Happiness & Meaning
In this project we were asked to explore our personal philosophy, unsure of what this was yet, I decided to focus on the question "What makes a meaningful life?" This is a complex question because there are so many answers, and I was so unsure of what that even meant. This year has been a struggle of believing that my life isn't meaningful and maybe choosing to focus on this was my way of finding meaning. But through looking at myself, the books I read, the quotes I like, the things that make me want to live, the things that give me goosebumps, I found a similarity, they all include living life to the fullest. When I think of living life to the fullest I think of how short life is, why should I waste it? Every second is a gift all 2,228,800,000 of them. Why would I want to waste even one of those seconds? When there is so much life to live.
Learning about myself during this project: getting out of the dark depths of my existential crisis was just another plus to this project. When i was focusing on the negative, the fact that I am going to die and there is no way of knowing when that is going to happen, ate away at me. I found myself in a pit of helplessness. This project help me out, I chose to focus on the light, that there are so many seconds that you can use to be happy and that ultimately it is up to you to use your seconds in a healthy and meaningful way.
What to do with all these seconds?? The next step for me is to find out what is the best use for my seconds. I need to find what makes me truly happy and what I can look back on and feel proud of. I challenge myself to actually do what makes me happy, no matter what. Following a passion may not always be the safest way to live, but I would rather have a passion-filled, vibrant life than a safe life. I will take this with me in my future because college and a job are just extracurriculars for me, living should be first priority for me now, and for the rest of my life.
Learning about myself during this project: getting out of the dark depths of my existential crisis was just another plus to this project. When i was focusing on the negative, the fact that I am going to die and there is no way of knowing when that is going to happen, ate away at me. I found myself in a pit of helplessness. This project help me out, I chose to focus on the light, that there are so many seconds that you can use to be happy and that ultimately it is up to you to use your seconds in a healthy and meaningful way.
What to do with all these seconds?? The next step for me is to find out what is the best use for my seconds. I need to find what makes me truly happy and what I can look back on and feel proud of. I challenge myself to actually do what makes me happy, no matter what. Following a passion may not always be the safest way to live, but I would rather have a passion-filled, vibrant life than a safe life. I will take this with me in my future because college and a job are just extracurriculars for me, living should be first priority for me now, and for the rest of my life.