When we think of our lives from an existential perspective we do not matter much in the grand scheme of things. We are but a tiny spec when compared to the size of the universe. Does this mean that the things we will do today are not going to have an impact on any level ? This should seam that whatever we do is useless.
Let’s dissect an individual’s life, most of his life is spent towards taking care of his needs when not planned properly. An individual can be considered useless if the only thing he does in his lifetime is taking care of his own personal needs. The other argument to it is, that he will not be able to take care of someone else or do something impactful unless he has taken care of his personal needs. We often see our own personal needs as responsibilities and unless an individual does not take care of his responsibilities he will not think of something else in life.
The Indian society is currently designed that way, we have to pay for our own health expenses, college tuition , kid’s wedding , retirement costs and unless an individual fulfills all these he will not think of something else. We have all known the effect of compounding over the long term in our investment portfolios. Our investment journey should be started very early in life, however small the investment amount is. This will help in taking care of responsibilities early in life.
Once the responsibilities are taken care off early in life, we can start thinking about how to make some kind of impact during our lifetime. This might make our lives a little less useless.
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