I stopped doing this one thing and life purpose came to me without effort

I used to worry pretty much every day that I wasn’t clear on my purpose.

Norman the Life Guru kept telling me how important I needed to know my WHY.

WHAT’S YOUR WHY, ASSHOLE?

IF YOU DON’T KNOW YOUR WHY, YOU’RE GOING TO DIE POOR AND UGLY!

He’d probably told me 17 times via three platforms in the last three weeks. So I had all this self-imposed pressure. All these ‘shoulds.’

And then came the questions...

They sprouted from idle gaps in the day like summer daisies.

What should my purpose be?

Not knowing my purpose is surely behind this lethargy - this malaise.

I needed to know.

I journaled in the mornings, high on coffee until my fingers turned blue. By noon I’d figured it out, and I probably told several people about it, including my mum. But that was Monday. On Tuesday, I had a similar routine. I’d start off empty, devoid of a sense of purpose, and then by 12, my purpose was there - on paper - but it wasn’t the same as the one I’d penned for Monday.

By the end of week, I had purpose, but it was split seven different ways.

Perhaps my new purpose was unravelling this creeping sense that I was losing my damn mind.

. . .

Over the years, I’ve had moments where I’ve been able to step outside of my moth-ridden mind and see things with crystal-clear clarity.

I’m sure you have too.

Lovely, little lucid moments, aren’t they?

Well, it was in one such moment I learned something big.

It was after a weight-lifting session while flexing my nips in the mirror, as so many are.

I realised a couple of things:

Firstly, If you can figure out your purpose in life, good for you, but this realisation is unlikely have come to you forced.

Your purpose can’t ever be pre-planned.

Purpose is realised, felt as an emotion, and then followed like the whiff of a croissant on a Saturday morning.

Secondly, given that we tend to receive the best insights, the clearest solutions and the highest forms of wisdom when our minds are still, we are already on purpose when we follow our instincts.

Thirdly, we know that when we treat our bodies right and get out of our heads and into movement, we tend to receive these insights without forcing.

So, how about this:

Stop worrying about finding purpose, and focus on taking the best care of your mind and body.

Have that be your primary purpose.

Make space for a fun, long sprawling walk every day.

Find a way to do more of the creative tasks that energise you, even if they don’t make a ton of money.

Make a project of eating things that actually make you feel good...

...Not because it’s a deathly, tedious chore, but because you’re opening up your channels to receiving purpose - loud and clear (when you don’t expect it).

Roger, over and out.

Take pride in your physical state, and your mind will be more still and higher frequency more of the time.

From here, your sense of purpose will arrive without even really trying.

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