This "you're not special, so just live within the bounds everyone else lives in" thing seems like a depressing spin on life. I agree that there's a lot of rule

This "you're not special, so just live within the bounds everyone else lives in" thing seems like a depressing spin on life. I agree that there's a lot of rules that everyone should follow and philosophies that most would benefit from, but... everyone's life involves situations and relationships that are unique and singular and special to them. For example, most adults are taking care of a family that is very special to them. "Take care of your family" is maybe not a special, unique purpose on its face, but it is special to each person who is doing it. While it's perhaps true that few people are called to live lives that would look utterly unique and remarkable in an autobiography, I think we should take care not to define out of existence the inherent uniqueness and singularity of purpose of each life.