I am 31, what should I do with my life?

It's never too late to do something worthwhile/great in Life. Something from "The Purpose Driven Life" (Rick Warren) is a Lady who runs marathons and didn't realize she had a passion for running until she was in her 80's.

I suppose the question would be: "What do you want to do/accomplish in Life?"

Some things are "impossible" however generally speaking, the average Person is capable of achieving much more than they realize. Something you may consider is being a "Internet Marketer" in the sense that you create your own Website(s) (on a topic that you're passionate about) and then earn a good income from doing that.

(HTH)

here is where the problem comes in and i have tried to put this in other responses .

the field of marketing is getting wider and wider on a weekly to monthly basis . every business needs some online presence ..and if you have no real online presence ..when you are trying to sell businesses on building their online presence .. it is like trying to sell cars when you do not even drive ..

forget the size of the business big or small ..if you are not using digital marketing methods to bring in clients .if they don't find you through your marketing onlime. that does not include direct emails , real snail mail or phone calls .

if you do not have a greate internet marketing regimen for your services you will probably not sell anyone on your ability to purt one together for them.

rest of your life produce value earn profit. then learn to make your money earn money

Find out what you are passionate about, and get down doing it. You will find yourself enjoying every bit of your life. Your life is here because of a cause and because of some others who need the good that God has deposited in you. Find it out.

Hi charlesgalofre

I'm going to speak with you at a personal level.

Growing up I realised that I am a 'jack of all trades' type, so my options were open as to what it was I wanted to do as a career.

There were so many options, I didn't know what to do!

Eventually, I decided on my main plan and my back-up.

Let me tell you, and have tried my Plan A, which I changed to Plan B, I then had to change to Plan C and sure enough had to change to Plan D.

I'm talking to you right now, on Plan E.

Please don't worry so much about what to do in life.

You control your attitude, and your attitude opens opportunity. That's all you need, is an opportunity.

Take it from me, try something you've never thought of trying before.

If you stop yourself from doing certain jobs or walking certain career paths, you're selling yourself short! You can do whatever you want to do. I'm serious!

I've opened so many doors when I stopped telling myself I couldn't do something. We all go through changes in our lives, so now is the time for you to take a step forward, unlock ALL of the doors available to you, and have the courage to walk through one of them.

You never know where you might end up :-)

Stay motivated

Corey

'Mindset for Motivation'

In my opinion, you may want to take a closer look at Blogging. However, I doubt anyone can truly tell you what to do with your life. That is a decision you need to make flying solo. If you want to be successful online, then you first need to be prepared to fail. Affiliate Marketing is one of the best preferred methods to make money online, and Blogging can serve as the perfect corner stone.

I understand there's a shortage of nuns these days. And, if you put your mind to it, nothing can stop you.

Best of luck,
Ron

get a haircut and get a real job

Step 1: Relax
Step 2: Get in Trance
Step 3: That's all you need

and last but not least, join a cult.

Normally, when I visit this forum, the litter box of the Warrior Forum, I bring a laser and make the kitties dance and trip over their own poop. But today, I'm going to be serious and even answer your question.

First, you are not alone. You see the smart Azz answers you rec'd, but in truth many people of all ages are wherre you are at. Trying, some going from plan A to plan E, many bouncing around like a ball in a pachinko machine.

The Warrior Forum is known for the many people who spent 5 years or more trying to find the thing that works, for them. I'd bet most never find it.

Passion is really what drives people to do unbelievably crazy things. It might seem impossible for others, but if you have that unswerving drive to achieve something that's undoubtedly important to you, success comes from there. You can give up now, I mean 32 is the new 18 (obviously made that up). My point is, you can try making money out of things that you love doing. Maybe you fancy writing and traveling - start a travel blog that highlights budget friendly travel ideas. Money can be tight, it won't be easy, you'll have problems (that's life) but if you keep at it, and do it for yourself and believe that others can benefit from it, there's no reason why you won't succeed.

Think about it for a moment. What drove you to post this in the first place? You're searching, wondering what to do after having tried different things. And you haven't yet hit on the thing you really want to do.

You could jump into something else, and then something else again, only to wind up exactly where you are right now - wondering what to do next.

The fact is that you will continue to wonder what to do next unless and until you discover what makes you tick, understand exactly who you are. Once you know that, you'll be able to approach the secondary question of "What should I do with my life?" with some genuine information that will likely lead you into what is right for you.

So how do you find out who you are? It's quite simple. You ask.
I take people through this process in the course of my work as a coach, and I can't do it here the same as I would in person, but give this a shot:

Ask yourself:

What is most important to me in the context of my career?

Get a blank sheet of paper and start writing a numbered list of what is important to you in terms of your career.

