"There's a persistent myth that purpose is complicated. That it requires years of soul-searching, a perfectly crafted mission statement, or some lightning-bolt moment of clarity that suddenly reveals why you exist. But that hasn't been my experience either personally or professionally. Purpose, at its core, is actually quite simple. What's not simple is acting on it. Most of us were taught to think of purpose as our why -a grand, overarching explanation for our lives. Something noble. Something impressive."
"When you believe there is only one correct answer to the question "Why am I here?" it creates a kind of psychological scarcity. You start to think there's a single hidden purpose out there with your name on it and if you don't find it, you've somehow missed your chance. It's like searching for a needle in a football field of haystacks. The pressure alone is enough to paralyze you."
Purpose is not a complex, cosmic explanation but a simple behavioral pattern expressed through action. Purpose consists of the things people do that energize and light them up. Treating purpose as a single grand why creates psychological scarcity and high-stakes guessing, leading people to try on identities and feel inadequate when none fit. Belief in one correct purpose produces pressure, paralysis, and confusion, like searching for a needle in a field of haystacks. A more practical approach focuses on identifying activities that energize and then choosing and acting on those behaviors rather than searching for a perfect, singular answer.
Read at Psychology Today
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