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Albert Camus was a French-Algerian writer, and 
Nobel Prize laureate who lived through war and  

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loss, and he saw how life doesn’t always offer 
clear answers. Instead of turning away from that  

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uncertainty, he chose to face it. He wanted to 
understand what it really means to be alive in a  

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world that doesn’t hand us a ready-made purpose.
We’re often told to “find your purpose” or “find  

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yourself,” as if who we are is already out there 
waiting — for the right moment, the right people,  

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the right place. But Camus questioned that. He 
didn’t believe there was a perfect version of us  

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hidden somewhere, waiting to be discovered.
And there’s a real sense of relief in that. 

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If there’s no single identity we’re supposed to 
uncover, then we’re not late. We’re not falling  

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behind. We’re not missing out on some secret 
everyone else already understands. We’re not  

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lost - we’re simply becoming, shaping who we are 
through the choices we make and the life we live. 

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We learn by living. We change. We try 
things. We let go of what doesn’t feel  

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true anymore and slowly build a life that 
feels more honest. When we stop believing  

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there’s one “correct” self we must find, 
we no longer wait for a dramatic moment of  

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clarity. We start paying attention to what’s 
right in front of us - the next small step,  

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the next experience, the next chance to grow.
Camus is known for books like The Stranger,  

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The Myth of Sisyphus, and The Plague and in this 
video, we’re going to explore why searching for a  

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“true self” is a lie - how that belief can keep 
us stuck, and why embracing life’s uncertainty  

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can actually help us move forward, all 
from the philosophy of Albert Camus.

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Understand the Absurd
Camus says "The absurd  

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is born of this confrontation between the human 
need and the unreasonable silence of the world.”

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Before talking about “finding yourself,” we 
need to understand a central idea in Albert  

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Camus’ philosophy - the Absurd. Camus looked 
at the world - at war, suffering, chance,  

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and death - and noticed that people are desperate 
to find purpose. We want life to make sense. We  

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want our struggles to lead somewhere, our choices 
to matter, and our stories to have a reason. But  

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Camus said that the universe doesn’t give us 
that reason. It doesn’t explain why we’re here  

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or where we’re going. It just exists.
That clash - between our need for  

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meaning and the world’s silence - 
is what Camus called “the Absurd.” 

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It might sound harsh, but Camus didn’t see 
it as depressing. He saw it as honest - and  

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as the starting point for real freedom.
To show this, he wrote a novel called  

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The Stranger. The main character, Meursault, is a 
man who doesn’t pretend that life means more than  

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it does. When his mother dies, he doesn’t 
cry. When someone asks if he loves them,  

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he says he doesn’t think so. He doesn’t 
fake emotions to fit in or comfort others. 

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To the people around him, Meursault seems strange 
- even cold. They think something must be wrong  

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with him. But Camus presents him as honest and 
realistic. Unlike most people, Meursault doesn’t  

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try to invent meaning where there isn’t any.
But this story takes a dramatic turn when  

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Meursault shoots a man on the beach. Now, 
this wasn’t planned, it wasn’t out of revenge,  

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or even anger. Earlier, he had a confrontation 
with the man’s brother, and later, while walking  

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in the sun, he encountered the man again. The 
heat, the glare of the sun, and the tension of  

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the moment overwhelmed him. He pulls the trigger 
almost instinctively - it’s an impulsive act, not  

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a moral choice. Camus uses this event to show that 
it’s not just the act itself that matters, it’s  

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how society interprets it. Meursault is judged 
not only for the crime, but for his attitude  

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toward life - his honesty, his indifference, 
and his refusal to pretend his life has meaning. 

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At his trial, the focus shifts from the crime 
to Meursault’s character. The court and the  

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public can’t accept his indifference. They 
expect him to show guilt, remorse, or faith.  

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They want him to say his life has meaning. 
But he doesn’t. Even when pretending could  

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save his life, he refuses to lie.
At first, Meursault only thinks life  

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has no higher meaning. It’s not until 
his trial and death sentence that he  

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truly feels the weight of the Absurd. With death 
approaching, he has nothing left to hide behind.  

