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How often do you get existential dread? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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I'm pushing half a century in an industry that is not kind to old guys. I try to fend it off but every now and then it hits me. I'm pretty sure this is not unique to my life experience, or it wouldn't have a term :-)

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I think it’s a natural part of growing/waking up to the fact that, despite what we are all told from birth, there actually is no “point” to any of it. At all.

The challenge is to flip our perception to appreciate how wonderfully liberating this is.

this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023

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