Well look around at the world and find some problems to work on that, if you contribute to, will ease the suffering of others. Or before that find something t

Well look around at the world and find some problems to work on that, if you contribute to, will ease the suffering of others. Or before that find something to work on that will ease your suffering. With something like a cancer diagnosis of you or a family member you find yourself focusing on the present. The here and now. That helps ease the existential rumination on life. You could think deeply about something (say existentialism) and write an essay about it. Articulate it. Then you've suddenly provided some meaning. But do things for your own edification rather than for someone else. If you don't know what you want or try to figure it out, other people will define it for you.