🐚 How to Find Your Purpose

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This week: We’re diving into how to align your “why” with everything you do, and using that to create your own path in life. Let’s jump in!

🐚 First, Why Does This Matter?

Finding your purpose and living an aligned life drives everything you do — including your productivity.

When you know what you want to achieve and work towards it with intention, every task becomes more meaningful and, in fact, easier, since everything you’re doing aligns with your values and purpose.

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Here’s something many of us forget far too often:

Even if you can’t control your entire life, you can control what you do.

You get to decide how much effort you put into making your dreams and goals a reality.

But what if you don’t know what you want to do with your life? What if you feel lost, overwhelmed, or just plain exhausted?

If this resonates with you, try asking yourself these 3 questions to get aligned:

1. What do I want to work on?

2. Who do I want to work with?

3. How hard do I want to work?

Let’s break down each one to understand why they’re so important, and how your answers can guide your life:

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Now, let’s get back to the questions:

📏 The 3 Questions for You to Get Aligned

Here’s the breakdown on each of the 3 key questions:

1. 🤹 What do I want to work on?

Consider your work in all areas of life — professional, personal, spiritual, etc.

While some people feel a natural affinity toward certain areas, it’s okay if you don’t know the answer to this question yet. Trust yourself enough to believe you’ll find the answer along the way.

In the meantime, get curious. Explore as many different things as you can to figure out what opportunities you want create for yourself. Think about what you like to do, and get discovering!

2. 👯 Who do I want to work with?

Specific people might come to mind, but you can also think about general traits you’d most like to see in a colleague or partner, like:

• Industry-specific skills

• Soft skills

• Personality

• Character

Once you’ve got a good idea of the kinds of people you’d like to work with, start searching for them!

While online communities are a good place to start, try attending local events or meetups to forge deeper connections.

3. 🥵 How hard do I want to work?

This is still a valid question even in the era of hustle culture.

Of course, most things worth having in life require some degree of hard work.

But everyone has a different capacity for work. Not everyone can work 40 hours a week, while some can work even more than that.

Be realistic when figuring out a comfortable range, and don’t be afraid to push yourself now and then — that’s where true growth happens!

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Try answering these questions this week, and revisit them whenever you feel you need to change course.

And know that your answers may change throughout your life, which is perfectly natural.

Whatever you want to achieve, you got this!

Until next Sunday,

Flocus Team