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16-02-2017: The Meaning of Life


The meaning of life is a question with no single objective answer. If anything, it’s the most subjective question imaginable. We continuously ask ourselves why we’re here - and many of us struggle to find the answer.


If you’re in a similar situation to my life in yours, you’re probably only starting to find out what the meaning of your life is. You’re probably starting to wonder what you’re even doing. And chances are you’re starting to look for a way out of it.


Or maybe you’re still too young to fully know what you want to do with your life. Or maybe you’re on the other end of the thread and you found it out years ago. Either way, I wish you the best of luck, dear reader.


But what is the meaning of life in general?


I once jokingly told a friend that the meaning of life was sex. But upon deeper reflection, I wasn’t too far from the truth. We were all born when our parents had sex and one of them got pregnant, giving birth to us approximately nine months later.


Think about it. Sex is needed in order to reproduce - to create new life. Without it, we wouldn’t exist. But then, that’s looking at it from an objective point of view - and subjectively, the meaning of life is different for everyone. And I’m only starting to find out my own.


So what is the meaning of your life?