The Ultimate Guide to Overcoming an Existential Crisis

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Andrew Ferebee

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🗓️ 15 July 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

If you're struggling with an existential crisis, this guide will help.

I don't have all of the answers, but I've been through the ringer.

From quitting my job to devastating breakups, to losing my father and best friend in the same month... I've been through challenges that have made me question the purpose of life and my place inside of it.

And this is how I overcame those challenges.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, Andrew Fairby here, and inside this podcast episode, I'm going to be sharing with you my most
0:05.6	recent article that I wrote titled The Ultimate Guide to Overcoming an Existential Crisis in Modern Society.
0:13.8	And this was one of the most interesting articles that I have ever written, and I'm going to share that with you now.
0:22.4	The mass of men in modern society are in the throes of a deep existential crisis.
0:28.0	Despite the unprecedented abundance, safety, and opportunity of the 21st century,
0:33.4	we are slowly starting to realize that life, regardless of your socioeconomic status or
0:38.8	privilege, is at times very hard.
0:43.0	Motivational talks numb the judgery for a few hours, but when the spark dies and reality
0:47.6	sets back in, the raw rants do little to alleviate the challenges of everyday life.
0:53.2	The degree that you went into debt for
0:54.9	didn't lead to the meaningful and lucrative career. Instead, it chained you to a desk,
1:00.0	doing meaningless work to serve someone else. That relationship that was supposed to be the relief
1:05.5	of your existential anxiety drained you, making your life harder instead of easier.
1:11.4	The new car, the nice apartment, only brought a brief bout of happiness, only to leave you
1:16.9	three months later feeling just as empty and void of purpose as you were before.
1:22.8	When the lights dim and the noise ceases, leaving you alone with nothing but your thoughts and the darkness.
1:29.4	You are left with the thoughts. What's the point of all of this? What is the meaning of life?
1:35.0	Who cares? We're all going to die anyways. This unanswerable question leads to inexplicable and
1:42.5	inescapable feelings and emotions for which our parents, the school system, and society did little to prepare us.
1:50.3	Existential dread, hopelessness, confusion, despair. When allowed to go unchecked, these thoughts and the emotions they elicit can slowly drain you of your will to overcome new challenges, try new things, and achieve your grand goals.
2:05.6	They can lead you down a dark and twisted road of hedonic pleasure and apathy.
2:11.6	However, when viewed in a different light, they can serve as the catalyst for a life so different from the one that you
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