This is the second part of Element’s look at the book of Ecclesiastes. The series title is “The Existential Hangover” because the word ‘existential’ philosophically is concerned with human existence. The book of Ecclesiastes deals with the questions of our lives and what we put our time and energy into and then asks, “now what?” The book is about the headache that comes from getting everything you thought you ever wanted under the sun and then realizing it doesn’t fulfill you because it is all temporary. Ecclesiastes is meant to be advice on real, practical, everyday living and to lift up an ideology that looks beyond this mortal shell to what goes on into eternity.