Let's Say I Achieve "Meaning." What Do I Do Next?

[InquiringMind]

I understand, truly I do. I actually feel quite similar. Ultimately, in the grandest scheme of things, our little lives will probably have no lasting impact on the universe. This is depressing and frightening, to me.

But I've realized we just have to stop dwelling on it. 

Maybe this is the right strategy.  Maybe the answer to the Great Question is that there is no answer, so stop asking.  Why do I go surfing, then, and why do I finish my PhD?  I guess there isn't a "why."  I do those things because I live.  Asking questions about meaning only takes me down to meaninglessness.

And interestingly, a lot of people who did things that have been lauded as "meaningful" were never trying to do anything meaningful.