When life feels meaningless

I’m seeing more and more people on social media saying their lives feel meaningless.

‘What’s the point?’ They lament.

It doesn’t surprise me, but it resonates because I’ve felt it many times too.

I’ve had frequent stretches where I’ve lost sight of what I’m excited about, and it feels like I’m on an endless, joyless treadmill.

In those moments, I would try to think and plan my way out of it.

I’d fill notebooks with goals, sketch out five-year plans, and wait for a bolt of inspiration about my ‘real purpose’ to hit at 3 in the morning.

It would never come, and the more I sat there thinking, the more I wanted to run away from it all.

Finding a way to deal with this sense of emptiness arrived by accident.

I realised that trying to figure it all out was futile. So I just got on with life.

I dropped the need to have meaning.

I found joy in creating stuff. Lots of stuff. Experimenting. Increasing my output for the heck of it.

I just stopped questioning and analysing everything and simply got into more motion.

More walking and doing and testing.

Now I was repeatedly poking life’s box and seeing what happened.

I was receiving more data, while not overthinking my own problems.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the killer combo.

When you’re doing things and not overthinking it - that’s often when you’ll have the clarity you need.

You’ll know what to do - it will just feel right.

But for now, if you don’t know what to do and what’s the point - do more.

Begin something small today, whether that’s writing a messy draft, tweeting a thought, or starting the project you’ve been putting off.

This is also why I created Online Writing Alchemy.

It’s a course designed to help you build momentum through writing, so you stop overthinking and start creating work that grows your voice, confidence, and audience.

I found meaning through regularly publishing things.

👉 Check out Online Writing Alchemy here

Meaning doesn’t come from waiting. It comes from motion.

Alex