I've had no attachments to life; I don't intend to throw it away yet I'm not holding onto it either.
I'm not suicidal or suffering from depression, I am just simply bored.
So, I try to find interesting things, and what mostly amuses me are the lives of strangers I may never meet; their interpretation of life I may never understand.
In simple terms, please tell me, what is your view on life, what does the world look like to you and finally, what is most precious to you.

This sounds familiar. That's a lot like me actually. I don't really have any attachments to this life either but like you I'm not depressed or suicidal. I'm not really bored but more apathetic. There's not really much that I care about. What's different is that I have a small interest in writing (which I don't know where it will go) so that's all I got at the moment. You're acting like you've got nothing. I do have to ask something though, do you have any really close friends or relationships? I just have to make sure because that might have an effect on your perception of life.

I'm Agnostic but simply put what my belief would be is that we will end up going to a world/dimension that makes sense. To me this one doesn't and if there is a purpose or meaning then it will be something that is like a feeling or something supernatural that probably won't make sense until the next world.

To be honest my view on the world is that people don't care about our purpose or life after death and usually just live pointless lives. I have a very negative perception on people and think very lowly of most people.

As for what's precious to me, I don't really know. I've never really thought much about it but from what I have it would only be my stories really that I can think of. I don't even really need them though. As for what I want the only things that I really care about that I can think of is to find some kind of purpose in life (which is a bit vague and might include writing) or some kind of connection to the next life. Apart from ideas the only thing I really want would be a friend who understands me and has the same views or perceptions as me.

So what made you interested in others perceptions/ interpretations on life? Are you looking for a purpose or have heard interesting ideas from people? Also, if you want I can go into more detail on my views on life but you said to make it simple. I can talk a lot about these kind of things. Nice post by the way XD I'm curious about this kind of thing as well.

I experienced what is my outlook in my life I'm really bored in my life i always spending my life in computer and household chores and when i was a high school my life is very lonely then i have few friends but i don't really trust them because i know they making friends from bullying and borrowing something to you and money ..... Its annoying ... So my outlook in life is only God and my family ..... I didn't regret join this site because its fun to help someone has a problem and solved it .... I'm still being alone but still Dollars is on my side

Apologies for quite the long wait of a reply - mostly due to the fact I was quite busy and also, it took some time to figure out how to reply with all my opinions in a concise manner.

Firstly, in response to your question about my relationships (@Miharu) - I do in fact have my parents, my little sister and a friend, all of whom I consider the only people I care about in my pretty decent life of no misfortune. Obviously, I love and cherish them; I'd do many things for their sake. However, despite the number of times I've enjoyed their company, it seems mostly to be a dream - as if I'd wake up and all of that would simply vanish, however that idea doesn't seem to depress me at all.

My view of life? It changes to wherever the wind takes me. Similar to you, Miharu, I'm Agnostic, I don't believe that god or science is behind everything. I just believe in unraveling the mysteries of the world that I don't know of yet. Hence, perhaps why I'm bored of the everyday life even with the few simple unexpected mishaps. I'm much more intrigued by what may seem fearful and dangerous to some people.

Similarly again, I've been hoping to be fortunate enough to gain even just one friend whom I can simply share my views to; my deep thoughts about everything - without judgement ultimately, and perhaps even provide opposing views in a friendly manner. My current companions mainly talk about superficial topics, the deepest subject ever having to converse in being something about betrayal and distrust to another.

Lastly, what makes me interested in others' perceptions and so? I honestly don't know, maybe to feed the unending curiosity within me. I'm not interested in adapting the purpose to life of others, I'm simply intrigued by thrilling situations or simply the minds of others that are completely different as well as unknown to my own. Perhaps, in a way, I'm just similar to Mikado in Drrr but I'm just over complicating things, simply desperate to escape and run into a much more exciting life, ending with utmost fulfillment, I don't know how to explain it, but it's the feeling you get when you come across a sudden yet delicious plot twist. That feeling, I love it.

Overall, personally, I'd love to hear in detail yours and anyone's view on this matter. Furthermore, this is really just me venting out my frustrating thoughts, in real life, even when it may sometimes be a front, I'm quite a hyper and carefree character sore of like Kida; so please don't assume I'm an utmost serious philosophical bore.

