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Find the Meaning in Your Life Part 3: Why Meaning Matters

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This is the final episode in my 3-part series on meaning, and it begins with a question I couldn’t ignore when I returned to campus five years ago: why do so many successful, driven people feel anxious, depressed, and lonely?

In this episode, I share three real-life stories from my new book, The Meaning of Your Life. These stories reveal what’s missing—and why the problem isn’t a lack of enjoyment or satisfaction, but rather the third macronutrient of happiness, meaning. I finish by sharing the six protocols from my book to help you move beyond distraction and build a more meaningful life in six months. If you want to go deeper, I hope you’ll consider the book.

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Referenced:

The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness

Why Your Perfect Life Feels So Empty (Sneak Peek)

The Happiness Scale

Self-inflicted pain out of boredom

PART 1: Find the Meaning of Your Life: The Hidden Power of Boredom

PART 2: How the Meaning of Life Affects Your Brain

Ian McGilchrist’s website

The Mental Health Crisis on College Campuses

Monitoring the Future

The Three Macronutrients of Happiness, and How to Measure Yours

3 Rules to Fall in Love and Stay in Love

guest appearing in this episode

(00:00) Intro

(02:52) Recap of Part 1 and Part 2

(07:56) Why I wrote The Meaning of Your Life

(14:37) The connection between lack of meaning, anxiety, and depression

(17:05) Why case studies matter

(19:43) Story #1: The garbage disposal

(24:13) Story #2: Just stay busy

(26:40) Story #3: A long hike to…somewhere

(30:02) What these stories reveal

(33:18) Six protocols from The Meaning of Your Life

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