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The Existential Frame
“The thing that’s so interesting about being alive is that you’re all in; no matter what you do you’re all in. This is going to kill you. So, I think you might as well play the most magnificent game you can while you’re waiting. because do you have anything better to do?” -Jordan Peterson
Perhaps the most direct framing of existentialism. I see it as a whole school of philosophy which is talking around this kind of conclusion.
This being awake and aware of the entire frame around our existence, not what it could mean, but what we might be able to do about it.
You’re in control, pick a game and play, you’ll become everything you dreamed of in the process.
Though, the philosophy doesn’t help you a ton once you have chosen your game. See Moving on from Existentialism