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There is no hope, no divine plan, no cosmic 
justice waiting to save him. The universe  

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isn’t cruel or kind — it simply doesn’t care. In 
accepting this, he opens himself to what Camus  

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calls “the gentle indifference of the world.”
To be sure, this isn’t despair. It is a direct,  

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lived understanding. He experiences life as it 
is, without needing it to make sense or have a  

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higher purpose. The warmth of the sun, the sound 
of the sea, the smell of the earth - he notices  

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them simply as they are, without looking for 
deeper meaning. He doesn’t try to explain or  

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justify life. He simply lives it fully, aware and 
present. In that awareness, he finally feels free. 

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That’s what Camus wanted to show: The Absurd, as 
Camus describes it, is the gap between our desire  

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for meaning and the world’s refusal to provide it. 
At no point does life promise fairness, purpose,  

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or hidden answers. It simply exists. Recognizing 
this isn’t something to fear - it’s something to  

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face. When you stop expecting life to make 
sense, you stop being controlled by rules,  

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expectations, or the idea that everything 
should have a reason. You stop waiting  

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for perfect answers or signs, and you start 
seeing life clearly - unpredictable, but real. 

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Camus didn’t want us to avoid the Absurd. 
He wanted us to live with it - to see life  

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clearly and still choose to live fully. 
You don’t need a grand purpose to make life  

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worth living. You just need to notice what’s 
around you, pay attention, and be present. 

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2. Stop Waiting to “Find Yourself”
In the words of Camus,  

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“Life is the sum of all your choices.”
We often talk about life as if our true  

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self is hiding somewhere, waiting to 
be uncovered, like a secret treasure.  

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We say, “I just need to find myself,” like 
there’s some perfect version of us out there,  

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patiently waiting for the right moment to appear.
But what if that version doesn’t actually exist? 

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Camus challenges this comforting idea. Since the 
universe is indifferent and offers no built-in  

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meaning, there is no hidden “true self” waiting 
to be discovered. There’s no cosmic blueprint.  

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No secret self buried in the universe. No 
map with an X marking your spot. The meaning  

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of your life isn’t written in the stars - it’s 
written in the small choices you make every day. 

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And I get it, that can feel a little 
scary. If there’s no path laid out for us,  

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then who are we supposed to become? 
But that’s exactly what freedom is.  

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You get to decide. You get to decide who you 
are. Who you want to become. Your identity isn’t  

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something to be found - it’s something you build. 
Step by step. Choice by choice. Action by action. 

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Think about the people who say they 
“found themselves.” Did they stumble  

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upon some hidden self? No. They lived. They 
tried. They failed. They learned. They kept  

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moving forward. They became who they are 
by doing, not by waiting. Standing still  

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and hoping for clarity won’t get you anywhere. 
Life shapes those who act, not those who wait. 

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So instead of asking, “Who am I?” - ask, “Who 
do I want to become?” . You build yourself by  

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living. By trying. By failing. By choosing. 
The path isn’t given - you create that path.  

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So stop sitting around, waiting for clarity 
or some kind of ‘revelation’. Pick one small  

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thing today that reflects the kind of person 
you want to be. It could be calling someone,  

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jotting down your thoughts, or taking a 
quiet walk. Each step builds your identity.

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3. Rebel against the absurd
To quote Camus, “The struggle  

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itself toward the heights is enough to fill a 
man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” 

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Camus believed that when the world gives you 
no clear meaning, the most human response  

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is rebellion - a steady, stubborn decision 
to live anyway. If the universe refuses to  

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tell us why we’re here, rebellion says: “I’ll 
decide for myself.” That act of choosing - of  

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making something matter despite life’s 
uncertainty — is where real strength begins. 

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Camus illustrated this through the Greek myth of 
Sisyphus. Sisyphus was condemned by the gods to  

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push a boulder up a mountain, only for it to roll 
back down each time he reached the top. To most  

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people, that sounds like the ultimate punishment 
- endless, meaningless effort. But Camus saw it  

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differently. He imagined Sisyphus smiling. Because 
even though his task never ends, he still chooses  

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to push. He takes ownership of his struggle. 
He finds meaning in the act of pushing itself. 

