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The wait is almost over. The Meaning of Your Life is out tomorrow.

Click the link in my bio to get your copy.

If you want to strengthen your marriage, consider four simple practices:

-Have more fun together instead of rehearsing grievances.
-Pray or meditate together.
-Make eye contact when you talk.
-Don’t underestimate touch. Physical connection reinforces the bond.

Not that long ago, no one had a smartphone. Today, five billion people around the world have one in their pocket. And how often do we pull them out to look at them?

Source: Chapter 2, “The Right Side of Your Brain,” pages 29–31 of my latest book, “The Meaning of Your Life,” to be released on March 31st.

Comment “TMOYL” below, and I’ll personally send you a direct link to pre-order your copy.

Not that long ago, no one had a smartphone. Today, five billion people around the world have one in their pocket. And how often do we pull them out to look at them?

Source: Chapter 2, “The Right Side of Your Brain,” pages 29–31 of my latest book, “The Meaning of Your Life,” to be released on March 31st.

Comment “TMOYL” below, and I’ll personally send you a direct link to pre-order your copy.

Not that long ago, no one had a smartphone. Today, five billion people around the world have one in their pocket. And how often do we pull them out to look at them?

Source: Chapter 2, “The Right Side of Your Brain,” pages 29–31 of my latest book, “The Meaning of Your Life,” to be released on March 31st.

Comment “TMOYL” below, and I’ll personally send you a direct link to pre-order your copy.

Not that long ago, no one had a smartphone. Today, five billion people around the world have one in their pocket. And how often do we pull them out to look at them?

Source: Chapter 2, “The Right Side of Your Brain,” pages 29–31 of my latest book, “The Meaning of Your Life,” to be released on March 31st.

Comment “TMOYL” below, and I’ll personally send you a direct link to pre-order your copy.

Not that long ago, no one had a smartphone. Today, five billion people around the world have one in their pocket. And how often do we pull them out to look at them?

Source: Chapter 2, “The Right Side of Your Brain,” pages 29–31 of my latest book, “The Meaning of Your Life,” to be released on March 31st.

Comment “TMOYL” below, and I’ll personally send you a direct link to pre-order your copy.

Not that long ago, no one had a smartphone. Today, five billion people around the world have one in their pocket. And how often do we pull them out to look at them?

Source: Chapter 2, “The Right Side of Your Brain,” pages 29–31 of my latest book, “The Meaning of Your Life,” to be released on March 31st.

Comment “TMOYL” below, and I’ll personally send you a direct link to pre-order your copy.

Not that long ago, no one had a smartphone. Today, five billion people around the world have one in their pocket. And how often do we pull them out to look at them?

Source: Chapter 2, “The Right Side of Your Brain,” pages 29–31 of my latest book, “The Meaning of Your Life,” to be released on March 31st.

Comment “TMOYL” below, and I’ll personally send you a direct link to pre-order your copy.

Not that long ago, no one had a smartphone. Today, five billion people around the world have one in their pocket. And how often do we pull them out to look at them?

Source: Chapter 2, “The Right Side of Your Brain,” pages 29–31 of my latest book, “The Meaning of Your Life,” to be released on March 31st.

Comment “TMOYL” below, and I’ll personally send you a direct link to pre-order your copy.

Not that long ago, no one had a smartphone. Today, five billion people around the world have one in their pocket. And how often do we pull them out to look at them?

Source: Chapter 2, “The Right Side of Your Brain,” pages 29–31 of my latest book, “The Meaning of Your Life,” to be released on March 31st.

Comment “TMOYL” below, and I’ll personally send you a direct link to pre-order your copy.

Not that long ago, no one had a smartphone. Today, five billion people around the world have one in their pocket. And how often do we pull them out to look at them?

Source: Chapter 2, “The Right Side of Your Brain,” pages 29–31 of my latest book, “The Meaning of Your Life,” to be released on March 31st.

Comment “TMOYL” below, and I’ll personally send you a direct link to pre-order your copy.

Not that long ago, no one had a smartphone. Today, five billion people around the world have one in their pocket. And how often do we pull them out to look at them?

Source: Chapter 2, “The Right Side of Your Brain,” pages 29–31 of my latest book, “The Meaning of Your Life,” to be released on March 31st.

Comment “TMOYL” below, and I’ll personally send you a direct link to pre-order your copy.

Not that long ago, no one had a smartphone. Today, five billion people around the world have one in their pocket. And how often do we pull them out to look at them?

Source: Chapter 2, “The Right Side of Your Brain,” pages 29–31 of my latest book, “The Meaning of Your Life,” to be released on March 31st.

Comment “TMOYL” below, and I’ll personally send you a direct link to pre-order your copy.

We now live surrounded by what I call "antiboredom machines."

What I mean by that is our phones, social media feeds, notifications, streaming platforms, and the algorithms.