Also, massive apologies for such the long post.

Hello guys,

I'm a christian and I believe in God. But that's not the point I'm trying to get to.

Just like you too, I'm bored.
I have a lovely family, and I help them and they have a special place in my heart. But everyone has their special someone. And I'm not the center of the universe for them. And I couldn't care less XD
I have a best friend and she is engaged. So I started to get away from her too. I don't want to upset her with my feelings and thoughts.

I keep a huge wall between me and people. I learned not to trust anyone ever. Most trust I had in someone was like 30%. Only my parents had the 50%, but that tends to drops and go down.

I'm studying in 2 universities, and I barely had any time free. So I started sleeping less. I'm top 5 in both of them, but my life looks so boring.

I wake up every morning, after a few hours of sleep, I go to school, come home, grab something to eat and leave for the other university. I came home late at night. And then I do my homework and study.
You can't imagine how boring this is. It is so boring that I started learning new things: the Braille alphabet, I'm learning French and I barely started with Greek. I started studying a new musical instrument. I've started rewriting stories.

I think I am aromantic. And that means that I can not fall in love with someone. I guess this influences the way I see the world around me.

There was this guy, a rich one, pretty handsome but honestly he disgusted me. He was way too stupid to talk to, so I started being pissed off. And thank Heavens for the fact he finally understood I wasn't interested. And this, as exciting as it seems, it was annoying and still boring.

I don't care too much for people or places or objects. I know that I have them today, but I'm not sure for tomorrow.

Everyone tends to run from a place to another and the people tend to be mean and make fun of you, even thought they are the one living in misery.
I hate the fact that people at school tell me that I'm a woman and I can't do both universities, but I feel so amused when I tell them that I'm top 5 in both of them. I mean is like a "Duh, who's the stupid one? XD"
As you can see I can't stand ignorant, stupid people. It's like I'm trying to talk to a wall.

Long live the Dollars who see the worLd from another angle!
Sorry for the long post.

Hello everyone,

I agree with a lot of what has been said and I'm very similar; I'm agnostic, don't have much misfortune to complain about, feel as if the good things in my life are through a dream state passing me by. I'm in high school and am passing along alright. I have a girlfriend and a few close friends but it doesn't exactly feel, well, real. Everything is more like I'm just another character in a story, like anime and television, books and manga, music and dance, and the word 'me' and 'I' is quite inperceptible.

However, I love dance, the ability to portray antoher character and be that person and forget yourself amazes me. So really my outlook of life is whoevers story I'm telling.

I'm truly amazed at all the replies I've received in this thread - first of all, thank you to those who have replied. They were all greatly interesting, all surprisingly similar but intriguingly different in some aspect.

Also, something that Zeal mentioned in his post interested me and this is to anyone else. Is there any aspect of your life in which you feel like you've somehow escaped from this dream?

>>7 Yeah, only to realize that how bad is this reality and wanting to go back there.

>>6 My high school years were pretty much like yours. Feeling like being a character in a dream.

I'm happy to know I wasn't the only one who thinks like this ^^

Life is a constant cycle of growth and decay. Our parents, children, siblings, friends, and lovers all die. They pass away. And it feels like life would end right there, huh? It's hard to imagine life without them. But life goes on, and memories and wounds fade and turn into scars and cease to hurt so much. And we meet new people, and build new memories. But then the same thing happens over and over again until eventually we ourselves disappear from this world.

There's a type of art technique called pointillism. It's when an art piece is composed entirely of dots. And I guess that's how I look at us humans. We're all just a bunch of minuscule dots on a painting. If one of those dots were to suddenly disappear, a few might notice, but most people wouldn't.

What's kind of funny is that despite my somewhat bleak outlook on life, I come across very cheerful in person. No one in real life really knows that I think this way.

i think god just uses us like a chess board but in a good way to fight the devil. life itself is like chess. but a good chess player puts 110% in everything. just look at god. he spends time on us so we can be unique. now relax, shampoo a squirel and and watch izaya fight shizuo. hope some motivation and a little humor helps!!!

