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That's why I said you need to keep working towards a goal, and why a balance between passivity and rigid planning is a must.
Any absolutist viewpoint is going to cause you more problems, and there are a lot of people pushing very absolutist ideas out there about what you need to do with your life to feel rewarded and fulfilled.
The dirty secret is there's no such thing as a "wasted life." Short of doing something so heinous that you have your life or freedom taken from you, there's no "wrong" way to live, you simply existing is a miracle beyond all reason and explanation and even if you just sat on your hands contemplating your navel for 80 years, that's still an experience of life, and any kind of experience you're having must be appreciated, because the alternative is not experiencing anything.