# Do you have a mission in life? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 26, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mission-in-life/555065 "2010-09-26T03:09:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mission-in-life/555065/1 "2010-09-26T03:09:58Z")
Inspired by a GD thread – no, I’m not going to say which one. Anyway, clear enough, as per the thread title: do you have a mission in life? And if so, what? I’ll go first: no. There, that was easy, wasn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mission-in-life/555065/2 "2010-09-26T03:30:40Z")
Nope. I’m just dust in the wind. ---
**Author:** ![NetTrekker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nettrekker/32/2909_2.png) [@NetTrekker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NetTrekker)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mission-in-life/555065/3 "2010-09-26T03:34:31Z")
Not a mission that I myself would fulfill but my desire is to live to see certain scientific advances come about. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mission-in-life/555065/4 "2010-09-26T04:19:16Z")
To see the end of needless suffering, or the end of grandiose life missions. ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mission-in-life/555065/5 "2010-09-26T05:05:10Z")
To raise my children to be happy, prosperous men. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mission-in-life/555065/6 "2010-09-26T05:05:49Z")
To get a flying car. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mission-in-life/555065/7 "2010-09-26T05:23:55Z")
To contribute to the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men (and women). ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mission-in-life/555065/8 "2010-09-26T11:20:16Z")
God damn, I wish I did. ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mission-in-life/555065/9 "2010-09-26T12:18:52Z")
I’ll come back and tell you what it is if I achieve it. ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mission-in-life/555065/10 "2010-09-26T13:27:07Z")
Yes. To write a book and publish it. Or so I tell myself while killing time on message boards. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mission-in-life/555065/11 "2010-09-26T16:01:31Z")
Yes, absolutely. To use the talents, skills and damn good luck I’ve got to do what I can to make the world a better place. Specifically, this is looking like it’s going to be about fighting malaria. I dream of the day malaria is eradicated from this earth. ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mission-in-life/555065/12 "2010-09-26T16:21:56Z")
“Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.” \*\* What is thy will? It is my will to eat and drink. \*\* To what end? That my body may be fortified thereby. \*\* To what end? That I may accomplish the Great Work. “Love is the law, love under will.” 93 ---
**Author:** ![ReticulatingSplines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mission-in-life/555065/13 "2010-09-26T16:52:52Z")
To not die. ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mission-in-life/555065/14 "2010-09-27T02:49:54Z")
My mission in life until very recently was to keep my youngest brother a part of our family for which I had a twelve year battle with social services who saw a healthy white enough child and wanted to adopt him out to strangers. Once he got into the teenage years and was no longer desirable to the adoption market, the social workers have been amazingly quiet. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mission-in-life/555065/15 "2010-09-27T02:55:01Z")
To get the band back together. It’s a mission from Gahd. ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mission-in-life/555065/16 "2010-09-27T04:30:56Z")
Not to change the world, just my corner. ---
**Author:** ![Dereknocue67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Dereknocue67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dereknocue67)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mission-in-life/555065/17 "2010-09-27T09:43:15Z")
Yes. My mission in life is to get on board and enjoy the ride. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mission-in-life/555065/18 "2010-09-27T13:56:41Z")
So many women. So little time. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mission-in-life/555065/19 "2010-09-27T14:01:16Z")
> [@Waxwinged](#): > > Yes. To write a book and publish it. Or so I tell myself while killing time on message boards. Me too! It’s wonderful to share a dream, isn’t it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mission-in-life/555065/20 "2010-09-27T15:03:36Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > To get the band back together. It’s a mission from Gahd. And then we have to get $5,000 to the Cook County Assessor’s Office. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mission-in-life/555065.md?page=2)