26: mental health
90% of "mental health" issues today stem from a core lack of purpose and creativity...not chemical imbalance
the modern world has stripped us from fundamental sources of human meaning. religion, community, and the natural urge to create have all been suppressed by productivity culture. but the answer isn't a hut in the woods. as nice it would be to escape from it all, it doesn't solve the core issue which is that the people we depend on for meaning and sustenance are out there, not in the simulacrum of our inner fantasies of how the world should be. whatever you need to do to fight the existential dread, know that you don't have to wait. you can do something about it today. you can do something about it right now. but only you know what