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What are your core beliefs?
It’s futile to try to figure out what your life’s mission is if you don’t know what’s essential to you. That is the first question to be addressed.
If you feel lost and purposeless in life, it’s because you don’t know what’s truly essential to you. You still haven’t figured out what you value in life. We initially adopt the values that we learn from our parents, teachers, peers, and other significant persons in our life. We may feel lost as a result of adopting their beliefs without ever taking the time to assess them for ourselves. What are your core beliefs? What ideas will you fight for at any cost? What concepts do you have?
1.What would you do if you were informed that you only have one year to leave a legacy and that if you don’t do something significant with that time, you’ll die a horrible death?
Thinking about these all-or-nothing questions tends to focus our attention, much like a gun to the head.
It truly makes you think about how you spend your time, or how much time you squander.
If you thought your life depended on accomplishing anything worthwhile, you’d undoubtedly come up with something. Take some time now to think about the question. It may just give you an idea of what you could do with your life.
What will your obituary say about you?
Consider this: you are writing your obituary every day.
Are you pleased with it? Are you okay with it? Disappointed? Ashamed?
Do your life’s events thus far add up to something you want to be known for? If not, it’s time to work on adding more to your life’s tale. Determine what you want to be known for and begin working toward it.
If you want to be remembered as the best friend ever, be the best friend; if you want to be remembered as a savior of neglected animals, go out and save some poor creatures.
What would you do with your time if you didn’t have to work?
How would you spend your time if you didn’t have to work and weren’t allowed to stay at home?
To be clear, you cannot spend your entire day in a coffee shop or a movie theatre. Assume you are being held at gunpoint and have no computer or smartphone to distract you, nor do you have much money to entertain you. You can only sleep at home.
What would you do with your time? Would you spend it in a nursery, perhaps tending plants, visiting the local SPCA and spending time with the animals, or visiting a hospital?
How did you spend your childhood?
We do what comes naturally to us as children. What did you do and where did it take place? Did you prefer to play outside or inside? Did you make things using tools or did you mostly run around? I recall producing books. I used to shred up old school books to make tiny pages for cartoon-and-speech-bubble-filled narrative books. It kept me occupied for several hours. I’ve been writing in some way or another since then. What kept you entertained for hours as a child?
What causes you to lose sight of the world around you?
It’s a shame you can’t make money from making jigsaw puzzles because doing so helps me forget about the rest of the world. But what makes tackling a challenging puzzle so satisfying? When you think about it, it’s not just hours of lost time; it’s the effort of locating the perfect pieces and constructing an image. There is a competition in finishing a puzzle with yourself. You should think about not only the activity that causes you to lose touch with the world around you but also the rewards that come with it. What is it about the activity that makes you so happy?
What kind of hardship are you willing to go through to achieve your goal?
Whatever you chose to accomplish with your life, something about it will ultimately stink. That doesn’t imply you were mistaken about your life’s mission; it just means you have to stay a little longer.
There is no such thing as the perfect job, with an understanding employer, a great income, lovely coworkers, and interesting tasks that allow your particular gift to shine. In any case, if you ever get to that lofty height, it won’t last long. Everything loses its lustre eventually, and if you’re willing to stick around and bear some discomfort, you’ve undoubtedly discovered your niche.
You may aspire to be a world-renowned chef, but are you willing to work ungodly hours in a hot kitchen, constantly worried about the next food critic who could ruin your career with a single negative review?
What are your core beliefs?
It’s futile to try to figure out what your life’s mission is if you don’t know what’s essential to you. That is the first question to be addressed.
If you feel lost and purposeless in life, it’s because you don’t know what’s truly essential to you. You still haven’t figured out what you value in life.
We initially adopt the values that we learn from our parents, teachers, peers, and other significant persons in our life. We may feel lost as a result of adopting their beliefs without ever taking the time to assess them for ourselves.
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