What is my goal and meaning in life? (A deeper, greater cause?)

There has been a lot of brainstorm on what I enjoy doing, but I want to challenge myself on what my ultimate “higher” goals and meaning in life are.

Possibilities:

• Children (getting disenchanted here, but awesome if good partner)
• Building a partnership/relationship
• Documenting my life (but I need to document something awesome I’m doing, the “higher goal”)
• Being known as someone wise, status/respect (eh)

A lot of these are very typical already, and they don’t feel deeper or “higher”. For example, some people want to be like an Oprah, or be a public servant. I don’t really care for that. I just want to enjoy my life to the most. And I’m wondering if I have some “greater cause” I love to direct my life.

It’s really this final question in life, because I now have a better wealth baseline, and I’m free from parental and relationship strings, completely.

More ideas:

• Promoting healthy living, learning new healthy living ways, researching them (it’s an interest, but more for my own use; then I have health to do other stuff)
• Become a famous/respected inventor
• I think I can incorporate my learnings and information gathering to create games/experiences that reflect all of that, and imbue myself into them

Would making little games even feel meaningful? I did it already and then I lost steam. But maybe if I have even more deeper experiences, I can create an almost cult-following type of game or system that is new/inventive. I want it to be deep, existential, and philosophical. The way that DnD can be big and therapeutic, and world-building.

I can use my social connections to test and enjoy these games?

But at the end of the day, when I’m alone in my room, will this really make me happy and bring me satisfaction?

I think creating new games with mystery-solving elements where there are a lot of novel stories/plots/lines/solves would be extremely fun. I definitely prefer playing, but I think making an amazing one would feel great. Just the idea that others are diving deep into my mind feels kind of meaningful/influential, and others can have fun. It’s a way of connecting and providing something I personally find valuable.

Sure, these games at the end are probably just nothing and will pass, but it’s a way for me to invent and share what I’ve learned/enjoyed. And taking my time to document my journey online could be a thing? And making it personal/deep. Dark/mature/18+? Hide my face for protection.

Maybe a worldwide treasure hunt type of thing (semi-geocaching?)? Where you actually have to go out and try to solve a mystery to get a prize? And maybe some web/email type of interaction to make it immersive.

It just sounds like I like to make interesting experiences for others where I take my time to make it in a way I love.

I think this is a great brainstorm. ChatGPT was giving me ideas for more existential and love/connection types of goals, which I think are deeper concepts I’m interested in. And I think there’s definitely more to explore, there must be deeper things still. I don’t want to just sit around or go around even as a pure hedonist. I like to eventually create and invent.

But I also want a deeper, more meaningful cause. Like discovering or working on some secret in life. This used to be a religious pursuit. But I feel like there is still more.