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Tamara's avatar

It’s amazing how often we mislabel disconnection as fatigue, as if our souls are whispering for meaning, but we keep hitting snooze. The way you tied this to Rousseau’s art is beautiful — proof that meaning isn’t universal but deeply personal. Here’s to striving not for ease, but for significance in the struggle!

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Sam's avatar

‘our souls are whispering for meaning but we keep hitting snooze’ 👌👌 well put

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Vishvendra Nathawat's avatar

Here, the advice from Steve Jobs fits so well.

“Every morning, ask yourself, ‘If today were my last day, would I want to do what I’m about to do?’ If the answer is ‘“no”’ too many times, it’s a sign to reassess your choices and prioritize what truly matters to you.”

Or one can simply imagine living the same day for eternity.

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Jess's avatar

This landed in my inbox at the perfect time. Thank you

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erica b allaby's avatar

YAS this is so in line with a piece I just wrote about the search for inner peace and fulfillment. Might be an interesting cross-read for some :)

https://open.substack.com/pub/thewildchildworkshop/p/the-paradox-of-finding-peace?utm_source=app-post-stats-page&r=2lp36s&utm_medium=ios

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Sakshi's avatar

love this !

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Racquel Germany's avatar

Such a good read! “—it’s about living with purpose.” Connecting to purpose really is the driving force of motivation.

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Mansi Kwatra's avatar

I have been there. Life moves too fast and we often let external factors drive us. We should have the steering wheel of our life in our own hands. Consciously stepping away from the chaos to focus on things like yoga, skincare, reading really helps me. As I slowly work through getting things in my life on track, these little things give me a purpose. It works wonders.

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Jessica Alice's avatar

Sara, as a trainee counsellor I love this concept, and I definitely think a large proportion of people today are doing things that are basically meaningless to them. However I also don't think we should spend our lives striving and struggling, because then when is there rest, downtime, recovery? - there has to be a balance. You could argue that fun, fulfilment and enjoyment are found in the striving and struggle, and I agree with that to a certain extent, but that's not always true. I prefer to take the approach of a low-demand lifestyle, which I wrote about here (https://neurodivergentnotes.substack.com/p/living-a-low-demand-lifestyle) and here (https://neurodivergentnotes.substack.com/p/what-does-a-low-demand-life-look).

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Karen's avatar

It always amazes me when spirit sends a dose of medicine that prods one’s inner knowing. That’s what reading, “Tired vs Unfulfilled” dosed me with this morning. Thank you for being the catalyst.

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