When we first started the unit and discussed the meaning of life, I understood my meaning of life as being part of the bigger picture of life that I had to succeed in. Now life to me is less about the big picture but more about the smaller things of the goals of my own personal life. What I say what is meaningful tome on a personal level I am not talking about the petty things like drinking/partying but the more about the things that would affect the ultimate goal of my life.

This end goal for me is to accomplish something that will change the world and something that will have me remembered. For me this could be anything, this anything is not restricted by moral bounds for me, but as a person I doubt that the end goal to get remembered would venture out of moral bounds just because of how I am now. Possible examples of this “end goal” would be a doctor who discovers some genetic code or prevents a new disease from spreading or a world leader who creates a huge amount of change in the world. These are all things done to be remembered for after I have passed away. On my first opinion I talked more about being a good person and making a change that would help many people, now I feel that my opinion has changed and I believe I wish to be remembered after my death as well.

It may seem selfish to those who see my opinion from the outside but it is what would make my own life meaningful in my own eyes, which is what a meaningful life is. My thoughts do not include a bigger picture besides the bigger picture within my actual life that dictates the decisions I make. One could say this is a personal version of a big picture theory because it does meet and explain almost all of the criteria.