Do not stop at 3 or 5, or even 10 answers. Don't allow yourself to stop until you have at least 20 different answers to this question. Pushing yourself to go beyond the obvious answers will help you get at the deep and meaningful stuff. It won't be easy, but it's worth it.

Next, once you have that list, prioritise it from most important to least. After you've done that, take the first thing on that list, and a new blank sheet of paper. Write it down and underneath it write down why it's important to you in the context of your career. Then take the second thing on your list and do the same thing. Have no less than 2 reasons why for each thing on your list, ideally, have 4 or 5 reasons. This will be even harder, and will require much soul searching, but again, it's worth it.

If you take the time and effort to honestly take yourself through this process, what you will have at the end will be a few pages of solid gold information about what makes you tick in terms of your career. You will likely find things in there that surprise you.

Read over those few pages, think about them, and then ask yourself what work you could do that would satisfy what's on those lists. What sort of work would tick as many boxes as possible?

Give it a shot!

Hope this helps.

Happy Birthday.

Charlesgalofre, you're asking a question as old as mankind.

Most adults asking this question have jobs, a decent enough life and a reasonable amount of happiness. So then, what is the real thing we're looking for?

I believe most of us are looking for a life that's meaningful, rewarding and something that provides a nice income for the finer things.

"Meaningful and rewarding" is all over the map, depending on who you ask. That's the whole "find your passion" angle, and it makes sense.

But what's maybe more helpful, is to think about who/what group of people you want to help. Because a meaningful and rewarding life really is about bringing our unique value into the world. We're each gifted with skills and talents that benefit others, and we feel amazing when we use those gifts.

What are you naturally good at? If it paid really well, what would you love to do every single day? What do people ask your advice about? In what area are you the "go to" guy?

You're the only one who can answer the question you asked. But the answer involves giving immense value that you alone can give, in your own unique way.

Find a way to serve others in a generous, selfless way, and the money will follow. What an awesome way to live.

Success will manifest so long as you keep your Faith strong and emotionally true. When one door closes it leaves room in our life for God to open up another. Believe with your heart, every day, that the greatest direction is happening for you. Surrender and truly allow God to do the work.

It has taken me 5 years to craft the vision for what i want to do with my life or at least with the next 5-10 years and massive amounts of personal growth and change ..

the person who posted this may not even be reading the thread anymore ..

in the last year one of the main things i am learning and running into a lot of people whos lives are a complete mess ..

let me diverge by saying i have a little food high going on from the steak i cooked and ate for lunch and heating up my mashed potaos ..for lunch.. i eat so much better now that i get on the buss to go by food once or twice a week and find the really discounted meats .. and i cooked it to my pallet so it was sexy good for me .. and the piece of seak only cost me about 3 buck and it was big enough to cut in two .. so it was for lunch and dinner before i go back out to work.. so for about 6 buck in total ingredients i get a real tasty steak and mashed potato lunch and dinner .

now i run into a lot of people whos lives are a mess and while my life was miserable i did this a lot ..to nights ago when i decided to wake up and go shopping because i had the money .. and still had a valid buss pass ..at 7 am when i went to go shopping .. i would have foun d some reason not to go ..

and if had had not gone i would not be having steak for lunch and dinner for 6 bucks ..i would have had to spend twice as much buying a crappy cheesburger for lunch or what ever i could buy while i am working out on the Vegas strip..

now you want the secret to a better life ..or what to do with your life ..do the things to make your life better that you know you should do.. and you are probably spending many time more effort and energy by not doing ..

I hear you on that one! Personally I've not had the success I want but I'm still here and still giving it a go. I do believe that small companies can benefit greatly from the skills we have. They just dont know it yet.

Yes, over the years l have seen plenty of newbies trying to do a flyer in record time, (Graphicriver) in order to make a lot of cash from it from day one.

They probably do one in an hour or two and it looks like crap and doesn't sell.

When l started l did one in a few days, but that means that it would take me almost 10 years to make an income from it.

Other pro,s raking in the money from this, did one in a day, most newbies scoffed or wondered how.

Now l can do them much quicker than one a day, or in the ballpark to what a newbie was aiming for.

But l had to go through that slow, frustrating and at times, gut wrenching period of time in order to see it.


Lol, l was going to say that 31 was a very good year, but apparently not?

Lol, l know exactly where you are coming from. Me yes, (read above) but l have spent years on websites, doing exactly what the experts advised and ended up with $1.30 a month from a $30 a month site.

And plenty of other stuff, pretty hard to get unbiased information that you can depend on.

An idea might be to get temporary jobs while you figure out what you really want to do. If you're able to as well, voluntary work could help you decide what kind of work you want.

Affiliate marketing works.