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How and why to plan a life amidst uncertainty
There’s still a point.
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Hi everybody!
(You can listen to this essay as audio here)
Back when I was running the first iteration of my Introduction to Intentional Living course, a student asked this wise question (which was apt, as the start of the course coincided with the unfolding of the pandemic and George Floyd’s murder):
How does one live intentionally, set goals, and pursue dreams while also being present, and aware that the course of life is not something that can be carefully controlled?
A more blunt form of this question that I have gotten before the course, and since the course, from friends, clients, Soother readers, whoever, has taken the same form with a slightly more nihilistic view:
What’s the point?