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And that’s the core of this whole idea of 
rebelling - to live fully, to act, to create,  

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even when life refuses to give you guarantees.
And this rebellion isn’t just about refusing  

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despair. It’s also about refusing to wait around 
for a life you might never find. We’re told that  

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somewhere out there is a perfect version of 
who we are - and that if we look hard enough,  

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travel far enough, or wait long enough, we’ll 
eventually “find” that version. But there is no  

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finished version of you waiting. You only become 
yourself through living - through the choices you  

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make, the work you do, and the people you love.
You don’t need the world to hand you a label or  

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a path. You don’t need permission to matter. 
Every decision you make shapes your identity.  

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Every small act - writing something, helping 
someone, starting something new — it all  

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becomes your quiet way of saying, 
“I’m here, and I’m choosing to live.” 

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Many people spend years trying to “figure 
themselves out” before they move forward.  

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But clarity doesn’t come before action 
— it comes because of action. You build  

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confidence by doing things that scare 
you. You find direction by taking steps,  

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not by waiting for certainty. You don’t find 
yourself — you create yourself, again and again. 

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Camus once wrote, “In the depths of winter, 
I finally learned that within me there  

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lay an invincible summer.” That strength, 
that “invincible summer,” doesn’t come  

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from waiting for life to make sense. It 
comes from showing up for it regardless. 

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So maybe that’s the truth behind this whole 
idea of “finding yourself.” There is no finished  

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version of you waiting to be discovered. 
There’s only the person you become through  

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the act of living. Like Sisyphus, you may push 
the same stone up the same hill again and again,  

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but the act itself - the movement, the 
persistence - that’s what makes you who you are. 

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You don’t defeat the Absurd 
by solving life’s mysteries. 

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You Just keep living - that’s the rebellion.
4. Rebel with Passion

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According to Camus, “To live is to 
keep shaking hands with the world.” 

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Camus didn’t just tell us to rebel against the 
Absurd - he urged us to rebel with passion.  

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Because without passion, rebellion becomes 
survival… but with it, rebellion becomes life. 

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Once you stop searching for your “true self,” you 
realize that what you were looking for wasn’t a  

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hidden identity - it was a feeling. A sense of 
being alive. That spark when you’re so absorbed  

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in what you’re doing that you forget time, ego, 
and fear. And we often mistake that feeling for  

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“finding ourselves,” but what we’re really 
experiencing is the energy of engagement - of  

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being fully present and invested in life.
Camus didn’t believe in a cosmic meaning  

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to chase after, but he did believe in the 
beauty of intensity - in throwing yourself  

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into what moves you, even knowing it won’t 
last forever. To him, passion wasn’t about  

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achieving something eternal. It was about 
burning brightly in the brief time we have. 

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He wrote about actors as a great example of this. 
An actor, he said, lives many lives - each one  

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temporary, each one ending when the curtain falls. 
Yet, for that short time on stage, it’s complete.  

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That’s what passion does. It doesn’t promise 
permanence - it gives you fullness in the moment. 

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So if rebellion is saying, “I will live anyway,” 
then passion is how you live that promise out  

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loud. It’s the color you paint on the canvas of an 
absurd world. It’s how you answer meaninglessness  

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with intensity, curiosity, and creation.
Loads of people say they’re trying to “find  

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themselves,” but what they’re really missing is 
passion. They wait to feel sure before they act,  

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but certainty doesn’t come first. You only 
figure things out by getting involved. Passion  

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appears when you take part in life, 
not when you sit and think about it. 

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Try one small thing that interests you, even just 
a little. Something creative or physical. Write,  

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paint, cook, dance, play music - anything 
that makes you feel awake for a moment.  

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But don’t do it to discover some hidden self, 
do it to remember that you’re already here,  

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already capable of shaping your own life.
Put your energy into what makes you feel  

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alive. Not because it gives you a final meaning, 
but because it brings life into the present  

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moment. Passion doesn’t solve the Absurd - 
it gives us reasons to keep going anyway.

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5. Define Your Values, Not Labels 

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Camus once said “Freedom is 
nothing but a chance to be better.” 

