What do you do if you have no purpose or vocation?

I’m basically at graduation button no jobs I’ve applied to have responded to me. I can continue working for the firm that I’m at, but the reason that I didn’t was because it’s remote work, and while I do remote work, I remain at home and never have a reason to leave. If I worked in an actual office, then I might be able to find work friends and be able to bring the gospel to others, but if I remain where I am that I know that based on my personality, I’m going to die in my home alone. I have no prospect of love or romance, and I’ve tried discerning the priest with whatever received no answer from God or from spiritual directors, and given my history, I don’t think I actually can’t even consider being a priest. So I’m less than a space where I don’t have any purpose or calling in my life, only loneliness, and God is only increasing it for me. Lately I’ve wanted to abandon the faith and pursue pleasure again because the pursue the faith has made things better for other people, but it’s made things worse for me. What are you supposed to do in this situation? I don’t want a man in the face, but I fear that the longer that I stay in it the worst testimony I provide to other people around me about Catholics.

And if there’s any question about depression or anxiety, I’ve had many therapists, and I’ve had spiritual direction and I’ve tried prayer and medication and none of it has helped. So please don’t give that response.

Posted May 1, 2026, 9:12 PM UTC

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