Content INTP's - Your passion/motivation/inspiration?

[bdz]

I've come to the conclusion that chasing an extroverted life simply won't make me happy and that, although I will have to partake in many things I don't enjoy as an introvert, I really need to find something that drives me, that motivates me, that makes me want to live. A passion, hobby, anything.

So I pose the question to those INTP's who are content with themselves. What's your passion?

 

[Anthile]

Making the world a better place and seeking for the ultimate cosmic insight. It don´t has to be Utopia or something like that. Just looking around you. Do you like it? Couldn´t the world be better than this? That is my motivation, my passion. Wisdom and knowledge are thereby necessary to do the right things.

That´s my opinion, as cheesy as it may sound

 

[Ogion]

Oh, yea, i second this question. I am on my search as well
One thing i really like doing is helping people. The way how to do it is not so important for me. So maybe i will find my passion in there. (I like the idea of being for example a paramedic, or a firefighter or something, at least in what doing this job means in terms of helkping people).

Ogion

 

[Vegard Pompey]

I am deeply passionate about creative activities such as writing, making music, programming and webdesign. I live to learn and create. However, as an INTP, I can never stick to one project for very long :/

 

[Agent Intellect]

i could also use some motivation. i can come up with ideas left and right in my own head, but i can't get them down (mainly talking about writing here). i have full books of ideas in my head, but when i sit down to actually write it, i just can't seem to do it. anyone know a good method to get things from my head onto paper (or, into my computer, to be more precise)?

 

[Fedayeen]

I am completly content. I have no motivation for anything. I just work and play video games. and forums. but thats about it. I see no need for anything else I am content with the way things are.

it seems like you guys are in a never ending cycle of needing something to make yourself feel content. get out of that state of mind and instead think about if you are ok living the way you are now. if you are fine with that, and can accept that you should be able to be content.

 

[sagewolf]

I like to tell stories and find new ways of doing things: I like finding my own way of doing things, more precisely. When I'm doing that, I'm happy, and when I feel that I can do that, I'm pretty much content. It's when others try to force me down another road that I begin to lose my motivation.

So, yeah. Self-expression makes me content.

 

[Ermine]

I create, therefore I am. However, due to my love of creative activities, like art, guitar, piano, graphic design, writing, etc, I'm never content. As soon as a finish a project, I don't feel content until I start another one. It's a positive, but vicious cycle. However, if I were ever "content", I would probably be too uneasy to stay that way.

 

[figaro_black]

Something that makes me want to live, motivates me and makes me happy...

Love: The purring of my cat, the feeling of his warm soft fur underneath my fingers is one form. The loving gaze of someone I genuinely care for is another. But I think the one that really motivates me is the intense admiration I have for certain people (like my father, and my literature teacher) that inspires me to aspire to be as intelligent as they are, that spur me into improving my knowledge to be able to converse with them on their level. There is nothing like the feeling when either one of them says: 'good point' and goes silent for a moment, thinking it over but not coming up with any objections. Then you know you've found something they've never thought about before, that you've contributed an important insight. That is what motivates me.

 

[Fordy]

I'm still searching for something to motivate me, though I am quite content as I am... For now.

Like Ogion, I enjoy helping people. Or just generally helping for a 'greater good'. Though I don't think I could get some sort of career out of that.

 

[Ermine]

There's actually plenty of careers for that. For example, you could start a soup kitchen, work in a hospital, counseling, stuff like that. Anything that helps individuals in a big way tends to have a link to the greater good.

 

[Ogion]

I know. Though whaat i study atm in university has nothing to do with it and so i am on a different path than i perhaps want to.
I am thinking about joining the THW, a german volunteer-based disaster relief organization as a volunteer (99% of the organization are volunteers, though it is directed by the government). That should be interesting. I just don't know if it will fit in wiith my study.
Truthfully however i doubt if studying at university even is the right thing for me to do at all. My parents both studied and i am intelligent and it was never a question, i think. But even though i am a learner academia doesn't seem to be the right frame. Perhaps because i am a self-learner for life. Because academia doesn't give you enough room to learn what you want.

Ogion

 

[Jordan~]

I'm not content, but curiosity keeps me willingly alive. If I died, how could I find out what happens? How could I experience things? Even love falls under curiosity, since it's the pursuit of experiences.

 

[saffyangelis]

Hmm.....

I like just wandering into a bookshop/Library, and just reading all day. Just letting myself get lost in thought when I'm reading or drawing or even just staring blankly out of the window (and the view is just boring) is probably the only thing that keeps me sane.

 

[Ora]

Yes saffy you do it a lot in French

do you feel like im stalking you i just saw your name and wondered what you wrote.

oh and lets not forget the boring Phisics.

i dont really have a motivation or inspiration or passion i dont think...

 

[Waterstiller]

I'm not content, but curiosity keeps me willingly alive. If I died, how could I find out what happens? How could I experience things? Even love falls under curiosity, since it's the pursuit of experiences.

Yeah.


I was trying to think of things that keep me living last night and here are a few:
Ah-ha's, me-too's, daydreams, waking up after a good dream, this song, Introverted Intuitives, romantic chemistry/tension/prospects, cereal, Eggo mini muffin tops, tea, rainy days, playing guitar aimlessly, thinking about past accomplishments.

 

[IfloatTHRUlife]

I actually mentioned this a lot when i first got to this forum. I still have trouble keeping myself happy. I am very content not having much, but i have absolutely nothing so it gets pretty rough. I find myself telling everyone "I'm bored" all day every day. I am not impressed by anything enough to motivate myself to get out there and do things, even though i know will be good for me. I would like to say you would be surprised how much i can complain about how i want more but i do not do anything about it, but some of you can probably sympathize. Although its very easy to be that way when the changes i want would require almost the entire population to change their entire way of life, which will never happen because so many people are focused on just living their life, getting by and not worrying about the effect they are having on the world. Not to mention that i smoke weed and have my INTJ brother waving his "plans" in my face and asking me where mine are...which is very discouraging.