How philosophy handles FOMO, failure, and the midlife crisis

What’s the point of philosophy?
It’s an old question, maybe one of the oldest in the history of philosophy, and there has never been a consensus answer. Some people think the point of philosophy is to make the world make sense, to show how everything hangs together. For others, philosophy is a practical tool that ought to tell us how to live.
If you’re in the latter camp, then it’s…