Kevin Simler

I think it's personally meaningful for a lot of people, but seems to explicitly reject connection with any larger constructs.

Which seems like a revolt against society at some level, and "communal" or "religious" sources of meaning.

I'm tempted to say that almost seems like "practicing nihilism", but I'm sure that can't be the case.

Despite thinking a lot about this, there's a psychological gulf for me, so I'm skeptical of my take on this stuff.

I'm in the same boat. My post was an attempt at a phenomenology of meaning. And I'm sure many people relate to it differently

People can talk themselves into all sorts of weird beliefs and states of mind.

But I agree with you: living-in-the-moment seems *to me* to be world-rejecting and nihilistic.

FWIW, your take on meaning is exactly the way my mind frames things. And I can be pretty touchy-feely. :)