So you are interested in philosophy, presumably, you've got questions you want answers to and goals you wish to achieve.

If you could get every answer to every question you wanted and/or achieve all of your goals in philosophy then what would that look like for you?

Satisfaction? New skills and understanding? Personal development?

Personally, I discussing philosophy because I find it enjoyable - just as others might talk about other topics for the same reason. However, I mostly do it for personal development. I want to be able to understand more about myself, others and the world and then use my understanding to help myself and help myself help others.

I am interested in looking at problems in new ways and particularly understanding how others experience philosophical problems and deal with them is very interesting to me. I know that to be good at something, you really need to spend a lot of time doing that thing and ensuring you are constantly looking to be better.

I like to put my positions forward strongly so that people will be inspired to tear them down! I try my best to pretend I am on the side of those who are arguing against me and find any holes. That's how I think I will gain competence in philosophy and know that I am striving towards my goals.

Please share your own stories!