Not Everything Has to Have a Purpose

Needing there to be existential meaning in everything is exhausting.

Ryan Fan
Published in
4 min readMay 30, 2020

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“Why does everything have to have a purpose? The world is a jungle, and if you want my advice, Anthony, don’t expect happiness. You won’t get it…It’s all a big nothing. What makes you think you’re so special?” — Olivia Soprano.

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Ryan Fan
Invisible Illness

Believer, Baltimore City IEP Chair, and 2:39 marathon runner. Diehard fan of “The Wire.” Support me by becoming a Medium member: https://bit.ly/39Cybb8