Is fulfilling your purpose something that you’re always thinking about? You can get carried away with your day-to-day life sometimes it becomes extremely stressful and you wonder why you do what you.
Having a career, taking care of yourself and your family, and progressing financially in life are all important. But there comes a point in time when even though you’re getting ahead in life it feels like something is missing.
The missing piece of the puzzle is the reason you exist, and It’s natural for you to want to find clarity on your calling and carry out your life’s goals.
We all want fulfillment in our lives. Taking the time to work out your life’s purpose is not being out of touch with reality at all. It’s important to help you live a more fulfilled meaning for life.
Have you ever really thought about what you really want in life? If you haven’t found your purpose then it’s quite likely that you don’t want to be doing the same thing in another 10 years right?
Why It’s Important To Fulfill Your Purpose
It’s easy to get caught up in society’s viewpoint as to what you should and shouldn’t do, but don’t lose yourself. Instead, take the time to be intentional with your life and try to figure out what your purpose is.
Listen to and trust your intuition even though you might be scared. If you invest in yourself, set that benchmark and follow through it could open up a whole new world in so many unexpected ways.
Unleash Your True Capabilities
I know you want to strive to be the best version of yourself. There’s no way you can know your capabilities, and possibilities that are out there if you don’t know your life’s purpose.
That’s why when you take the time to figure out what your purpose is in life is so important.
Finding out and aligning with your purpose calls for you to recognize what your gifts or talents are. By doing that, you can put them to use and expand and improve them.
Exposing your mind to gain knowledge and understanding to help you align with your purpose can be a game-changer.
What are you passionate about? What do you love to do? What makes you light up? What do you do extremely well with the tiniest amount of work? Tap into that thing and build on it. It will help you to live a more fulfilling and contented life.
Discover New Opportunities
When you know what you’re here to do, you’ll open the door to tons of opportunities. Some of which you might not even know existed.
When you start to live your life deliberately you’ll realise that your whole frame of mind and attitude changes. And, you’ll know which path to follow and the course of action that you should take. Then things will start to fall into place.
If you’re debating this, then think about the times when it seems as if you were at the right place at the right time or times when the pieces of the puzzle just seemed to fall in place.
Accept and go with your gut on the things that feel right. Hold on to it, work on it and you’ll see that it takes you closer to your purpose.
Touch The Lives Of Others
Chasing and fulfilling your mission in life, based on your principles, will give you inner peace and a satisfying life. And, at the same time, it will help you to leave your mark on the lives of others and the world in general.
When you know what your purpose is you can share it with the world. Look at ways in which you can help others and make their lives better.
Seek out opportunities to help other people with your gift. Sharpen and hone in on your skills , education and understanding of all the necessary information that you need to put your plans into action. Even if you have to get involved in a specific study program.
How To Fulfill Your Life’s Purpose
If you truly want to find what you are placed on this earth to do then you have to spend some time doing some soul searching. In the same way that you spend hours on social media, take the time to look within yourself.
As you go through life, it gives you cues as to what your purpose is. You were born with a gift or gifts, take your cues from that.
If your purpose has been obvious at the onset, that’s great! But no matter what stage you are in life, don’t think that the ship has sailed when it comes to finding your and fulfilling your purpose. Don’t put yourself in a box and live by any type of limitations by anyone.
Here are some tips to help get you started.
1.Reset Your Mindset
First things first, get rid of all the chatter that has been dumped in your mind from the Naysayers. And all the preconceived assumptions that others have said about what you can and cannot do.
Don’t do it! Reset that mindset. If you think you’re too old, age is just a number and you can achieve anything at any age, anything is possible.
You’re the one who gets to decide or determine that you want to accomplish what you were placed here to do.
Instead of losing yourself, be true to yourself and no, you don’t have to blend in. Instead strive to reach your full potential, whatever that is. Recognise and embrace your purpose.
Finding out the whole point of your life can have a positive effect on your mental and physical health. This can help you to have a better handle on stress.
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2. Determine Your Goal
Identifying your goals can be a starting point for a more fulfilling life. How you set them, and why you set them can make a big difference when it comes to accomplishing them.
If you keep your goal aligned with the direction you want to go, it will help to build your focus and help you to make progress. It’s also critical that you put measures in place to stay on top of them and then make assessments at regular intervals.
You must clearly identify and know your why. Knowing your why gives you motivation and helps to guide you on the path you want to go. This is the glue that will keep you focused and committed.
Think about it, what do you want to do or pursue? What are you interested in? What do you feel excited about? What brings you joy? Or do you want to stand up for a cause? What do you want to achieve at the end of all of this?
It even helps if it’s a bit out of your comfort zone because that’s where the magic happens.
Just take a look at how it relates to who you are, and what is important to you as well as the standards you uphold. If you put in the work you can make it happen.
3. Explore The Things You Love To Do
Find out and latch on to what your purpose really is. In that way, you’ll tap into what makes your ‘heart beat’. As Confucious says “do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.”
Take a few moments, stop and have a heart-to-heart conversation and ask yourself, What is it that you love to do? What comes naturally to you? Take some time out to look at these questions and figuring out the answer.
Do you want to become a teacher? Is fitness or wellness right up your alley? Do you want to expand into writing or painting? What is your hobby? Put your finger on that pulse.
No doubt you will need to put in the work in order to develop your gift. Even the most talented teacher still has to train and be engaged but in a way that still feels natural to you.
Exposing your mind to gain knowledge and understanding to help you align with your purpose can be a game-changer.
4. Develop A Strategy
Determine your vision and where you want to go. Then with the determination come up with and put plans in place to get things moving in that direction.
Planning is an essential step in getting to your destination of fulfilling your life’s purpose. Develop a plan of action and don’t leave those plans to gather dust but rather take action.
With grit and determination, let go of negativity and push through any challenges that might want to block your progress. Don’t be fearful but let go of your fear, stay motivated and persistent and use the right strategies to propel you forward.
5. Take Care Of Yourself
In the midst of all of this journey, you have to take time for self-care. If you’re always on the go and constantly working overtime and even sometimes taking work home with you then nip that in the bud right now.
If you get caught up in this type of situation, always being burned out and overwhelmed you’ll be left with no time for yourself.
As the saying goes you cannot pour from an empty cup. So, before you take care of anyone you first have to take care of yourself. Give yourself permission to take care of you – mind ,body and soul.
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Conclusion on Fulfilling Your Purpose
Do you want to be fulfilled and find joy and inner peace? Then it’s important that you figure out how to find your life’s purpose.
If you truly want to find the whole point of life, you’re not going to be able to do that by holding yourself back, just give it a chance. Take a cue hint from your heart, follow the path and go after what will give you inner peace, joy and makes your heart do cartwheels.
Whether it’s sharing your knowledge and skills by becoming a volunteer or changing your profession. This is will greatly influence how you succeed at fulfilling your life’s purpose.
Get into the rhythm. Things might get tough during the process but don’t let anything cloud your focus. It will be worth it.
Start today on your journey to finding out the reason you’re here on this earth. Have you found your life’s purpose? Comment below!
Good info, I share some of the same philosophies with my students in the Brag Differently Academy, You asked if we have found our life’s purpose. I believe for me it is to help other women figure our what their purpose is and then help them to achieve it. You and I are similar in that we have a desire and need to help those around us achieve greatness. I’m looking forward to reading more of your content.
It is very necessary to find our passion and follow our dreams. This is the first step to success. Great post!!