Every business has a mission statement. It knows its purpose. So what about the business of becoming the best human your Creator is pleased with? What, and where, is your mission statement?
In my last article, I talked about how having a clear purpose statement has guided every major decision in my life. It still does, to this day.
(PS: if you haven’t read The You Underneath the Skill, it’ll help with this exercise.)
My metaphor has evolved since then. I’m no longer a cinnamon bun. But the sentence still works the same way, a guiding principle that helps me navigate this world called life. When shiny opportunities come at me, I can look straight through them and make a confident decision, because I already know where I’m going.
Imagine you’re headed to Florida, but you’re currently in Greece. Knowing your destination is Florida gives you clarity about which path actually gets you there. If you know you’re going to Florida, do you hop on a flight to Australia because it looks interesting? Probably not. Now think about how many of us walk through life without a clear destination at all. If that’s you, what route have you actually been taking, and where has it been taking you?
This article is a practical, fairly quick way to draft the first version of your life purpose statement.
I’m inviting you to sit and actually think. Can we do that together?
If you haven’t read Stop Showing Up For Yourself yet, it supports the work we’re about to do here.
So, a quick word to a few voices that might show up while you do this. To the saboteur that wants results, that tells you sitting and thinking is a waste of time, that we should be doing, producing, achieving: this is doing something, even if it doesn’t look like it yet. To the Avoider, worried that having real purpose might mean rocking the boat for the people around you: it might. That’s alright. And to my fellow people-pleasers, the ones sensitive to being seen as nice and good: ask yourself honestly, are we serving people, or are we serving our Creator?
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