Discovering your purpose in life doesn’t just mean life responsibilities, or discovering your long term goals, but how to discover why you actual exist (aka your purpose in life).

Easy Steps to Start Discovering Your Purpose in Life

1. Get a piece paper or use a writing program where you can freely type away.

2. At the top simply write, “My Purpose in Life is:”

3. Just write any answer or even short phrase that could be a purpose.

4. Keep writing answers. Write them until you find that answer that really makes you cry. That is your purpose in life. (No one ever said your purpose in life was going to be easy.)

This could take 20 minutes to clear your mind and come up with the answer. Just clear your head and think about your purpose in life. Think about your mind, memories and everything in between.

For others, it could take even 100, 300, maybe even 1000 answers to find that one answer that really makes you cry.

Life Doesn’t Have a Purpose
So maybe that’s your stance in life, but that’s ok. You can participate in this exercise as well. Simply start off your paper with “Life has no meaning.” But, keep writing more answers. You too, can find your purpose in life, even if you believe it’s utterly meaningless.

Buck minister Fuller
Buck minister Fuller was one of the greatest thinkers and inventor of the 20th century. He concluded that we are not meant to go after money. Rather he believed that instead we set a goal that ‘adds value’. That we should effectively improve the quality of people’s lives or of the earth.

So you might never find you’re “true” prupose in life, but if you strive to improve the lives of people around you, as well as the planet, then you’ve found purpose in your life.

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