{"id":556,"date":"2026-06-17T19:10:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo-websitedesigns.com\/scott-schriewer\/v2\/?p=556"},"modified":"2026-06-17T19:16:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:16:24","slug":"finding-your-way-when-the-world-feels-like-chaos-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo-websitedesigns.com\/scott-schriewer\/v2\/finding-your-way-when-the-world-feels-like-chaos-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Your Way When the World Feels Like Chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"

The<\/span> world feels a bit like it\u2019s spinning a little too fast. Between the endless notifications on our phones, the pressure to always be “productive,” and the general noise of modern life, it is incredibly easy to wake up one day and feel\u2026 nothing.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s that strange, hollow feeling of being “stuck.” You\u2019re going through th<\/span>e motions: work, errands, sleep, <\/span>but the “why” behind it all has gone missing. If you\u2019ve ever felt like you\u2019re just a passenger in your own life, you aren’t alone. That feeling is called <\/span>disillusionment<\/span>, and it\u2019s a sign that your soul is hungry for a bit more meaning.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Trap of the “Reset” Button<\/span><\/p>\n

When we feel this void, our first instinct is often to do something drastic. We think, <\/span>“If I could just fix that one thing from my past,”<\/span> or <\/span>“If I could finally get back at the person who held me down, then I\u2019d be happy.”<\/span><\/p>\n

We look for meaning in conflict or in “settling the score.” We think that by looking backward and righting old wrongs, we can somehow jumpstart our present. But the truth is, the search for meaning isn’t usually found in the rearview mirror. It\u2019s found in the small, intentional choices we make today.<\/span><\/p>\n

Building Meaning from the Ground Up<\/span><\/p>\n

Finding purpose in a chaotic world doesn’t require a Hollywood-style quest. Usually, it starts with a few simple shifts:<\/span><\/p>\n

Audit Your “Noise”:<\/span> If your world feels chaotic, look at what you\u2019re letting in. Sometimes, finding meaning sta<\/span>rts with turning off the volume, <\/span>unplugging from the drama and reconnecting with the quiet.<\/span><\/p>\n

Action Over Overthinking:<\/span> Meaning is <\/span>found in doing. Helping someone else, starting a small project, or simply choosing to be present during dinner can ground you faster than any “life plan.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Embrace the Mess:<\/span> Meaning comes from finding your center <\/span>while<\/span> the storm is blowing, not waiting for it to stop.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why We Tell These Stories<\/span><\/p>\n

We love stories about people at their breaking points because they remind us that change is possible. We watch characters struggle with their pasts because we are all trying to figure out how to handle our own.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re in the mood for a story that captures this exact struggle\u2014the feeling of being completely fed up and the wild journey of trying to take control back\u2014you\u2019ll want to check out <\/span>Tabernacles in the Sun by R. Scott <\/span>Schriewer<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The book follows Jackson <\/span>Trower<\/span>, a man who is finished with feeling meaningless and decides to hunt down his past to find some answers. It\u2019s a gritty, honest look at what happens when we try to force the <\/span>world to make sense, reminding us that the search for meaning is the most intense journey a person can take.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The world feels a bit like it\u2019s spinning a little too fast. Between the endless notifications on our phones, the pressure to always be “productive,” and the general noise of modern life, it is incredibly easy to wake up one day and feel\u2026 nothing. It\u2019s that strange, hollow feeling of being “stuck.” You\u2019re going through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo-websitedesigns.com\/scott-schriewer\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo-websitedesigns.com\/scott-schriewer\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo-websitedesigns.com\/scott-schriewer\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo-websitedesigns.com\/scott-schriewer\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo-websitedesigns.com\/scott-schriewer\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/demo-websitedesigns.com\/scott-schriewer\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":557,"href":"https:\/\/demo-websitedesigns.com\/scott-schriewer\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556\/revisions\/557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo-websitedesigns.com\/scott-schriewer\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo-websitedesigns.com\/scott-schriewer\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo-websitedesigns.com\/scott-schriewer\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo-websitedesigns.com\/scott-schriewer\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}