@PROFESSOR (sorry idk how to "reply") but i'd like to say i like your analogy

and personally movies and shows (like durarara!!) leave me with a emotion (empathy, drive, energy) that i try to take to hard and motivate my life with.(unfortunately i get distracted easily O.o) So for me watching entertainment helps, i would suggest Oblivion with Tom Cruise (i like him, others don't, what ever!)

*edit: Heart no hard

It's been a long while since I have last roamed the pages of Dollars. I've come back.
I'm bringing this thread back because it has been several months and I would like to see if more people are interested this. Again, my curiosities are thirsting for more fulfilment.

Most likely, I will let this thread hang and read/reply to any responses it gets and if it gets lost again I'll come back half a year or so later and satiate my never-ending thirst for different perspectives once more.

Hm to me the world is kinda garbage. With some small light in it. I kinda gave up a long time ago and I kinda just go with the waves and see where they take me. I have little hope for anything so I aim very small but even then I'm kinda like reluctant to get hopeful for anything and I just assume eventually whatever happiness there is that is left will eventually crumble for whatever reason. So I always try to mentally prepare for that but I know no matter how much I prepare, when things fall apart, I know I'll be devestated. dunno if there is a real point to life.

My most precious things are probably my family and friends. Without them I'd kinda just be a husk.

This sounds so emo but I'm not trying to get sympathy. I'm just being honest. And I'm a negative person so my honesty tends to not be pleasant.

>>16
In my opinion, you simply sound realistic having perhaps faced the dark reality of the world.
I do agree with you, partly - this world in many ways is hopeless. However, I do not wish for hope, to find happiness or joy - just to be sated.
So whether this world is cruel, depressing or pleasant - it does not affect me.
And, I believe that in most cases, even if the truth is bad, honesty is preferred.
Thank you, reading your views were greatly interesting.

I love life, really simple to see the beauty in it all when I stop and look at whats infront of me.

My views are similar to Akagami's. 2 years ago, my parents divorced because they got in huge fights every night, usually ending with my dad hitting my mom, because of his anger issues. Me and my brothers have lived with my mom ever since, but whenever we went to see my dad, he got really mad and hit us. He kept drinking more and more, which made him unable to think clearly. In his defense, I'm really sarcastic and a huge smart-ass, but that doesn't justify abuse. I took all the blows for my little brothers, who fought a lot, which made him mad. I didn't speak up because he was still my dad, and when he wasn't angry, he was fun and nice, the way he was a year before the divorce. It went on for about a year, me sinking into depression, apathy and self-harm. I never attempted suicide, but I had thought about it a few times, just what it would be like. My dad realized what he was doing, and now he is in counseling for anger management. That is why I am kind of cynical and negative, and I don't ever expect too much.

I see life in a "How am I doing now?" basis. If someone where to ask me "Are you happy?" I would answer, "Right now, I am content. Maybe not happy, but okay with what's going on in my life presently." My life has been recently busy with work, school, social endeavors, and theatrical work, but I love being active. I hate to be stagnant.
A month ago, I broke up with my girlfriend of a year and a half and things were pretty shitty. I never intended on hurting my best friend, but I handled the situation poorly and ending up ruining our great friendship. That cut deep, and for a while I disconnected myself from society. But now I've settled into a gentle indifference towards most things. I'm okay with being alone and single. I'm enjoying this quaint resting period from romantic attachment.
I look upon life and its small scenes; There are little moments of beauty and love and comedy and tragedy to be seen everywhere. I look to people and make back stories, i'm laying down somewhere and taking in the image of the never ending beauty of the sky, quiet and content.
I'm not sure if that's the answer you're looking for, but that's my thought on life at the moment. If it makes any sense :)

I enjoy drinking tea with friends, watching anime or drawing. I live for the things I love for anime and my lover. I wrote plenty of stories and travel to places but not yet to Italy, Spain, England or Japan. I would love to go to Russia to but idk about that one heheh. I love to eat food a lot and the smell of salty sea waters. I love underwater sea creatures and my most precious so far is my lover Lau. If anything happen to her I'll be very sad. I would actually start praying for her sake. I would never drinking even if she was gone.

I see both the negative and the positive; i do not believe life is in black and white, but in varying shades of grey. I appreciate small things, like a fresh breeze or a full moon. I find myself often daydreaming and staring at the sky. I write my own stories, and they ironically would make good animes i believe. I do not claim to understand everything, but i do my best and i believe that is all that can be done, considering the world we live in.

