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The Tremendous Importance of Working on your Meaningful Life
“…during the first period of a man’s life, the greatest danger is: not to take the risk.”
Soren Kierkegaard, Selections from His Journals
I’ve been thinking a lot about meaning lately. I’m at a point in my life where I’ve grown comfortable. I have a cushy job, a nice apartment for which I pay very little rent, and sufficient enough free time to do sports and dedicate extra work hours to my projects. Honestly, it is fantastic.
And yet, I want more.
What is it that I want?
But first, let me tell you about an idea, the idea of completion.
There is never going to be completion.
Have you ever noticed how we all function that way? How we all want to be “complete”?
But the fact of the matter is that we are never going to be fully complete, there is always going to be something more to want or need, as such is how life is. However, if you just accept the fact that you are never going to be complete, and realize that it all is just a massive process until you die, you’ll function waaaaaaay better because you’ll stop thinking about some point when you’ll be happy in the future, and focus instead in what you’re doing at any given moment. Present and kicking ass.
