This is one of humanity's oldest questions, and there's no single answer that satisfies everyone. Here are a few frameworks people find meaningful:

**Philosophical perspectives:**
- **Existentialist:** Life has no inherent meaning; you create your own through choices and commitments
- **Absurdist:** Embrace life fully despite its lack of cosmic meaning
- **Aristotelian:** Flourishing through virtue and realizing your potential

**Religious/spiritual views** often point to connection with the divine, serving others, or spiritual growth

**Practical approaches** many people live by:
- Building relationships and love
- Reducing suffering (yours and others')
- Creating something lasting
- Experiencing and learning
- Simply living fully in the present

What makes this question interesting is that the search itself often becomes part of the answer—the examined life, as Socrates might say.

Is there a particular angle on this you're thinking about?
