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How To Finish a Decade Satisfied: The Magic Of 9-Enders
Why you should use your age as a trigger for good.
You’re getting close to the end of another decade of your life, realizing how good or bad your life has been up until that point.
You may have had a great life. Or maybe you didn’t.
No matter which one it is, getting close to this new decade gets you to reflect on your life.
You may have achieved a lot but somehow it feels like not enough.
Our lives are just tiny windows in the whole scheme of things. We were born one day and (usually) less than 100 years later, that’s it. We’re gone and the world keeps going on without us.
The world doesn’t really care for us so it’s up to us to make our time worthwhile.
Finishing a decade means (at most) finishing another tenth of your lifetime. It is rather impactful.
Meaning-seeking behaviors
It’s been said that when we get close to a new decade, most of us engage in “meaning-seeking behaviors”.
What’s that?
Just like the name says, it signifies that we start acting in certain ways to find meaning in our life.
