What's A Meaningful Life? Uncover 9 Insights to Measure Your Own

An attempt to make sense of the most essential wellbeing dimension.

If you’ve ever wondered how much your life is worth, don’t worry—insurance companies have already done the math. They’ve distilled it into neat actuarial tables, plugging in your age, health, income, and the odds of you slipping on ice this winter. Want a higher value? Stay employed and maybe rethink that cliff diving hobby.

It’s a bizarre business: slapping a dollar sign on the messiness of a human life. For all their spreadsheets and cold, calculated guesses, they’re adjacent to modern-day voodoo. There are much better ways to uncover an answer to the ultimate question: What’s the best way to determine whether your choices, connections, and contributions add up to a truly meaningful life?