What Makes You Tick?

I feel that life itself is (or rather has become) relatively meaningless and is more about the journey than the destination.
So what makes you tick? What is your reason for being?

Answer this question, "I wake up every morning because...?"

I wake up every morning to see if I was one of the lucky ones who died in my sleep. Sadly it has not been the case to date.

 

because things change. Life is about the journey, you have to keep moving.

 

I wake up each morning because I just happen to. I'm not afraid of death and would welcome its embrace openly. I've seen enough shit in this world and been near death twice already. I try to live each day as if it was my last so that I don't leave this world with regrets when my time finally does come.

Life has no real meaning to me any more...

 

I wake up in the morning(afternoon) because... I ain't dead yet, and i aint done all the crap i wanna do yet. been thinkin a lot the past few days about how short of a time we have. not a good train of thaught to be on.

Anyway, I'm gonna wake up tomorrow morning because I'm gonna watch me some Football(soccer) drink me some Beer, and some Vodka, and then watch me some rugby while drinking more beer.

and if i ain't drunk enough to make a fool out of myself then i'm gonna drink til i am, and then make a fool of myself, I'll have a good time doing it too damn it!

Edit: Oh yeah and i have yet to Make babies.

 

I wake up every morning because I'm awesome and that's about it.

Seriously though, I wake up most days and wonder why. Life is pretty crap, but we gotta put up with it the best we can.

 

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I'm trying, but there's so many of the bastards.

 

Don't you have some NES weapons in your stuff? The AVGN can destroy the planet with his NES light gun and power glove if he so desired.

I just use lasers...

 

SEGA light Phaser like totally like pwns teh n00by NES zapper any day

 

Lasers, lasers.... LASERS I have a Menacer and a Konami Justifier! I could shoot them in the shoulder wild west style then finish them off with the Menacer!

 

The Menacer always sounded so... menacing. face it nintendo peeps SEGA had cooler light guns. and were far better at naming things

 

But I've always been envious of that damn Super Scope...

 

I wake up everyone morning not because I have to ,but because I have life and to take it for granted and not make the most of it I can would a tragic. The reason I get up maybe its something that can't be found, the point is I don't look for meaning I look to do my part. I also have cut back on drinking because I found out I am a real douche here when I drink so best not to tempt fate.

 

I wake up every morning whishing I had slept a little more.

 

Get married and have kids.

 

My wife & I are actually pondering on the idea of having kids at the moment....but we're not exactly sure if it's genuinely what we want. We're happy at the moment with just the 2 of us & having the freedom to do whatever we want...whenever we want. I have a feeling many people are doing it because it's a gradual progression of what is "supposed" to happen in a "normal" life.

I'm also concerned if it's fair to bring kids into such a chaotic world...wouldn't it be highly stressful for them? I guess we're overthinking things??!!

As for the OP's original question...I guess we have days like that every once in a while..I know I do..& there r indeed a whole heap of bastards out there to make life miserable...but that's life really...

 

I wake up every morning to make sure my teenage son goes to bloody school the lazy bastard.

 

I wake up every morning because I have no choice to not. I died for a brief time once and it didn't take, ever since then the reaper has been allusive and my perception of time has greatly changed. So... I kill what time I have with whatever sways my interest.

 

It's a question I ask myself quite often, and I don't really have a good answer. About the best answer I can come up with is that I'm curious to know what the future will be like. You never really know what will happen next, although sometimes it seems like you do. But as long as you're living, there are still infinite possibilities. So even if you're utterly sick of your current situation, there's still a chance that things will improve in the future. And meanwhile, the world around you is constantly changing. Just in my own relatively short lifetime, I've witnessed huge changes in the way people communicate and go about their daily business. It's impossible to know exactly what the future will be like, but one thing you can be pretty certain of is that it wont be the same.

On the other hand, it's best not to live your life based on a vague hope that things will somehow magically change for the better. You have to take action to make that happen. That's something I've always had difficulty with, but it's an essential part of living. And it's not sufficient to say "I've tried and tried and nothing works." All you can do is keep trying. I've personally been through many difficult times in my life, and each time it seemed like it would never end. But eventually, after much pain and effort, it did get better. So really what's required is a combination of persistence and patience. Easier said than done, I know, but that's about all I can say.

 

Wow. The OP and some of the responses are pretty bleak... :-/