I am a 20-something male from the United States.
I had excellent test scores throughout my high school career (frequently the best in my class), but generally poor overall grades because I was always too lazy to do my homework and get projects done on time. My teachers were always very frustrated with me. I have never attended college, nor do I plan to. I work part time at a department store and make $8 an hour.
Now here's the point of my story: I don't wan't anything more than this in my life.
I have no desire to make more money. I have many interests and hobbies, but nothing that requires any significant amount of money. I have no mouths to feed but my own, and that is how I plan to keep things.
I have no desire for prestige. In fact, I cannot remember a single moment in my life where I really felt pride (or shame) of any kind. I believe that I am completely indifferent to both praise and criticism.
I have no desire to contribute anything meaningful to society. In fact, I don't really care about "society" at all. I readily admit that I am a rather unimportant person as far civilization is concerned. I have no useful skills of any kind, and a cheap robot could probably take over my job someday soon. I don't care.
And no, I am not a drug addict.
Is this normal?
I had excellent test scores throughout my high school career (frequently the best in my class), but generally poor overall grades because I was always too lazy to do my homework and get projects done on time. My teachers were always very frustrated with me. I have never attended college, nor do I plan to. I work part time at a department store and make $8 an hour.
Now here's the point of my story: I don't wan't anything more than this in my life.
I have no desire to make more money. I have many interests and hobbies, but nothing that requires any significant amount of money. I have no mouths to feed but my own, and that is how I plan to keep things.
I have no desire for prestige. In fact, I cannot remember a single moment in my life where I really felt pride (or shame) of any kind. I believe that I am completely indifferent to both praise and criticism.
I have no desire to contribute anything meaningful to society. In fact, I don't really care about "society" at all. I readily admit that I am a rather unimportant person as far civilization is concerned. I have no useful skills of any kind, and a cheap robot could probably take over my job someday soon. I don't care.
And no, I am not a drug addict.
Is this normal?
But don't you feel the urge to be awesome sometimes?
Without ambitions you can fall into depression.
I find this a little strange as I used my energy when I was young to work my guts out and stash the cash. However, I never had any debt and was able to buy my homes outright, which I understand is not normal for Amercians - as you live off credit.