Tag: meaning in life
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If I Could Turn Back Time: A Meditation on Youth, Memory, and Moving Forward
At 42, I find myself often caught in a quiet, persistent thought: I wish I was 20 years younger. It’s not an unusual yearning, I know. The desire to rewind time is one of the most human longings there is. But even as I say it, I understand how impossible it is. Time doesn’t play…
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More Than Happy: Embracing the Four Pillars of a Meaningful Life
We live in a time where happiness is marketed as the ultimate goal. It’s on magazine covers, in self-help books, and on Instagram feeds. But what if the secret to a fulfilling life isn’t happiness at all, but something deeper—something steadier? Writer and positive psychology researcher Emily Esfahani Smith offers a profound answer: the key…
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The Everyday Science of Meaning in Life
For as long as humans have reflected on their existence, the question of life’s meaning has hovered at the edges of philosophy, religion, and literature. Is life meaningful? And if so, how and why? While these questions may sound like the domain of poets and mystics, modern psychology has quietly built a robust science around…
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How Do We Measure the Meaning of Life?
What makes life feel meaningful? Is it having a clear sense of purpose, achieving personal goals, living according to one’s principles, or perhaps feeling that life itself is inherently valuable? For decades, philosophers and psychologists alike have wrestled with these questions, and in recent years, the quest to understand and measure “meaning in life” has…
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