Are you Alive?
The concept that sits right at the heart of a sane and meaningful life, I’m increasingly convinced, is something like aliveness. It goes by other names, too, none of which quite nail it – but it’s the one thing that, so long as you navigate by it, you’ll never go too far wrong. Sometimes it feels like a subtle electrical charge behind what’s
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People say that what we are seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think this is what we’re really seeking. I think what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive.
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Are you Alive?
342 / Navigating by aliveness
The concept that sits right at the heart of a sane and meaningful life, I’m increasingly convinced, is something like aliveness . It goes by other names, too, none of which quite nail it – but it’s the one thing that, so long as you navigate by it, you’ll never go too far wrong. Sometimes it feels like a subtle electrical charge behind what’s
... See moreOliver Burkeman • The Imperfectionist: Navigating by Aliveness
Beauty is the output. Taste is the filter. Aliveness is the engine.



















