One of the best way to get rid of the emptyness is embracing it,
diving into it and feeling it until it turns into something else.
Sheesh, that sounds like it’s from some sort of therapy but what do I know!
Resisting it yields nothing useful.
Distraction yields nothing useful.
The end result is a state of lethargy.
Apathy. Which one was it again?
Man, I have no clue. Zero. Sad Panda. 
So I guess that only leaves us with working with it! If I knew what I was talking about, I’d tell you about how it’s really helpful just diving into it, feeling it out, etc. etc, but I know nothing of sorts about this stuff.
Hell, I’d probably recommend working the opposite of what you want to do.
*skips the lesson about Needs and Wants and the differences*
Hey, how about this!
You can work with something in many ways!
You wanted to amass ships and wealth!
Do the opposite, especially if you don’t want to do it …
… then see what happens in you.
A simple way of overcoming this silly mindset of being required to want something is by simply doing something and disregarding if it actually wanted. This is true for everything in Life. Most people do not question their Wants and they don’t understand them, they just assume they’re coming from themselves and their own will, without having any actual rational concept of it.
The best advice I can give you is to stop waiting for some factor to cause a Want and instead be the factor yourself by applying Willpower and just doing something. In your case it’s actually really easy, because your guide can be:
Do what you don’t want to do and learn how it makes a difference in your “Life”.
(don’t do ■■■■ that harms you or anyone else in real life. Apply common sense, or I’ll be forced to slap some into you)