My Perfect Purpose

On looking for the holy grail of the perfect purpose: "What they're actually looking for a way to hide by saying I'm looking for the perfect purpose" Seth Godin

I have been struggling with the question of what to do with my life for as long as I can remember. At one point, I thought, I should be a career coach just to learn the tools of how to figure this out so I could finally do so for myself. Feeling like I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up at age 20, 30, 40 and even now has been one of the most frustrating experiences of my life.

So as I listened to the video of Marie Forleo's interview with Seth Godin on "The Truth About Your Calling" and I heard the quote above, I really took a second. I went back to it and listened again. I paused the video, went back -wrote it down.

I thought to myself "What am I hiding from? Does it even matter? Am I going to spend my time trying to figure out what I'm hiding from and why - asking myself what I'm waiting for? Is it for the perfect moment when I'm finally ready, or the perfect opportunity to present itself, or the perfect person to validate my greatness?"

I put the video back on and let it play, but I was still in a swirl in my head until another quote pulled me out.

"Choose to matter in a way that aligns with who you want to be"

It's a choice!

I can choose a path that feels like it is in alignment with how I want to impact the world around me. I can choose one way - even if there are many ways to choose from. And this choice doesn't have to feel like the one and only choice I can ever make! I can choose one path without knowing for sure if it will be what I expect, and if it doesn't end up feeling aligned - so long as I have breath in my lungs- I can make a different choice.

I don't have to get caught up in if this is the one and only choice, the right choice, or the perfect choice. Because as long as I am trying to figure out which one is the perfect choice - I am not actually impacting anything! And that's one choice I'm no longer willing to make.