How do you find a sense of purpose when you feel like your life has no meaning?

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I am 29 years old and I genuinely cannot identify what I am living for. I have a decent life by most measures but nothing feels meaningful or worth the effort. I go through the motions every day but feel no sense of direction or purpose. How do people find meaning?

luna_writes · Accepted Answer

Purpose is usually not discovered it is built through engagement. Start doing things that require you and matter to others, even small things. Meaning tends to emerge from action and contribution rather than arriving before you begin.

joshua_mitchell · Answer

What you are describing could also be depression presenting as meaninglessness. The inability to find things meaningful or worth the effort is a classic symptom. Please consider speaking to someone before concluding that nothing has meaning for you.

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