This post echoes some of my own personal findings, but the biggest problem remains. It's difficult to live a narratively meaningful life, especially in a profes

This post echoes some of my own personal findings, but the biggest problem remains. It's difficult to live a narratively meaningful life, especially in a professional setting. There comes a point where you would love nothing more than to just contribute something useful to the world and not just learn interesting things for their own sake, or to have novel experiences and make decisions that matter as a free agent in a wide world. These possibilities are so fragile and hard to maintain. On a more positive note, the effectiveness of reducing addictive activities cannot be overstated. Essentially, you have to remind yourself that you can access a more pleasant neurological state if you first start by getting some of your daily activities under control.