I've been working steadily this week. Most of my work has, I believe, little impact on the universe.

I've begun thinking about all the millions of people, just like me, who go to work every day, to see in their offices (or whereever) and do all the little tasks that need to be done for that day.

Why?

So many people, spending so much time doing things that, ultimately, are useless. For instance, I spent today redesigning course material for a course that will be delivered in a few weeks. It 'needed' to be done, but why?

I spent the after in a meeting discussing a project that involves getting parents' stories on recipe cards, to put in a resource box. The meeting was 2 hours long. Why?

The thing that really boggles my mind, though is that there are MILLIONS of people who are doing the same type of thing I do! And what does it accomplish?

I'm not thinking about all this in a job satisfaction, woe is me context. I just find it baffling.