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12 Tips To Finding Your Purpose And Living For It
3 min readJun 21, 2022
- Stop Looking For That One Fix — There is no one thing that will change your life forever and magically fill you with ambition, purpose or motivation forever. Stop looking for that one thing and work on what you have in front of you.
- Know Why You Want A Purpose To Begin With — What is the point of you finding purpose? What do you hope it will gain you? If you believe that Purpose will always mean you are motivated then you are deluding yourself. If it is to create a meaning for your life, then know that this is something you set. What means the most to you right now? Start with that.
- Think Of The End — Fast-forward to the end of your life: What will matter then? What experiences did you want to have? What attributes defined your life? What do you want written on your tombstone? Remind yourself of these answers daily and live by them as best as you can.
- Make Motivation A Bonus — Motivation is an emotion, and like any other emotion, it is fleeting. If you need motivation to do any work, to chase your dreams or to go out there and do anything at all, then you will never reach your goals.
- Enjoyment Leads To Passion — And Passion often leads to purpose. That being said, start by investing more of your time, energy and self into the things you enjoy. Progress in them and you will find more…
