What is the purpose of life?

I'm lost. seriously. if you're telling me that the reason we are put on this earth is to procreate, i'd say go boil yer 'ead or somethin.

i mean come on.. do you seriously want to bring a child into this god forsaken world. where all you end up doing for the next 20 yrs (and counting) is worry where the child is, if its ok, if its being kidnapped, if its doing well at school, if your bank balance is enough for its college fees, if its doing drugs and getting in with the wrong crowd, etc etc etc.. well you get my drift. whats the point? all of the above as opposed to say a nice holiday every year to hawaii. or mauritius. or the african serengeti. (well i wanted to used the word safari, but serengeti sounds more exotic). gimme a minute while i check it up on MW. *pause*

ok it means "wild gama reserve" something or other. so a better bet would be safari. but who the hell cares.

so yeah. coming back to the main question. whats the purpose of life? why are we here? or is it that since we are put here thru no request of our own, we just blunder thru it and make the best of it and die? weird.. cant believe there's a god up there who would want that. but lets, for argument's sake, leave god out of this. i dont wanna focus on the spiritual aspect of this question just yet, cos i'll get spiritual answers - for which i'm not ready ;-)

and i bet every other religion will hv different answers for the purpose of life anyway. like if you're a ---------, then your purpose would be to kill everyone of a different religion. or if you're a ------, then it would be to devote / dedicate your whole life to certain causes. of cos depending on how fanatical you are. and now there's this new term "relaxed-_______" like relaxed christian is someone who's called a christian but doesnt follow everything the bible says.

ok we're diverting here. i said i didnt wanna get into the religious point of view, not ready for tht yet. enjoying life too much. hell, if i'm enjoying life, why the hell am i writing abt the purpose of life? i shouldnt even hv the time. anyways.. yeah well.. so.

religion aside, why are we here? to make money like bill gates? to do good like mother teresa? to protect the vulnerable like jane goodall? to leave your footprint on the walk of fame? (or handprint, whatever).. WHY?

i mean, i'm done with life. not that i wanna commit suicide or anything, but if you think i just wanna trudge thru this with the same purpose my ancestors had, i think you're losing it. i mean, do i REALLY wanna wake up for the next 30 yrs, get out of bed, go to work, save money, get married, buy a house, have kids, send them to school (and tuition and swimming and piano and karate and the countless birthday parties), pay for their college, see them have kids and die. Gawwwdddd, there's definitely more to life than this man..

Maybe a gap year is a good idea after all. pity they dont practice it here. cos it would mean taking some time off to discover yourself. is this all there is or do i want to make a difference somewhere else, to someone else? i should consider it. its never too late actually. take a year off, mayb teach english to kids in spain. or apple picking in new zealand. or working with animal shelters in US. or "replanting" (i mean, trying to restore) destroyed reefs in Australia. something like that. where i know i've made a difference.

well, if you find out anything remotely related to the purpose of life (NOT religious), lemme know before i go bonkers ;-)