Nearly 180°, getting there. Taking a 2 part workshop on "Living your Question" at the Theosophical Society Library. It's intentionally in 2 parts to allow time to sit with the question for a few days.
My original question was "Where do I find my tribe?" But the question that's finding me began as, "How to craft an at ease life meaningful enough to live a long, healthy time?
This touches on the dramatic shift in 'meaning', meaning to both me and others, at this time of my retiring from my career. There's also the internal "meaning" that I've relied on to strive to make my life what I wanted, rather than falling into the culture's default, defeatism, depression, or drift. Managed that. Popped out the working side, so now how to motivate myself?
Related to this—I had a tendency to get manic, and part of that is continually fielding Big Hairy Audacious Goals for myself. Epic Goals. I'm the hero of a rare achievement goals. Did that, done that. Suffered from my unchecked manic surprise when they worked out! A lot.
So, with that backdrop, I'll try to get to an 8-word question:
A calm, long, healthy life? For me? 7 w