Topic
Meaning
18 articles
Ikigai: The Venn Diagram Isn't Japanese — What It Actually Means
The four-circle ikigai diagram was made by a British blogger in 2014. The Japanese concept underneath it asks for nothing you have to earn, monetise, or be good at.
July 17, 2026
Existential Isolation: The Aloneness No Bond Can Ever Fix
Loved, understood, surrounded — and still fundamentally alone. There's a name for the gap no relationship closes, and a way to live inside it.
June 24, 2026
Eternal Return: Nietzsche's Hardest Question, Explained
Nietzsche's eternal return asks if you'd live this exact life again, forever. Your answer reveals more about you than about the universe.
June 23, 2026
Existence Precedes Essence: What Sartre Actually Meant by It
Sartre's three most famous words say you exist first and define yourself after — there is no built-in purpose to discover. Here is what that actually means.
June 20, 2026
What Nietzsche Meant by "God Is Dead" — It Was a Warning
Nietzsche's "God is dead" wasn't a boast. It was a warning about what happens when the values that organised your life quietly stop holding.
June 18, 2026
Existentialism vs Absurdism: The One Difference That Matters
Both deny that life hands you meaning. They split on what you do next — make it, or stop needing it. Here's how to tell which camp you're actually in.
June 17, 2026
The Myth of Sisyphus: It's Not About Willpower, Says Camus
Everyone quotes 'one must imagine Sisyphus happy' as a line about grit. Camus meant almost the opposite — and the difference changes your whole week.
June 15, 2026
Amor Fati Isn't Acceptance: Nietzsche's Life-Affirmation
Nietzsche's amor fati isn't acceptance — it's loving your fate, the regret included. The harder life-affirmation he actually meant.
June 14, 2026
Flow Psychology: The Science of Losing Yourself the Right Way
Everyone explains what flow is. Almost no one tells you why it matters — or when the state you're chasing is quietly working against you.
June 7, 2026
The Pursuit of Happiness: What the Phrase Actually Meant
Jefferson did not promise you happiness — he promised the freedom to pursue it. The older meaning of the phrase, and why chasing the feeling backfires.
May 30, 2026
Why Am I Bored? It's a Signal Your Attention Is Misplaced
Boredom isn't a lack of things to do. It's the friction you feel when your attention has nowhere meaningful to land — and the standard fix makes it worse.
May 28, 2026
Quarter-Life Crisis Symptoms Aren't a Breakdown — A Signal
The restlessness, the comparison, the sense that you took a wrong turn — quarter-life crisis symptoms aren't pathology. They're a meaning-rupture doing its job.
May 24, 2026
Eudaimonia Meaning: Why "Happiness" Is the Wrong Translation
The word happiness has been pointing you at the wrong target for 2,000 years. Here is what Aristotle actually meant.
May 16, 2026
Why Finding Meaning in Life Feels Impossible — The Real Obstacle
You've read the philosophy. You know what Frankl said. So why doesn't it help? Here's what's actually happening — and what Stoic practice does about it.
May 15, 2026
The Question Nobody Answered Properly — Philosophers on Meaning
The philosophers disagreed about the meaning of life. That disagreement is more useful than any single answer they gave.
May 13, 2026
Why Finding Purpose in Life Feels Impossible — the Real Reason
The standard advice for finding purpose assumes the wrong problem. The Stoics and Frankl independently identified the correct diagnosis — and it changes everything.
May 12, 2026
You Already Have a Philosophy — You Just Didn't Choose It
Your philosophy of life is already running. You didn't choose it — it assembled itself. Here's why that matters.
May 11, 2026
Marcus Aurelius on Identity — What the Meditations Found
Marcus Aurelius had the world's most impressive title. His private notebooks spent twenty years asking what he was without it.
May 9, 2026