Start a company.
Create art.
Write a novel.
What you two are seeking is expression. Wealth used to be my primary motivator in life, but has since recently changed to expression. It's simpler than you think, you just need to be there, mentally.
Your legacy is on the line, guys. Women, money, materialistic goods, those things are all ephemeral. Short-lived, meaningless at the end of the day when you're alone and in the dark. Your purpose in life should be to seek something more withstanding. Nothing is more important to a man.
repped, but i wanted to quote this for emphasis.
i know exactly where CT and 216 are at because i was there around a year ago. after blowing money, doing drugs and smashing (fulfilling what i felt were my desires at the time), i stopped and realized i felt empty inside. the only feelings i had were ones of indifference or resentment.
but i channeled that into expression like this man here said.
i started a not-for-profit media company and write, in the form of music and poetry and whatever other medium suitable. my self-worth and feelings about my future have done a total 180 sense, and i finally am starting to feel some sense of a fulfillment just in the serenity that expression brings me.
i hope this is the first step in leaving a legacy for my family, if nobody else. one of pride. after you go, nobody remembers your bank statements. just your character.