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Program21 days2–25 min per dayExistentialRationality

The meaning month

Three weeks for the biggest questions, in the smallest possible format: one exercise a day. Week one you map: values, ikigai, the time you have. Week two you write: your life story, the eulogy, what the next chapter is called. Week three you act: value-driven steps, generosity, gratitude. You will not finish with meaning in 21 days, but you will know where yours is, and you will have started living by it.

How it works

One exercise, session or article per day for 21 days. You go at your own pace — the app remembers where you are, and you can pause and restart whenever you want.

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Day by day

  1. 1
    Article
    Meaning is not an answer you find, but a direction you choose
    The question of life's meaning sounds so big that it can paralyze. But meaning is rarely hidden in the big things. It is built in the small, again and again.
    2 min
  2. 2
    Exercise
    Values exercise
    List ten things that feel important, narrow them to five core values, and see where your everyday life already lives by them.
    20 min
  3. 3
    Tool
    The values compass
    A standing tool: hold a choice up against your values and see where the needle points.
    8 min
  4. 4
    Exercise
    The ikigai map
    Map where what you love, what you are good at and what someone needs overlap. Not to find a magic answer, but to see where it is worth digging.
    15 min
  5. 5
    Exercise
    The time you have
    An average life is roughly four thousand weeks. Counting your time sounds grim, but done right it is the opposite: a sharp filter for what deserves your weeks.
    12 min
  6. 6
    Exercise
    Meaning journal
    Capture a small moment that felt meaningful, and see what made it so. Meaning grows in things you can repeat.
    12 min
  7. 7
    Exercise
    This week's value
    Choose a value that matters, and give it one concrete action this week.
    10 min
Show all 21 days
  1. 8The life story18 min
  2. 9Georg and the bench5 min
  3. 10The eulogy15 min
  4. 11When two values collide12 min
  5. 12Purpose statement25 min
  6. 13The next small step9 min
  7. 14Best possible self12 min
  8. 15From value to action10 min
  9. 16Meaning through giving10 min
  10. 17An action that counts10 min
  11. 18The gratitude letter12 min
  12. 19The awe walk12 min
  13. 20Forgiving yourself11 min
  14. 21The values compass8 min

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