How do you know if you’re wasting your life?

Editor’s note, July 26, 8 am ET: We’re bringing you some of our best-loved Your Mileage May Vary columns while Sigal Samuel is on parental leave.

The one below was originally published in December 2025.

This unconventional advice column offers you a unique framework for thinking through moral dilemmas.

It’s based on value pluralism: the idea that each […]