Dear Aida,

There’s a word I want to give you now, because it has the power to change the way you approach every part of your life. The word is:

Autotelic.

It comes from two Greek roots:
auto — self
telos — purpose, end, meaning

An autotelic life is one where the activity is its own reward.
Where you do things because they feel meaningful, alive, and aligned—
not because they earn approval, praise, validation, or status.