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The Importance of Purpose
Finding your why
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In a world that constantly pushes us towards external achievements and societal expectations, finding your purpose can often feel elusive, almost impossible.
Yet, the search for purpose, we’re often told or made to believe, is one of the most important things to have a fulfilling life.
I recently listened to a podcast (can’t remember which, I listen to quite a few! It may have been a recent Mel Robbins podcast How To Find Your Purpose and Design The Life You Want) where the guest was talking about purpose being of 2 types: a big P purpose, or a small p purpose, which got me thinking.
I always thought your life’s purpose had to be a big P purpose — some big, lofty life goal — your reason for being, your ikigai as they say in Japan (which translates to your reason for living). But when this podcast guest mentioned having a small p purpose, that kind of blew my mind. You mean we don’t always have to be striving to find our True life purpose?! Grand things like curing diseases or healing the planet? Maybe our purpose can be connecting with other people every day, spreading kindness to others. Or maybe our purpose is intentionally slowing down. It…
