How to Find Your Meaning in Life and Why It Is Even Needed | Anastasiia Verbitska | TEDxYouth@2SLO
THE TOPIC OF MY SPEECH WILL DELVE INTO THE ROLE "MEANING" PLAYS IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE. 21ST CENTURY IS FULL OF EASILY ACCESSIBLE PLEASURES POWERED BY MASS ADDICTION TO FAST DOPAMINE, IT'S FULL OF DISTRACTIONS AND CONSTANT NOISE MAKING IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO FIND TRUE FULFILLMENT IN THIS WHIRLWIND OF INSTANT GRATIFICATION. ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT AUSTRIAN PSYCHOLOGISTS, VIKTOR FRANKL, ARGUED THAT FINDING MEANING IS POSSIBLE EVEN IN THE HARSHEST CONDITIONS A HUMAN BEING CAN END UP IN. HOW? WE'LL FIND OUT TOGETHER! HELLO EVERYONE! MY NAME IS ANASTASIIA AND I'M A FIRST-YEAR LAW STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW. MY PARTICULAR AREAS OF ACADEMIC INTEREST ARE INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC LAW AND DIPLOMACY. I LOVE SPENDING MY FREE TIME EXPERIENCING LIFE AT ITS FULLEST, WHETHER IT'S RUNNING A MARATHON, LEARNING ANOTHER FOREIGN LANGUAGE, SOLO-TRAVELING OR CROSSING OUT OTHER BUCKET LIST ITEMS. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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