What is my life actually about? A question to which there are countless answers. Because – here, meaning research agrees – there is no one big meaning of life that applies to all people. Rather, studies show that it is about giving our lives a direction ourselves.
On the one hand, of course, this gives us the freedom to shape our lives according to our own ideas. On the other hand, this freedom can also overwhelm us. Especially when we are stuck in a crisis of meaning. Anyone who has ever gone through a phase like this knows: Suddenly you question your whole life. Do I really like my job, do I even want to be with my partner – and anyway: What do I actually want from life?
The Austrian sensory researcher Tatjana Schnell and her team searched for answers to these questions. So they analyzed what can really give meaning to our lives. The result was 26 ways of life that couldn’t be more different. Each one of them can shape an entire life, but we often already combine several of them in our everyday life. And if you still have some catching up to do when it comes to finding meaning, you can get inspiration from the varied list.
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