HOW TO FIND YOUR PURPOSE IN LIFE?

"BECAUSE WITHOUT IT, WE ARE NOTHING BUT ORDINARY"

Have you ever wondered about the purpose of your life on this magnificent planet? If yes, then you are not the only one. Many people wonder about their life purposes at least once in their lives. And it is not that they started thinking about their purpose because they had nothing better to do but because they were not content with the life they were living.

Finding purpose is not an easy job to do but we are some tough nuts, aren’t we? There are certain steps to finding a purpose in life. The objective can be only one step away or it can be a difficult journey but it is still achievable. The steps that might help you find your purpose are:-

1) Find Out What You Love:                        Explore the things that you enjoy doing and what comes naturally to you. It is usually the things that you might do on a daily basis but it can even be the things that you haven’t done many times before but you loved doing them in the past.

2) Be clear on what you desire:                      There might be many things that you like doing but not all of them might be the one that you desire. Think about the things which bring you joy because it will be a lot easier to find your purpose in life if you know what you want from it.

3) Qualities worth expressing:                        Think about the qualities that you have which you want the whole world to see. Ponder on things you are actually good at and you think that this is the trait that I possess which I want to show this world. This will help you eliminate the things you may or may not be good at that you don’t care about.

4) Know yourself:                                            There is no one in this world who knows you better than you know yourself. To find your purpose, it is important to hear your inner voice. It is important to let your inner voice guide you to your purpose because the voice in your head is the one which never lies to you about your likes and dislikes. You have to take out the time to get to know yourself.

5) Conduct a Passion Test:                                  Chris and Janet Attwood developed a test known as ‘The Passion Test’ which is a simple, yet elegant process. You have to start by filling the blank in this sentence- “When my life is ideal, I am ____________.” The rule is to insert a verb in the blank space. Then you have to start eliminating the sentences. You eliminate by picking out the best in two. For example, you chose #1 between #1 and #2. Then you eliminate #1 when #1 and #3 are compared. This way you have to keep eliminating the sentences until you find the Top 5. This will help you eliminate the things you are passionate about but don’t want to be your purpose.

6) Aligning Goals with Passion:                      Now, our last step is to align our goals with our passion. In simple words, converting our passion into goals. The goals may be difficult to achieve but in the end it will be worth it because you will be following your passion. And for passionate people like us, following our passion is the most leisurely thing we could ask for.

In a nutshell, your purpose in life is what defines you. Your purpose is what makes you, YOU! I know that there might be various challenges that you have to face but I think that for tough nuts like us, anything we put our mind to can be achieved. Maybe not today, not even tomorrow but surely someday and I think that the content it will bring is worth working and waiting for. Don't you?