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What is your life's purpose?
I used to ask friends about it because I was in a bad spot. I got "to have fun" "nothing" and "I'm depressed, so I'm looking for one". There's no right or wrong, but it can be incredibly helpful to motivate you day-to-day actions if you feel stuck not knowing what to do.
Mine is "to be helpful to other people". I wanna leave the world knowing I armed the right people with tools to make major positive change. So a lot of my time I dedicate to technical tasks that my friends need help with, and it gives me meaning.
Some can be selfish, some less impactful and some nonsensical. But I think especially people who can't get out of bed are the ones potentially having the biggest positive influence on the world, and so these people need a reason. And then if you do a small thing every day, you'll feel like you're on track, and that feeling is important.
Sry for the rambling but I have thought about this topic a lot ^^'
I really like that. As a variation I've heard "What shall your gravestone read?" and then work backwards from that to make it happen. Currently I am struggling a bit with an answer for myself but I am working on turning something up. I appreciate your answer :)