Trying to Be Useful Is Highly Overrated

Maybe an excess of beauty is the cure for our current malaise

Photo by Max Bender on Unsplash

“What are People For?” — Kurt Vonnegut, scrawled on a napkin

A few weeks ago, I was really struggling through some frustrating thought loops. I was stuck. I was trying to problem-solve some unsolvable problems, and I was rapidly spiraling down the drain of despair. I…