Despite challenges coming up, our world is broadly in the best state it's ever been in. We are objectively at an all-time high in lifespans, quality of life and reduced war and violence.

You really, really need to turn off the news and social media (like this site) more and spend more time in your moments. I am speaking as one of your peers here. You are gonna regret spending too much time despairing over things you can't change when you could find small joys in the miraculous world we have around us. You have likely been disheartened growing up in the same world I did thinking that we would have a future with food replicators and starships. That's a hard one to let go of, I know, but there is still magic and wonder we can experience in our daily lives.

Yah you're gonna die, we all will.

So make the most of your short time and go plant a garden, take a hike, raise a puppy, learn a new language, travel to places where people don't actually dwell on the sorrows and learn from them.

No, I'm not giving you platitudes here, I am promising you, you will regret spending too much time in sorrow. The world will feel most wondrous and magical when you know your time is short, and you WILL wonder why you didn't work harder to stretch that time out.