What To Do in Life - How To Know Your Life Purpose

 

What To Do in Life - How To Know Your Life Purpose

In life, you never know what’s coming next, so you can’t really figure out your entire 

future.
That being said, there are things you can do to help influence the outcome of your life.

Chances are, you have no clue of what you want to do.
It’s a struggle that most people go through at some point in life.
So when people ask, “What should I do with my life?” or “What is my life purpose?”
what they’re actually asking is: “What can I do with my time that is important?”
Here are 10 ways that can help you figure it out…

Number 1 – Be Comfortable with Discomfort

We all know that life can get uncomfortable from time to time but the best things in life 

are often hard.
Learning is hard, building something great is hard, a marriage can be hard, but they are all amazing things.
Sometimes you don’t have enough money to do the things you want to, or perhaps whatever you’re pursuing requires that you live with some discomfort.
For example, you get a great job offer in a foreign country.
Perhaps you don’t even speak the language!
You’ll have to give up the comforts in your life to pursue this opportunity - including your home, your family and friends.
It will be tough at first, but you will adjust in time.
You see, if you get used to a little discomfort, you can do anything. 
So, how do you get good at this?
Well, you have to go out of your comfort zone and do things that are uncomfortable and hard on purpose.
But you need to start with small steps.
If you want to get fit, join a gym and start with light weights.
Even if it’s hard, stick to it and over time, you will see results.

Number 2 - Ask Yourself Questions

Take some time out.

Do something relaxing…
Go for a walk in the park or somewhere tranquil.
Then ask yourself big questions.
Learn about yourself.
Write down things that interest you…
things you could see yourself doing if time and money were no object.
Really imagine yourself doing those things.

Number 3 - Think About Where You'll Be in Five Years

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

It’s a difficult question to answer, but just trying to answer the question is all you need to do.
And while you won’t be able to come up with a concrete answer, it’s important because it will give you an idea of what you want to pursue.
More often than not, where you see yourself is not where you’ll end up but at least you will have developed new skills and strategies.
Also, picking a lifestyle to pursue instead of a job title can help you focus on what you’re really interested in.

Number 4 - Learn More About Your Mind

Most people don’t realize this or give it much thought, but fears control them.

They don’t recognize distractions and find it hard to stray from them.
It’s a real challenge to change mental habits because you aren’t always aware of what’s going on inside your head.
You need to learn about how your mind works and you will become much better at managing all of this.
One of the best ways to do this is through meditation and maintaining a journal. With meditation, you can relax and concentrate on your thoughts and by writing regularly in a journal, you reflect on what you’ve been doing in life and what you have learned.

Number 5 – Explore to Find Your Passion

Passion is the result of an action and not the cause 

of it.
Discovering what you’re passionate about is a trial-and-error process and none of us know how we feel about an activity until we actually try it.
Let’s suppose that you’re forced to try something new, anything.
What would it be?
Would you sign up for a piano class?
Would you sign up for a computer course?
Perhaps you hate computers now, but then you sign up for a course and during that course, you discover an interest in web design.
And that’s how passion is born.
So, make a short list of things you might be interested in, and then go out and try them!

Number 6 - Write Your Personal Manifesto

This might sound silly, but most successful people and companies write a personal manifesto.

If you can figure out where you stand on certain ideas, you might be able to carve out a lifestyle path.
It gives you a call-to-action to define how you want to do things.
The Art of Manliness has a few suggestions to get you started:
They suggest picking a few topics to concentrate on, and make them as specific as you can.
Ideas like ‘The hours you want to work’ or ‘How you want to commute’.
These will give you an idea of what kind of work might interest you.
Then, set down your principles.
Write down your beliefs and intentions.
If you’ve never written down and thought about your morals or beliefs, then this is a good time to do so.
Be sure to use strong, affirmative words.
Avoid things like ‘I want’ or ‘I should’, and instead write ‘I will’ or ‘I am’.
The purpose of this exercise is really just to figure out what you care about, how you perceive yourself and how you want to act moving forward.

Number 7 - Volunteer or Shadow Someone

Once you’ve found something you’re interested in, be it a job or hobby, volunteer or job 

shadow to see if it’s something you really want to pursue.
Just dreaming about something won’t get you far, so it’s important that you actually go out and get your hands dirty.
It happens sometimes that we think we want to do something, but then after trying it,
we realize that it’s not something we like or want to further pursue.
Or perhaps it’s a lot more complicated than we thought before trying.
Before you give up your current life to pursue a dream, make sure you research and read a lot from those who have first-hand experience.
This will help you because it gives good insight to others who have been there.

Number 8 - What Will Your Legacy Be

Most of us don’t sit around thinking about death, but giving thought to our own death 

has some advantages.
It can help focus in on what’s really important in our lives and things that aren’t.
When you feel like you have no direction or purpose in life, it’s because you don’t know what’s important to you and you don’t know what your values are.
And when you don’t know what your values are, you’re basically taking on other people’s values and living other people’s priorities instead of your own!
So think about this long and hard…
What would you want your legacy to be?
How do you want people to talk about you when you’re gone?
What will your obituary say?
What would you like it to say?

Number 9 - Overcome Distraction and Procrastination

Without overcoming distraction and procrastination, 

you won’t be able to move forward.
Even if you’ve started pursuing something and you’re good at dealing with uncertainty and discomfort, you won’t get far if you’re too busy with social media or watching TV.
Just remember this: Distraction and procrastination are ways of avoiding discomfort.
But if you get good at discomfort, you’ll be ahead of most people.

Number 10 - Answer the Door

If you never answer to opportunity knocking, you miss out.

You need to take opportunities when they are presented to you.
It may not always seem like the right time, but it doesn’t matter.
Opportunities just randomly happen and if you don’t answer when it knocks, you might miss a great opportunity or even a life changing one.
So next time you hear that knock, just answer!
The important thing to remember while trying to figure out what to do in life is to make decisions and try things.
Even if they don’t turn out to be what you expected, at the end of your life, you won’t regret trying things and failing, but you will regret not trying at all.

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