Life is Absurd: Your Biggest Challenge is to Make it Meaningful
Don’t find meaning, create it
Life is full of contradictions and paradoxes that often leave us feeling lost, confused, and wondering about the meaning of it all.
It can feel like we’re just going through the motions, trying to make sense of it all. The world we live in can be absurd, unpredictable, and sometimes downright ridiculous.
But amidst all the chaos, one thing remains constant: the need for meaning and purpose.
The notion that life is absurd is a philosophical reasoning that suggests that life lacks inherent meaning or purpose.
It was popularised by philosophers like Albert Camus and Friedrich Nietzsche, who argued that life is fundamentally meaningless and that the human quest for meaning is an absurd, futile endeavour.
Camus, a French philosopher, writer, and existentialist, believed that accepting the absurdity of life is the starting point for a meaningful life.
“The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth,” Albert Camus said.“The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but a beginning,” he argued.
