What is your purpose? How do you choose to live each day? Each of us is born with a specific purpose, a talent of sorts that we are here to share with the world. Fortunately, or unfortunately, we do not always get to choose our purpose in life, sometimes it is a natural thing that finds us. But that is not always the case, and in those times we need to seek it out with intent.
The Meaning of Purpose
What is the meaning of purpose? Dictionary.com defines purpose as one’s sense of determination or resolution. It is the reason why something takes place or the reason it exists. Your purpose in life translates to what is important to you and how it may help you and someone else. It is a precise or specific thing that many people associate with their reason for being born or their reason for living.
Tips for Living Each Day with Purpose
How can you live each day with purpose? There are a few simple steps you can take to examine whether or not you are already doing some things that equate to being meaningful or purposeful. Although some people are very clear about their purpose and already living their best life, others are not so clear and a sense that their real purpose is just beyond their grasp.
Here are a few purposeful tips to help get you started.
Finding Yourself
Take time out to find yourself and what is most important to you. Ignore critical voices –including your inner critic. Steer clear of those pesky distractions that can sometimes lead you to procrastinate or keep you away from gaining access to your meaning in life.
Become an Active Owner of Your Life
Some of us do not own our lives. Others control our lives on so many levels that it can be challenging to live out your real reason for being here. You have to become an active owner in your life to live each day with purpose.
Motivation (Find what motivates you)
Use your purpose in life to drive you and enable you to set short and long-term goals. Having a purpose can help you to take action and creating goals that help you to define how it is you will get there can yield positive results.
Create the Blueprint
Create a plan or blueprint that establishes how it is you will live each day with purpose. Don’t forget to be flexible with how it is you choose to execute your purpose. Many people will argue that being too restrictive with trying to harness or control your purpose in life can create more problems than its worth, but many agree that a haphazard approach could stop you from reaching your highest potential.
Your blueprint should only serve as a template or skeleton for how you will get there. You must prepare yourself to be flexible and change as often as necessary to ensure that as things change, your ability to achieve your purposes adjusts in kind.
Who Is It You Want to Help?
Identify your audience. Who is the intended recipient of your talent and how will you begin to share it with each of these individuals? Once you can identify your audience, you can start to give back and help those individuals or groups who will most benefit from y our purpose.
In Summary
Living each day with purpose will open up a world of new possibilities. Taking the necessary steps to find your meaning and make it a priority will be life-changing.
Pay attention to the cues surrounding you about what it is you do well and how it is you might be able to give back to others. Formulate a plan and move forward with your purpose.
– Scott Blessing