A sense of meaninglessness is prevalent in society. This is because we subscribe to the idea that everyone has a life mission.

You want to start committing to something not because that's meant for you but because you, and nobody but you, decides that thing matters to you. That's already enough of a reason to commit.

By committing to something despite the ambiguity of life, you develop the granular parts of yourself, the meaning of your life.

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If nothing can decide what is objectively meaningful, there's no 'how to' in life. All the laws of life that we think exist are all made up.

"You are free, so choose; in other words, invent. No general code of ethics can tell you what you ought to do; there are no signs in this world."

Life itself is nothing until it is lived, it is we who give it meaning, and value is nothing more than the meaning that we give it."

It's so scary to commit to something without knowing if that's the best thing to do. There always seems to be better options out there the moment we pick up something. So we create more optionality to feel the safety net. We say to ourselves, "If only I knew a little more, I would be able to figure out my mission."

How do existentialists deal with responsibilities? By living authentically — that is, embracing the freedom of being the only entity responsible for inventing your values and always acting by your best understanding of who you are.

Inventions only come from the unpredictable, the unknown. So inventing yourself requires making your own choices and acting on them when there are no right answers.