As I was trying to get motivated to write more content for one of my sites today I started thinking about what it is that I really want.

I realized that what I really want is to exist, be happy and to enjoy things.

But with life being as short and precarious as it is - with ageing, disease, weakness and death being what we inevitably have to look forward to with life - and so many people that die young and suddenly from sickness, accidents or natural disasters (some of which could potentially wipe out our entire species) - I can’t be satisfied with just living and being happy.

I want more.

Although I believe that science will eventually find ways to prevent ageing and most if not all disease, I don’t think this will happen in my lifetime.

So what is left? The only thing that makes sense for me to spend my life on this planet doing is to learn more about what we are and what the universe is - or in other words - find the answer to ‘life, the universe and everything’. Likely I won’t be able to find the answer in my lifetime either. But anything I do find out will contribute to the body of knowledge our species has. And will bring us one step closer to eliminating suffering and death - not for me but for someone, sometime at least.

So, back to writing and working on sites that mean something to me - those about some aspect of science or humanity that I can learn about and spread that information to others. And I’ll try to be happy and enjoy what I encounter along the way.