For the past year I have experienced a similar situation. There had been no purpose in life and so I ended up going with the flow and 'keeping options open'. Af

For the past year I have experienced a similar situation. There had been no purpose in life and so I ended up going with the flow and 'keeping options open'. After reading every word of written advice and looking to friends, family and mentors for guidance I have somehow arrived at the conclusion that 'closing options' is the way to go. What led me to this is hearing an aged professor of mine say that one must excel at what has been given us to do. In order for me to do anything substantial I must do one thing and one thing only, whatever that thing may be. Everything else must come as secondary. That said I had difficulty finding the one thing I needed to do. To solve that problem I simply started doing more of what I was spending most of my time on which was computers. I started my own blog, began writing code, joined HN and lots of other stuff. I can safely say that the past half a year has been better than the rest of my life generally speaking. That said it might be too early for me to judge this decision but so far things have worked out for the better. I tell you this so that you know that someone has been there and pulled himself out. In the years I was aimless I did everything from boxing and hard labor to philosophy and mathematics. However I feel a lot better now that I have decided to pursue computers. You might want to check out Brene Brown's TED talk.