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When people try to “find themselves,” 
they often end up looking for the wrong  

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thing. They look for a label - something 
they can point to and say, “This is me.” 

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But labels are often just reflections 
of what the world expects from us: 

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the career we choose
the roles we play 

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the personality category we fit into
the image we present online 

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Because labels come from outside of us, they’re 
always shifting. A job can end. A role can change.  

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A relationship can fall apart. And if your entire 
sense of self was built on a label, when that  

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label disappears, it can feel like you disappeared 
with it. That’s when people say, “I lost myself.” 

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But did you? Did you really lose yourself - or did 
you just lose a label you’d attached to yourself? 

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Camus believed there isn’t one fixed version 
of you hiding somewhere. You’re not supposed to  

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search the world until you find a final identity. 
Instead, you build who you are through your  

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choices - and those choices are better guided by 
your values than by what others expect from you. 

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Values are things like honesty, 
kindness, courage, creativity, or growth. 

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They come from within you - not 
from approval or achievement. 

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Imagine someone who loses a job 
they’ve had for years. If their entire  

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identity was tied to that one title, they 
might feel like they have nowhere to go.  

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But if they were guided by values like growth or 
creativity, those values help them decide what  

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comes next. They don’t have to start from 
zero - they simply take a new direction. 

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That’s why values matter more than labels. 
Values don’t lock you into one version of  

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yourself - they help you move forward, even 
when life changes. They stop you from chasing  

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roles just to feel complete. And they shift you 
away from asking, “Who am I supposed to be?” 

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That question assumes there’s only one correct 
answer - and we know now that isn’t true. 

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A better question is:
“What do I want my actions to reflect?” 

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That’s a question you can actually live 
by. It gives you direction right now.

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So to try this for yourself, write down three 
to five values that feel important to the person  

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you want to become - like courage, patience, 
curiosity, kindness, or integrity. Then look  

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at one decision you need to make today and 
choose the option that reflects those values. 

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When you do that consistently, you stop waiting 
for a moment that tells you who you are,  

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and instead you start shaping your identity 
through your actions. Not by finding a hidden  

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self, but by choosing who you want to 
be and living in line with that choice. 

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Your identity becomes less about a label in the 
future - and more about how you choose to live  

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right here, right now.
6. Experiment Boldly 

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In our final quote from Camus for 
this video, he says 'Men must live  

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and create. Live to the point of tears.'
Once you’ve figured out what you value, the next  

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step is to put those values into practice. It’s 
easy to think you need the perfect plan before  

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you start anything - the right timing, the right 
skills, the right level of confidence. But that  

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mindset only keeps you stuck. Life isn’t something 
you solve in your head first. You learn by doing. 

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Camus believed that experience is what shapes 
us. You can’t grow by thinking about who you  

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want to be - you grow by trying things, seeing 
what works, and adjusting along the way. You  

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learn more about yourself from one attempt 
than from hours of imagining the outcome.  

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Growth comes from testing yourself in real 
situations - even when you don’t feel ready. 

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So try something new. Start a project. 
Learn a skill. Say yes to an opportunity,  

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even if it feels unfamiliar. If it works, great - 
you’ve learned something about what fits you. If  

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it doesn’t, you’ve learned something just as 
valuable. Either way, you’re moving forward. 

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So instead of asking, “What if it goes wrong?”
Try asking, “What might I learn?” 

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Here’s something practical:
Choose one small action you  

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can take today. Maybe it’s sending a message 
you’ve been putting off, organizing your day,  

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trying a short workout, or spending ten minutes 
on something that matters to you. That one action  

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might feel tiny — but it’s a real step forward.
Then tomorrow, take one more step. 

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And the day after that, another.
Over time, those small steps start to  

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add up. You begin to see progress. You feel more 
like yourself - not because you found a hidden  

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identity somewhere, but because you’re 
building one through consistent action. 

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So stop waiting for that breakthrough moment 
to tell you who you are. Stop waiting to “find  

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yourself”, and begin discovering who 
you’re already becoming - one action,  

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one attempt, one lesson at a time.
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