getting fucked with for and disrespected about…. A meaningful career,,,, but I guess it's just not good enough and I'm always fucking wrong no matter what I do and my ability to learn has gone down the drain along with any motive to do anything besides die. That's what's sad.

sometimes I just grab my skateboard and get hurt intentionally. So other people laugh at me. The expense of my body. My hatred for myself, society, and others. Doing everything wrong on purpose because I could never do anything right and nobody loved me. What a fucking nightmare.

 

[Anxieyote]

I was forced to give up repeatedly. Toxic family members. Nothing really changes. Morbidly depressed. They kind of destroyed it on purpose and then lied about it until I went absolutely fucking batshit on them. Things never got better. Just worse as time went on. I'm out of that now. The scars are still left behind. I can't forgive them or forgive myself for it. It was all too much.

too much criticism, stalkery, "observers", it all chased me away from my art or patience to do art, to do anything at all, my head is such a mess.

if I could get back to riding another motorcycle,,, all of that shit I loved but I kept getting fucked with for and disrespected about…. A meaningful career,,,, but I guess it's just not good enough and I'm always fucking wrong no matter what I do and my ability to learn has gone down the drain along with any motive to do anything besides die. That's what's sad.

sometimes I just grab my skateboard and get hurt intentionally. So other people laugh at me. The expense of my body. My hatred for myself, society, and others. Doing everything wrong on purpose because I could never do anything right and nobody loved me. What a fucking nightmare.

My heart cries out to you. It sounds like you have been through the wringer. I also would like to make art, but there are a lot of things stopping me. My solution is leaving the workforce, but I won't be allowed to do that until I'm dead.

 

[CogitoMori]

Start a charity and go into law to fight for the rights of incarcerated people

 

[Pluto]

 

[Forever Sleep]

I had ambition and I pursued it for decades. Now, a long deep forever sleep seems far more appealing.