The average person checks their phone hundreds of times per day. And most of us know this is unhealthy, yet we continue to do it compulsively.

Why?

Because we’re bored. And we’re starved of meaning. We reach for more stimulation to avoid confronting that feeling directly. We look to scroll, and something to consume. We feel the need to keep our minds occupied. But distraction does not relieve emptiness for very long. In fact, it intensifies it.

The more overstimulated we become, the harder it is to engage the deeper parts of ourselves responsible for reflection, contemplation, creativity, transcendence, and meaning.

This creates what I call the "meaning doom loop." We move efficiently from task to task but rarely stop long enough to ask ourselves:

Why am I living this way?
What truly matters to me?
What kind of life am I building?

Meaning belongs to a completely different category of human experience than distraction. It cannot be consumed, or optimized, and it cannot be solved like a technical problem. It must be lived as experience. That is the core reason why I’ve partnered with MEA to allow you to step into an environment intentionally designed to interrupt the doom loop.

For a few days, you can step away from the doom loop of meaning. You’ll stop filling every quiet moment, stop performing productivity for the sake of it, and stop drowning in unhelpful inputs.

If you’d like to attend this retreat and come away with more clarity and awareness around these things, to be more present and intentional with your life, and to build something more meaningful, you can learn more about it.

Comment "Retreat" and I will DM you a link.

No one else can walk your path for you. You have to find your own answers. That’s the thrill of life and the journey that awaits.

Save the present. It’s all your past will ever be.

Save the present. It’s all your past will ever be.

Save the present. It’s all your past will ever be.

Save the present. It’s all your past will ever be.

Save the present. It’s all your past will ever be.

Save the present. It’s all your past will ever be.

Save the present. It’s all your past will ever be.

Save the present. It’s all your past will ever be.

Deal friends vs. real friends.

A few more moments from earlier today, including the birthday cake.

A few more moments from earlier today, including the birthday cake.

A few more moments from earlier today, including the birthday cake.

Love That Is Earned? | @kngstoic

Many of us spend our entire lives stuck in a loop of trying to perform or be useful just to feel worthy of affection. In this breakdown, Arthur C. Brooks challenges us to confront whether we are building healthy relationship patterns or simply trying to buy love through transactional success.

Be honest with yourself here—do you find it easier to accept love for who you are, or do you feel like you constantly have to earn it? Let’s talk in the comments.👇

Check the link in bio for what’s next: Stoic Articles, Services, and Merch dropping soon. 🌐 kngstoic.com

• Life is tough, this page will help ➡️ follow @kngstoic for more videos like this.

• Speaker @arthurcbrooks x @richroll

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Birthdays have a way of making you take stock.

What you do each morning sets the tone for your day. It affects your mood and how you respond to whatever comes your way, which is why it’s worth paying attention to.

For me, today, like most days, that looked like waking up before sunrise, exercising, going to mass, coffee, breakfast, and getting to work on something meaningful.

Your version may look different. But it’s a good reminder to ask whether your morning routines are helping you build the life you actually want.

Birthdays have a way of making you take stock.

What you do each morning sets the tone for your day. It affects your mood and how you respond to whatever comes your way, which is why it’s worth paying attention to.

For me, today, like most days, that looked like waking up before sunrise, exercising, going to mass, coffee, breakfast, and getting to work on something meaningful.

Your version may look different. But it’s a good reminder to ask whether your morning routines are helping you build the life you actually want.

Birthdays have a way of making you take stock.

What you do each morning sets the tone for your day. It affects your mood and how you respond to whatever comes your way, which is why it’s worth paying attention to.

For me, today, like most days, that looked like waking up before sunrise, exercising, going to mass, coffee, breakfast, and getting to work on something meaningful.

Your version may look different. But it’s a good reminder to ask whether your morning routines are helping you build the life you actually want.

Birthdays have a way of making you take stock.

What you do each morning sets the tone for your day. It affects your mood and how you respond to whatever comes your way, which is why it’s worth paying attention to.

For me, today, like most days, that looked like waking up before sunrise, exercising, going to mass, coffee, breakfast, and getting to work on something meaningful.

Your version may look different. But it’s a good reminder to ask whether your morning routines are helping you build the life you actually want.

Birthdays have a way of making you take stock.

What you do each morning sets the tone for your day. It affects your mood and how you respond to whatever comes your way, which is why it’s worth paying attention to.

For me, today, like most days, that looked like waking up before sunrise, exercising, going to mass, coffee, breakfast, and getting to work on something meaningful.

Your version may look different. But it’s a good reminder to ask whether your morning routines are helping you build the life you actually want.

We keep trying to engineer our way through life.

But the things that matter most can’t be solved.
They can only be lived.

Marriage. Mystery. Meaning.

What’s something in your life that got better once you stopped trying to “solve” it?

Happiness has nothing to do with success.

New Office Hours episode with Arthur Brooks out now, sponsored by @canva.