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I listened to the audiobook narrated by Kelly Corrigan to follow along on a discussion with her, Kate Bowler and Claire Danes. Kate Bowler interviews Volf here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... My partner is taking a class in psychology and one assignment asks her to write a paper answering the question “What makes life worth living?” Living a life with meaning and value can make you happier, more content, more resilient through hard times, and more likely to influence the lives of others. Plato would later comment on how the Athenians – and perhaps societies in general – react when faced with the disruptive force of critical reflection. Newberry, R.C. Environmental enrichment: Increasing the biological relevance of captive environments. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 1995, 44, 229–243. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef]Mason, G.; Rushen, J. Stereotypic Animal Behaviour: Fundamentals and Implications for Animal Welfare, 2nd ed.; CAB International: Wallingford, UK, 2006. [ Google Scholar] It’s not how much money we make that ultimately makes us happy between nine and five. It’s whether or not our work fulfills us. Being a teacher is meaningful. Spinka, M.; Wemelsfelder, F. Environmental challenge and animal agency. In Animal Welfare, 2nd ed.; Appleby, M.C., Mench, J.A., Olsson, I.A.S., Hughes, B.O., Eds.; CAB International: Wallingford, UK, 2011; pp. 27–43. [ Google Scholar] Others are also searching for better reasons to keep going, and some of them might be similar to you. Someday, you may get the chance to relate to and encourage someone who’s standing where you stood. Unfulfilled hopes and dreams Camus achieves with the Myth what the philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty claimed for Montaigne’s Essays: it places “a consciousness astonished at itself at the core of human existence.”