Hello, fellow dudes and girls, it’s Daniel, the most arrogant blogger with the lowest readership. Today I’m going to touch the subject that nobody suggested (because nobody fucking reads me, lul), but I’m writing on it anyway. “We do what we must because we can”, right? It’s gonna be all about how to live your life and not end up killing yourself in a complete despair. The article is supposed to mainly target younger audience (15 – 25) for obvious reasons, yet reading it should be helpful even if you are older – one can never have too much wisdom. Of course, it’s not a revelation from the almighty God, that makes everything crystal clear and easy – it is rather a set of waymarks for those who are really clueless of what they are supposed to do on this planet. And, since it’s put together using very simple logic, it’s quite foolproof (as it seems to me).

Okay, let’s get started.

First of all, we should define “a successful life”, since you cannot find ways to achieve your goal without actually knowing the goal. From my point of view, the simplified description would look like this: successful life is when you do your favorite thing and, since you are really good at it, it provides you with enough money to not worry about tomorrow and with a decent social position, thus making you happy. This brings us to the main idea of my “guide” – you have to find “your thing” in order to not waste your lifetime.

Step 1. Finding your vocation.

“Vocation – a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation”. Life’s passion, calling, dream job… You have to figure it out. I’m serious – this is the most important task you’ll ever have. It completely determines your fate. For this purpose we have adolescence – a period of life when you already have a fully functional brain, but still don’t have any serious responsibilities yet. The process of figuring out your calling is mostly passive (accumulating impression of different fields, analyzing them over and over), but you can also actively boost it (by attending some prof orientation courses, visiting your mom at work, etc.). School education (or even college/university) will help you a lot, since it introduces you to many branches of knowledge, that could potentially interest you.

Step 2 (open-ended). Developing your set of skills.

While the discovery of your vocation will give your life a meaning, obtaining some useful skills will also make it much easier – easier in different possible ways, from granting you a free and reusable “get out of depression card”, to providing you with an alternative source of income. Just pick something that you find interesting/entertaining/whatever and practice it a lot – it will pay off later, trust me.

Here are some examples: self-defense, coding, linguistics, understanding of natural sciences, spacecraft building, musical instruments mastery, genetic engineering, sharpshooting, photography, social media marketing, cooking, home repair (DIY), signature forgery, wilderness survival, driving, basic first aid… – pick whatever floats your boat (though I’d prefer you picking genetic engineering to make me immortal, thanks^^).

Even though this is not your main objective, some kind of insurance will never hurt. Surprisingly enough, one of those activities might grow into something bigger (like your profession), which is nice.

Step 3. Vocation verification.

What is it? You found something that might be your mission on Earth? Well, good for you, but don’t get too excited yet – you still have to make sure of that. I’d say, you have to be at least 95% sure, before you are even allowed to say “this is my destiny”. And, oh boy, this can take quite a while. Example: the idea of my first sci-fi plot started to form in me about three years ago, I gained confidence when I was approximately halfway through this term and only now I actually started to publish some non-fictional bullshit. And that’s only taking into account my post-school life – I was already writing some cringy and crude fantasy fiction when I was a little schoolboy impressed by Terry Goodkind’s “Sword of Truth”. So yeah, I warned you.

Step 4. Getting started.

Now that you found your true path, it’s time to begin the journey. From now on, you have to move everything else aside and prioritize the development of your professional skills: learn new songs and ways to play them if you are a musician, compose interesting plots and write texts if you are a writer, lie to people a lot and max out the number of assholes you can lick at once if you are an aspiring politician. The harder you work at this stage, the harder you will snowball from it in the future. And please always keep in mind one thing – upon completing previous stage you’ve confirmed that you are made for this occupation and there is no way around it if you want to be happy, so don’t listen to retarded people around you – it’s counterproductive and will only put you at risk of falling into depression.

This step can be considered complete only when you achieve a certain level of expertise and start feeling confident as a professional.

Step 5. At the destination point.

Congrats! You found yourself a comfy place in this cruel world. Now it’s time to collect all the well-earned fruits of your hard work. Your vocation is now your full-time occupation and you are happy about that. At this point you are relatively wealthy and your social life is satisfactory – you should already have some good friends by your side and maybe even a sprout of a family. But don’t you think it’s time to slow down! The self-perfection can never stop – you have to constantly surpass your past self to rightfully call yourself “human”. Enhance your professional success at every opportunity and live a happy life. Oh, and one last thing: you really shouldn’t forget to find someone to share the highest of your feelings with. Love is essential for a healthy and successful life, the lack of it slowly but surely erodes your soul.

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Yeah, that’s the strategy – simple and effective, but not that obvious for some people. I hope it will help someone. Please note, that I’m only giving you a list of most important objectives that you should be aiming for (like in RPGs) – you will have to find your own ways to achieve them.

Thanks for reading! If you really liked the article – please let me know.