I need help: Life seems dry

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My life has no motivation and I’m constantly sad. I’m spiritually dead and my attempts to revive my relationship with God always falls because I am too lazy and don’t even wanna wake up. Everything seems empty and dry all the time.
 
Can you give us some context? How old are you and what state of your life you are in?
 
I’m 16, I’m single, in RCIA and public school.
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Okay. What you are feeling is perfectly normal. Life tends to feel like a meaningless hamster wheel when you are in school.

EDIT: I wish I could say that it gets better, but I’m still in school myself and life is just more meaningless and dry in college.
 
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Do you do a sport ? Can you work on becoming more fit if you’re able to ? It’s something you can do for yourself and feel good about ,work on in little ways each day.Its a natural pick me up when you can create more physical energy.
I’m just getting back into walking/running and saying my rosary at the same time and it’s really helping in lots of areas in my life mr p.God bless.
 
Please know that people care and that I am praying for you!
 
Find the roads for your personal gtowth. Read books,tested books -literature masterpieces, or choose your future ptofession and try to study good in order to atchieve your goal, go to some sport club, develope yourself grafually like a tree, phisically , intelectually .
Some people in old age do not have golden youth and health but they are happy with what they have , they injoy sun,beauty of nature, beauty of the day. Other people can not move, and live in a wheelchair but they try to see beauty in a little things and enjoy the life when they see the beauty of a singing bird or park trees.
You have golden youth and strength, so ,why to complain?
You can create motivation yourself by your personal growth in different spheres of life and human activity.
 
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It’s normal to feel like that at or around your age. Know that it changes as your life changes too. Go with it and try not to worry.

I’d get some exercise, try doing press-ups take a reasonably long walk or jog or go for a swim. You may have to force yourself at first but it becomes a habit and gets easier and it can lift your mood tremendously.

As far as spirituality is concerned, try asking God to abide with you, and try abiding with God in your heart. He is there always for you even when you don’t feel any connection at all, Our connection with God is so natural that we probably seldom notice it, but it’s there.
God bless.

(Advice is just shooting the breeze if you don’t take it, try to be proactive and then things will change.)
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I understand how you feel. I’m much older with kids and husband but things can feel meaningless sometimes. My brother who just turned 31 just complained about how another meaningless life will continue. Lol. I told him about St Theresa of Lisieux. She was in the comcent most of her life doing pretty much nothing important or meaningful such as sweeping. Yet the church elevated her to be a Doctor of the church, equivalent to St Francis, a missionary and St Thomas Aquinas, a philosopher. When you do little things out of love for god and others, it counts tremendously. As you can see it is just as hard a traveling to another country and evangelize. Tell God: i’m Waking up for you.
 
You’re undergoing an experience which is a pretty much universal human experience.

We all go through that. On the bright side, these experiences help us develop fortitude. Think of the dry spells as exercises to help you build up the virtue of fortitude.

Prayer does help even if you feel at the moment that it does not.

Hang in there. Praying for you. I know how you feel.
 
Exercise is a great recommendation, although your inclination is going to be to sit at home on the computer instead. That’s depression talking. Fight against that instinct and get active.
 
Pick a saint and read about them. Pray for their intercession. Try St. Maximillan Kolbe, St. Padre Pio, Pope St. John Paul the Great, and/or Saint Jude. And have a strong devotion to Mary and St. Joseph. God bless!
 
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That’s want i want to do with my life but I just don’t know what I can do and how I can help.
 
there is nothing more rewarding and fulfilling than performing works of mercy and helping others. It not only gives you a sense of purpose but a sense of accomplishment. Both of which help to develop self esteem. You will learn so much about life when you begin to give your time to those in need.
 
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