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I think I've finally put my finger on what bothers me about the "do what's personally meaningful" approach of Reform Judaism. In my experience, that's not how the relationship between personalized, intrinsically motivating meaningfulness and action works. From what I've observed in myself, meaning grows around actions if given sufficient time and mental space, regardless of the initial reason* for taking them.

So, they seem to have it backwards.


* Except for "someone made me do it" type reasons. Pretty much kills any chance of growing positive meaning around the activity.