The world right now is just a big ball on drama. It is so boring, as you said, and I am getting tired of the same thing. It is always something that everyone should just shut up and be quiet, but the government is always coming up with something new. It is getting old, and fast. I have somewhat of the same outlook as you do. Then, to finish this, my most important thing in my life is my family.

>>1
Before I answer your question personally, here is a quote from Baccano! (Same author as Durarara!!) that is very relevant to this topic.

"Time spent in boredom is good. I think it's what allows the climaxes in life to reach their ultimate state of perfection."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8tLwtLqUmA

Now, for my personal opinions.
What does the world like to me?
It looks like struggle. You can find struggle everywhere in the world! I think all humans struggle to achieve happiness. There are always obstacles to be overcome... but we strive to be happy regardless. Plants struggle to survive winter. The Ocean struggles to erode the shores. The mountains struggle to reach ever greater heights. All living things struggle to survive. The world is one big challenge!!!

What is my view on life?
It is a religious outlook. I practice taoism. I don't wish to try and convert anyone, but since you are curious I will give you a simple explanation. To practice Tao is to cultivate the positive aspects of your life. Really think of what "cultivate" means. It means to nurture, to grow, to harvest. I personally love meditation as method to cultivate. I find a certain calmness in doing this, the chaos fades away and harmony fills the void. Life is about being harmonious with the natural way of things!

What is most precious to me?
This is the hardest question. There are so many things... the bonds with my family and friends... my memories... my freedom.

Very difficult to come up with "most precious" but if I absolutely had to say... it would be life itself. I am not saying that I am afraid of death! What I mean is that I am so grateful for the time I have been granted. I want to enjoy my life and die with no regrets!

Good thread, I really enjoyed reading everyone's posts!

Well, as for me, I watch all the time as people deceive manipulate and hate each other, humans are truly nasty creatures, however I am no better, and I exist as a human. As Izaya told us, 'Did you ever think about why it's okay for other people to have secrets, but not you'. Therefore I follow a hedonistic ideology, I act to benefit me, just as other either do or truly want to do.

well for me, my view on life is to do stuff you like and avoid what you dislike. as for aiming for the future, do what you think will best set you up for the life you want. The world is a ball of distrust and misunderstandings. What's most precious to me is the concept of being truly happy. For me, this will be when I find a nice, attractive girl who has the potential to love me unconditionally. who is capable of making me think I could spend the rest of my life with them and to have a Career that is fun and pays well enough to support a family.

At the moment, I doing my last high school exams and plan on going to university next year to Study Psychology, Drama and Creative Writing. After that I want to apply for a job at Funimation in Dallas, Texas as a voice actor or something else

I'm bored most of the time. So life to me is not being bored. Being with some one, drinking, having a talk, playing around, lovesex (never enjoyed casual the same way), keeping my mind busy. Some times it's hard, maybe that is why I have very few friends, very few people have the ability to entertain this bored head of mine.

I veiw the world as a cruel place,money basically rules us and all humans are pretty much filled with greed,lust,pride,envy,sloth,glutton,wrath ect (yes,the 7 deadly sins) but sometimes we have a ray of hope,someone who does not have desires that could break someone.And last of all the most precious people are my sister and my mother,i may act like a rebellious teenager and as if i dont care for them but in our hearts we all care for at least 1 person in our lives. . .they might not even be real but it dosent matter who. . .keep the things and people who are precious to you close and dont let them go

I believe the world is filled with paper people. 2D people with no regard to what the world has given them but fight for what man has created. Everyone is too busy chasing after the latest fashion trends, following the latest celebrity gossip or fighting over petty things like football (soccer). No one seems to ask the hard questions, no one bothers to be the brighter man and look at the bigger picture. What is meant to be a call for help and awareness is being made into a publicity stunt. Yes, the world I see is a world filled with foolish man with their foolish desires. Foolish, and undesirable goals with petty problems.

I think life in itself is meaningless and directionless, which is great. It means I can go in whichever direction I want. To me, nothing matters as long as I'm happy, not even my life, so I don't think about it much.