How do I find my life purpose?

It's time to talk about life purpose and its relationship with procrastination & productivity.

The topic of life purpose has come up a lot this week in my conversation with audiences and clients. Below are the two most frequently asked questions. They are the ones I've asked myself on more than one occasion and perhaps you are asking yourself them too.

In my experience, both questions have a similar answer which is simple, but not necessarily easy. Let's tackle them both one at a time.

How do I know what my life purpose is?

It's hard to know what you want to do with your life when you have limited experience of things, therefore the simplest way to discover your life purpose is to live your life and try lots of different things.*

In the 'olden days' trying lots of things used to make you seem flighty and unreliable, but in this day and age, it's seen as a sign of strength. It takes more courage to try something and walk away from it (if it doesn't light you up) than it does to keep giving it a go in the hope things will get better. If you know you know.

*CAVEAT - Learning how to try new things is a skill, the difference between 'I don't want to do it' ego and 'I don't enjoy doing' it intuition is a self-awareness game that improves with time. In most cases, it will take you longer than a day to know if something is right for you, equally it might not, every situation is different. In my experience, it takes me around 4-6 weeks to fully know.

How do I find my life purpose?

Finding your life purpose is a lifelong journey. There will be days when you feel like you've got it, you love what you do and it feels aligned. Then there will be days when your priorities change and it will no longer feel aligned.

Like the answer to the previous question, finding and knowing are personal, they are also circumstance driven and are allowed to change over time.

Purpose, Procrastination & Productivity

What does purpose have in common with procrastination and productivity?

Until you allow yourself the chance to go on the journey to find your life purpose and discover what it is you enjoy doing, you are going to procrastinate.

Once you've identified what it is you enjoy doing then productivity comes naturally, 'time flies when you're having fun.'

Here's 5 questions to journal on:

1. What do I enjoy doing that I could do for hours?
2. What do I love doing?
3. What do others tell me I am good at?
4. What would you like your business/career/life to look like in 1 year's time?
5. What would you do today if you weren't worried about what other people think?

There's no magic pill to purpose

At times 'looking for your purpose' will feel like the most frustrating thing in the world...

• The faster you accept that the journey is the destination,
• That you will learn everything need to know by living your life.

EVERYTHING in your life will fall into place!

A book that helped me find peace with the journey is called The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho , have you read it?

See you next week

Abigail

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