Why do i lack motivation or ambition?

Question

i don't know what my problem is but i cant motivate myself to do anything but work andpay billss. its a dead end job too. i try to think what i want to do with my life and i feel like i have no answer to that and it bothers me.I'mm almost 23 and i still have no idea what i want to do with my life. i have no direction. i think my dad is getting tired of seeing me go nowhere with my life. he is always telling me i should get a better job and that i should stop giving up on things so easily. but the reason i cant stick to anything is because nothing holds my interest for long. i wanted to be a video game designer but my dad says those jobs are few and far between. how can i find my ambition and motivation. im tired of not knowing where to go from here. whats wrong with me?

Answer 1

Pick something that pays a lot and then you will be going some where in your life. Maybe you would enjoy it and stop getting ahead of yourself. You have to learn to stick with things in this life because that's the only

you're going to get ahead. Pick something you enjoy. There is no such thing is loosing interest that's your mind.  

Answer 2

Become a video games designer if that's what you want. Find out what skills are relevant, and obtain them. It may be a difficult dream, but you'll never achieve it if you don't try.

Answer 3

I have kinda the same problem academics wise.

Everyone in my family going back several generations have been professional engineers or doctors, mother, father, uncles, sister, etc.

I scored a 1400 SAT but my GPA isn't great, academics holds almost no interest for me...and I basically coasted through school with no studying.

The only thing I seem motivated at is weight training and nutrition, I obsess over it, and I think its fair to say Im quite skilled at it.

Genetically Im not that well suited for it, I have a large frame but Im no Arnold.

Just find what you enjoy, just because your smart, or talented at something doesnt mean you have to choose it as a career.

Ill probably never live up to my potential, and that doesn't bother me. Ill graduate as a 6 foot 220 pound engineer that looks like a linebacker, with mediocre grades and not alot of motivation to work an office job.

Ill never have the GPA I should have had, and my career will not be what it should have been.

But Id rather be happy than live up to my "potential" and thats the choice I have made. Why spend your whole life making money only to realize you missed out on life as a whole ?

Answer 4

Stand by what you want to do. I am very much like you, yet I'm only 17. I too want to be in the video game business. It all depends on where you live.You might be denying yourself from what your father is saying. As technology grows, games and other related items will/is an ever-growing industry. If it's what you want to do, then do it. Believe in it. Make a blueprint in your mind of what you want and just follow it.