#Ikigai

Life purpose is the decorative flame one waves before the morning commute as if it could save them from the hell of reality. It promises a perpetual motion machine of societal success and personal fulfillment, yet its greatest celebration comes from flaunting it on social media. Most often, it hides breathless in the fine print of self-help books, only to be revived at weekend mindfulness workshops. Occasionally, you are cornered by a coworker asking "What's your life purpose?" and forced to taste the terror of your own emptiness. In the end, it turns out that the endless quest for a guarantee-free meaning is the true life purpose itself.