> Thank you, you lived up to your nick :) Cheers! Hearing that is a first on HN, quite the occasion. :) > I believe that, if not for the things that you would

> Thank you, you lived up to your nick :) Cheers! Hearing that is a first on HN, quite the occasion. :) > I believe that, if not for the things that you would die for the things you enjoy in life would, eventually, become insipid. Then, we (maybe not all of is) are liable to enter into a spiral of existential despair at the realization that our lives are meaningless to the universe. I think you are spot on, and it may well be why the remark in the GP stuck out the me. Things like depression can accelerate that process and can force us to have this conversation with ourselves much sooner. To me now having a (self-assigned) purpose is only one thing: Less boring than not having one. It is quite freeing, and was the shift in perspective I needed to find some semblance of joy again in the world around me. Still, for better or worse, it has left me without things to completely give myself up for. Also, clue or not, your comment is a wholesome read and I appreciate that you took the time to write it.