Anyone sort of bored in life - stuck in a rut?

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Anyone feel bored or lost in life? Stuck on repeat with no desire to do more or want more? But not in like a zen content mindful way. More like meh, what's the point

Recently, I've been sort of bored in life. People say to pursue what interests you, but it feels pretty meaningless. Why should I get better at Tennis, or play the piano, or read a book. None of that inherently drives me.

In high school the goal was to get into a good college. Great, I did that. The goal out of college was to get a well-paying job and be financially stable and independent. Great I did that. Yes, the career I chose requires working a lot of long hours (so I'm probably constantly burnt out), but it is some what interesting to me, I'm fairly good at it, and I make good money. After I started my career, I had a goal to move to NYC (partly in pursuit for more money, but also because big city life). A year into my career, I did that. Now what? A lot of my life used to revolve around my girlfriend, but we broke up a few months ago and I'm truly lost. She'd encourage me to do things, try new experiences and we could do things together. Also I'm learning that "big city life" or "city that never sleeps" is just people constantly going to bars and restaurants with a concert / Broadway once in a while. That's all so incredibly boring (actually Broadway can be interesting but not like I'm going every week lol)

When I think back to my interests as a kid, I was into things like tech, video games, had dreams for a nice fancy apartment etc. I realized some of those "interests" were more so escapes away from being at home / parents etc. I used love video games like GTA because it let me be an adult. Guess I never really explored interests as a kid because my parents were too focused on study hard, make money....

Now that I am an adult lol idk what to do with my life. Sure I could chase a better apartment or nicer clothes, but the ones I have right now do the job just fine, actually more than fine. A lot of my past goals and successes have revolved around career because it's the one thing I'm good at. Everything else, well....it's starting as a beginner and that's no fun, so I don't commit to things. I have people telling me to travel. But why? Sure I can go to Paris and see the Eiffel Tower. I'll see it once, take a few pictures, then travel back to the US and basically never think about it again, other than to say "Hey, I've seen the Eiffel Tower." I don't have a big friend group so a lot of what I do is just on my own, which I don't mind but it is kind of boring.

Idk where this post is going. Just curious if others feel that way and how are you handling it?

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