#💡 #🟠 # meaningfulness ![[calendar-plus.svg]] <small>Feb 25, 2024</small> | ![[calendar-clock.svg]] <small>Feb 25, 2024</small> 🏷️ > [!info] Definition from [Cambridge Dictionary](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/meaningfulness) > *noun* > 1. the quality of being useful, serious, or important > 2. the quality of showing or having meaning The feeling that what you do and who you are matters. --- ## Sources [[Sparked - Fields 2021]] ##### Linked Ideas (using the [Idea Compass]) > [!question]- North - Upstream > - Where does X come from? > - What is its origin? > - What belief does X support? > - What domain exists an order of magnitude higher? zoom out > - What gave birth to X? > - What causes X? - [[purpose]] > [!question]- West - Reinforcing > - What is similar to X? > - What other disciplines could X already exist in? > - What other disciplines could X benefit from? > - What are other ways to say/do X? - > [!question]- South - Downstream > - Where can X lead to? > - What does X contribute to? > - What group/category could X be the headline of? > - What domain exists an order of magnitude lower? zoom in > - What does X nurture? - [[sparked]] - [[engagement]] > [!question]- East - Transformative > - What competes with X? > - What is the opposite of X? > - What is X missing? > - What is a disadvantage with X? > - What could supercharge X? -