How to pronounce "hustle"

these aren't just economic problems, they're existential ones, too.

Without something worthwhile to do,

people flounder.

Of course, you don't have to find purpose at work,

but purpose gives you something to live for,

some "why" that drives you forward.

The third pillar of meaning is also about stepping beyond yourself,

but in a completely different way:

transcendence.

Transcendent states are those rare moments

when you're lifted above the hustle and bustle of daily life,

your sense of self fades away,

and you feel connected to a higher reality.

For one person I talked to, transcendence came from seeing art.

For another person, it was at church.

For me, I'm a writer, and it happens through writing.

Sometimes I get so in the zone that I lose all sense of time and place.

These transcendent experiences can change you.

One study had students look up at 200-feet-tall eucalyptus trees

for one minute.

But afterwards they felt less self-centered,