“What are you about?”

“What’s your agenda?”

“What are you looking for / to do?”

“Where are you coming from?”

Also: whatchu about, watchu about, what’chu about, wat’chu about, whatcha about, watcha ‘bout, whatchu ‘bout, watchu ‘bout, what’chu ‘bout, wat’chu ‘bout, whatcha ‘bout, what you’re about?

When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods