update of what I think the meaning of life is 2 years on

here's the original entry from 2022 https://blog.spacehey.com/entry?id=517491

since then I feel like ive experienced infinitely more and understand it better, but ive also become dumber and cringer so this is gonna be very poorly written

Religion

with religion now I personally dont believe in anything. I believe those religious scriptures aren't meant to be taken word for word in a modern society, I believe theyre an outline for how you should live, like, all metaphors rather than true stories.

life

I feel like im a lot happier now mainly because of the support I have from people around me and how ive changed. 

I still believe the meaning of life is to just do whatever you can as much as you can. try everything, live to the fullest, thats why you're alive.

my mental health is much better now because ive realised that the times I feel bad are usually if I haven't done anything. doing and planning as much as I can keeps me afloat so I dont have the time to worry about the things that might make me sad. people say denial is bad but its actually a really good tool. you dont need to face your problems head on.

I feel very grateful to be alive too. now this is the section where I said things are gonna get cringey but I found a coping mechanism thats unique to me and I believe thats what everybody else needs to find too. find something to do, a song to listen to, a tv show to watch, a person to talk to whatever that you can do when you feel like you're in a really tough place.

for me that has become listening to the song Truce by Twenty One Pilots. this has replaced old bad habits that I had to cope with feeling sad and listening to the lyrics has put life into perspective a bit for me. for example, the line "you will die but now your life is free, take pride in what is sure to die". I live by this line now. for me it shows that suicide isn't really a necessary option as death is inevitable anyway. all you can do is take what life throws at you and live DESPITE that. dont let feeling bad interrupt your life and try to overcome it instead.

I cant think of anything else uh goodbye for like 6 months again