Bill Burnett

The ultimate, is this really it?

Have I found it?

No, you haven't found it because you're going to keep growing and it's going to change.

So stop worrying about it and let's work on this.

Yes.

So don't wait for the ultimate answer.

By the way, we have both, in different ways, have worked on the big questions for a long time, and we think the big questions really matter.

I'm not saying never think about that.

What I'm saying is don't defer life is good and worthwhile until you find those answers.

What you can do is start living into the moment that you're in.

So the first reframe is, how do I find more meaning now?

And then the second thing is, and where might I find it?

That's probably because the thing that's not working.

There's something about the job is not working.

The marriage isn't working.

There's something I'm really unhappy about.

Yes.

I'm not getting what I wanted from this particular aspect of my life.

And so then you say, well, find more meaning.

You're trying to tell me how to make a bad thing good.