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Episode 91: Does your life have meaning? Do you know what it is yet?

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Content provided by Rachel Perkins and Kendall Miller, Rachel Perkins, and Kendall Miller. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Rachel Perkins and Kendall Miller, Rachel Perkins, and Kendall Miller or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

In this episode, rachel and Kendall talk about:

  • Kendall being back in the US, how many desks he has had to order, and the various benefits of Pickleball vs Paddleball
  • rachel's reign of terror over a particular kind of cooking pan, being sick, and heading to Vegas to dj at DEFCON
  • Why people might be pivoting away from their tech careers, looking for greater meaning
  • What actually is a midlife crisis?
  • Planning for your midlife crisis, understanding your path forward
  • What triggers a midlife crisis? What does one look like?
  • How unwillingness to talk about death as a society makes this a crisis for us
  • Living life well when you know you're going to die
  • The impact of having grown up in genX, the assumption that no one is going to take care of you when you're old
  • Perpetuating a cycle of dissatisfaction
  • The fallacy of "follow your dreams and everything will be fine" vs "enjoy the work you have because life is short"
  • Intentionally doing things inefficiently in order to enjoy the process more, thank you Kurt Vonnegut (see https://www.mondaymorningmemo.com/kurt-vonnegut-farting-around/ for the full quote/story)
  • How does one's belief in an afterlife impact these things?
  • Whether having some control over the time and manner of one's death is comforting
  • What living well means to Kendall, and his upcoming book :)
  • recommendation from rachel: The Witch King by Martha Wells
  • recommendation from Kendall: Eat something so spicy you leave your physical body temporarily

Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3

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Manage episode 373083565 series 2317207
Content provided by Rachel Perkins and Kendall Miller, Rachel Perkins, and Kendall Miller. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Rachel Perkins and Kendall Miller, Rachel Perkins, and Kendall Miller or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

In this episode, rachel and Kendall talk about:

  • Kendall being back in the US, how many desks he has had to order, and the various benefits of Pickleball vs Paddleball
  • rachel's reign of terror over a particular kind of cooking pan, being sick, and heading to Vegas to dj at DEFCON
  • Why people might be pivoting away from their tech careers, looking for greater meaning
  • What actually is a midlife crisis?
  • Planning for your midlife crisis, understanding your path forward
  • What triggers a midlife crisis? What does one look like?
  • How unwillingness to talk about death as a society makes this a crisis for us
  • Living life well when you know you're going to die
  • The impact of having grown up in genX, the assumption that no one is going to take care of you when you're old
  • Perpetuating a cycle of dissatisfaction
  • The fallacy of "follow your dreams and everything will be fine" vs "enjoy the work you have because life is short"
  • Intentionally doing things inefficiently in order to enjoy the process more, thank you Kurt Vonnegut (see https://www.mondaymorningmemo.com/kurt-vonnegut-farting-around/ for the full quote/story)
  • How does one's belief in an afterlife impact these things?
  • Whether having some control over the time and manner of one's death is comforting
  • What living well means to Kendall, and his upcoming book :)
  • recommendation from rachel: The Witch King by Martha Wells
  • recommendation from Kendall: Eat something so spicy you leave your physical body temporarily

Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3

  continue reading

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