If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like?

I found this to be true, too. We're always ending up doing things we don't want but we had to do it like for example a job, an errand, a task, etc... You do have a point and I think the reason is lack of direction. We should create a path for us in order for us to end up on that thing we've always wanted to do. A carefully put plan is the key, in my opinion, because planning had always been the main method. Since ancient times, people are planning to create the reality they want. The pyramid of Giza is one thing. Until now, theorists and speculators still investigate to how ancient people built that phenomenal structure using the tools available to them back then. Planning should be reinforced within our daily habits for us to succeed in life. I've read in a very nice book called "Using Your Brain For A Change" by Richard Bandler, that if what you're doing isn't working then do something else. That's another idea we should incorporate in our journey to what we really want. If we're not succeeding on what we're doing, we should try something else, insert another key into the keyhole in order for the door to open. These are just some thoughts.

Yes I have to agree that life is indeed too short and no one can stop you if you just want to have fun. But make sure that you do in good balance we have to work so that you can afford to have fun right? Unless you have endless funds then you can enjoy all your life, i do wish i also have a lot of money so that i can do what i always love to do not just because to earn but because it is my passion...

Not one person knows how long his or her life will be in seams to me. I think that to be happy a person needs good health and good luck. I think that stress can make a person miserable. I don't think that having loads of money makes a person happy but a severe lack of money can make a person sad. I think that hobbies are important because they are what the person is interested in. My favorite hobby is traveling to different countries and I need to be able do my traveling overseas. When I am at home I like to spend time on the Internet and read books. I like to walk in the countryside and by the sea. I am very happy when I am able to go swimming and when I get the opportunity snorkeling.

Hi santos mari chris: I agree with you on the fact that we should take care more often about our own hapinness but at the same time I have to say that we have to think about those things that maybe we don't like them but are good for us so we take them. For example, most of the kids don't like to go to the school but if they don't do that they won't discover all the things they need for their lives. I think we need to have a balance between these things- the ones we need and the things we want to do. ALVARO

That's right. I totally agree. Life is so short for us to not live and make a living out of something we don't love. I believe happiness would be achieved if we're basically everything we have a passion for. Responsibility has to be there though. Right now I'm working on a 24 hour shifting job that I totally dislike. I'm thinking if it is right to leave this job and look for something I love doing. Thing about this job is, I'm being paid well. Not really well but it's good enough. I don't know, but I get to feel sometimes that I'm wasting my short life on this job where you don't grow on. It's a call center job. I totally hate it. I don't know.

It right what you're saying. I think we did do it, because the hole world is doing it. Whe don't know else...

As a Zen pracitioner, I meditate every day and what I have disovered is that it is no possible to have an enjoyable time all the time in this life, as the physical universe is subject to the laws of attraction, meaning that all things give way to their opposite as that is the natural cycle of things. Enjoyable things eventuall become non-enjoyable things. _Derek

Good question! I guess you have to take the good with the bad.

You are absolutely right and we as human beings never know when our lives will be stripped away from us. That is the reason that for the last several years I've been trying to do something that I enjoy on a regular basis. I lost one of my best friends a little bit over a year ago and it reminded me that I should always try to do things that I enjoy and that I should also make sure that the people I love know how I feel about them.

Sometimes we are faced in life with things we don't like to do. These are things that we must do to survive. Just because we don't like to do something doesn't mean that we shouldn't.

Yes, life is short and it would be nice if we can enjoy everything we do and yet we love to do it. Unfortunately, there are many things inthis world is not of our control.You will have more choice if you have two things : health and money.But if you don't have them both, then it will be another story then. Some people can play video games all days and think that they are enjoying thier life but some may just wanted to do something more.Whatever it is and whatever it maybe. Enjoying something is not just an inner attitude, but there are times involve some outside factor as well.Singing and karaoke is something that you can enjoy life once for awhile , but you can sing it all day long because you will get bore somedays when you keep on doing something all the times. Well, I Think it is truly up to our won choice to live a life with enjoyment if we can. But still, when there is truly no choice for you, you still have to live with it anyway.That's my opinion.

Who would like to do things they don't like in the first place if we have the freedom to do so? Yes, it's true that life is too short and we should be doing things that are fruitful and things that we love to do. But in this world we don't have much choice at all. Choosing a job for example does not rely on us alone. There are certain factors to consider. So we cannot entirely say that we can get what we truly want. Due to the external factors and circumstances surrounding the reality of life, it leaves us with no choice but to do something we don't like.

Sounds an interesting discussion. Well, I think people love doing things they dont like simply because they want to keep themselves busy about some other stuffs, its better than getting old at a rapid pace though, or simply because of the sound of curiosity. People are by nature experimental and they love to see the result of something new to them thus forcing themselves to venture into something unique and novel. =)