Beautifully written and something I needed to hear in my own search for "meaning". I think I was looking at it the wrong way the whole time. This was helpful to read and gives me a lot to think about. Cheers
Yesterday I had a conversation of the same concepts in here. I had the concepts roughly defined but not so clearly laid out as you have done so wonderfully in this essay. I forwarded this to my friends! An example of one that really resonates - most of us are really aiming for a state, not a goal. Society wants labels, understands labels so we take pieces of these future states we haven't fully defined and drop arbitrary goals from a limited perspective. A common example. Someone may really want validation that they are highly successful so they try to express the need for success by picking a career highly coveted by their immediate social circle. And pursue that career for years or decades before they realize or admit they had no strong interest in that career.
Instead of Your Life's Purpose
Commenting because nobody else has to say "This is really good".
A well composed nod and validation to my new favorite book, Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age. Thanks for this!
Wonderful! Two thumbs up!
Beautifully written and something I needed to hear in my own search for "meaning". I think I was looking at it the wrong way the whole time. This was helpful to read and gives me a lot to think about. Cheers
Absolutely brilliant
Incredible.
Amazing piece. I second the Virtue Ethics approach!
https://open.substack.com/pub/joelanderson/p/make-virtue-ethics-great-again?r=21ter&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
Viktor Frankl in a nutshell.
tl;dr: carpe diem
what do you do all day?
Beautiful thinking...
Linear/non-linear distinction seems to be another take on the cart model, which I think is a simpler but more useful tool: https://mindslice.home.blog/2022/10/23/how-to-move-carts/
This was excellent. Love the idea of making explicit the 'portfolio of meaning.'
Yesterday I had a conversation of the same concepts in here. I had the concepts roughly defined but not so clearly laid out as you have done so wonderfully in this essay. I forwarded this to my friends! An example of one that really resonates - most of us are really aiming for a state, not a goal. Society wants labels, understands labels so we take pieces of these future states we haven't fully defined and drop arbitrary goals from a limited perspective. A common example. Someone may really want validation that they are highly successful so they try to express the need for success by picking a career highly coveted by their immediate social circle. And pursue that career for years or decades before they realize or admit they had no strong interest in that career.
A wonderful piece that wrestles the needs for insight and prose, while providing a rather well-needed salve for my existential angst. Cheers.
Wonderful and timely for me. THANK YOU so much for writing it!