How to make the most of your life?

[JEDI]

This THREAD about quitting job and going on a month long hike on the Appalachian trail got me thinking.

i'm an unhappy computer geek in his 20's. i have the funds to last me a year. but i have no idea what i want to do.

yeah, i have the standard fantasies:
1) photographer for Playboy
2) start a Porn company
3) etc

i have no idea what i want to do that's realistic.

Suggestions on how to figure out on making the most of life?

edit:
Material needs do not make me happy. I find it stupid that people buy stuff just to keep up w/the Jones.

I just want to figure out what i want to do in life.

edit2:
any books to recommend to start?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Have you played Deus Ex?

 

[suse920]

spend some of the funds, get a nice car, nice clothes, and after that a girl.

 

[Cattlegod]

1 - probably won't happen. i'd bet it is a know someone only type of trade
2 - impossible with the current competition, you would be bankrupt in less than a year
3 - i'm currently looking for this option too

 

[alien42]

i heard mercenaries for hire make good money

or you could do something to help children in a 3rd world country

 

[Ricemarine]

Originally posted by: alien42
i heard mercenaries for hire make good money

maybe he can get the Daishi mech (dire wolf in MW2)

I would take madcat or kodiak hehehe.

 

[intogamer]

Spend as much money :
You don't want to be old have lots of money and can't do sh1t

 

[freebee]

edited.

 

[dartworth]

If I could only buy a Prowler...

 

[Chompman]

Play Wow.

That year will go by fast.

 

[JoeKing]

try to do something that'll make you and other people happy.

 

[blahblah99]

get the most out of life by not spending time on the internet!

 

[Ricemarine]

Better yet.

Find a way to make a machine where you can go to any anime

You'll have so much fun in em.

 

[Kerouactivist]

Depends on what you mean by making the most of your life...

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: Chompman
Play Wow.

That year will go by fast.

been there, done that with Age of Empires II, and Diablo II. it was fun, but still felt like i was wasting my life.

 

[CptObvious]

I'm in the same boat, kind of. I'm thinking about going to Asia to teach English for a year. They pay your expenses, so you don't have to burn up your savings.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Originally posted by: JEDI

Originally posted by: Chompman
Play Wow.

That year will go by fast.

been there, done that with Age of Empires II, and Diablo II. it was fun, but still felt like i was wasting my life.

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
Have you played Deus Ex?

You will never look at games the same way again after playing it.

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: blahblah99
get the most out of life by not spending time on the internet!

that's what i'm asking. How to figure out on how to get the most in life?

 

[Mik3y]

its called getting a woman.

 

[Ranger X]

Go backpacking around the world for one year.

 

[upsciLLion]

Do something you love that benefits mankind with the gifts and talents you have been given.

 

[imported_Mike]

Work really really hard that first decade out of college so you can be essentially lazy the rest of your life.

 

[Jamie571]

Use computers only for work.

Try it for a month, it puts things in perspective.

I had to got to Mexico for about a month on a controls systems install. By the end of the month I was healthier and enjoyed life more.

Came back and built a new faster computer. LOL

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: CheapArse
Work really really hard that first decade out of college so you can be essentially lazy the rest of your life.

lazy for rest of life isnt me. that's squandering life.

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: JEDI

Originally posted by: CheapArse
Work really really hard that first decade out of college so you can be essentially lazy the rest of your life.

lazy for rest of life isnt me. that's squandering life.

Hmm, lazy isn't the right word. Lazy as it refers to a job, not with how to live life. I.E. take what you get that 1st decade out of college and make it work for you instead of you working for it.