I think one of the things that lead to feeling life is meaningless is watching too much "News". News media tends to focus on negatives and they tend to blow tho

I think one of the things that lead to feeling life is meaningless is watching too much "News". News media tends to focus on negatives and they tend to blow those out of proportion in regards to how events affect one personally. In the `80s I realized that watching the evening News left me feeling depressed. I was being barraged with news about violence, murders, rapes and robberies, deadly accidents (autos, planes, trains, etc), wars, racial strife, poverty, disease. It finally hit me one day when the "News" wrapped up with graphic video of a deadly car accident somewhere in Africa. I realized that when I got up that morning I felt fine, but after watching the "News", which began with local news (I was living in Los Angeles), then National News, then World News, I felt as though the entire planet was filled with awfulness. After sitting there pondering that I realized that in my own personal life things were not near so awful and that led to the epiphany that I needed to focus on that instead, and to do that I had to stop taking on the weight of the entire planet's terrific events. I had to put that in perspective. The "News" channel I was watching was an independent TV channel that became one of first to be purchased by Rupert Murdoch to form the "FOX" network. Tuning out provided immediate relief. But I didn't tune out just them, I pretty much stopped watching TV "News" altogether. That was "Step 1". The next step was to begin focusing on things I enjoyed. I could list some of those here but this is something we all must figure out for ourselves. I can watch the News now and maintain a much better perspective of how it affects me personally. and for the most part it doesn't. Right now, today, people all around me are stressing out about what's going on in Washington DC. I am not. I cast my votes last year. My 1st choice lost. I'll deal with what comes as it comes but I will not fret about what may or may not come. I'll enjoy what I can instead. I believe if there is a "meaning" to it, it's to learn how to appreciate it. If you can do that living becomes amazing.