9 Benefits of Knowing Your Life's Purpose
9 Benefits of Knowing Your Life's
Purpose
Do you know your life’s purpose? Most people don’t. In fact, few people have even considered it. That’s a shame, because knowing your life’s purpose makes life more exciting and satisfying.
Imagine being excited to live each day! Most
people dread getting up and spend the week waiting for the weekend.
Determining
your life’s purpose is worthy of your time and consideration!
Consider these ideas:
- It’s easier to plan your day. Most people spend their day trying to figure out what to do. When
you don’t have a clear objective and purpose, it’s easy to become lost.
What are you attempting to achieve each day?
- It’s easier to resist distractions. Your life’s purpose is something that’s compelling to you.
Distractions are hard to resist when your life feels meaningless, or you
feel bored. Your ability to focus
is enhanced when you know your purpose.
- It’s easier to make decisions. Your purpose is the overriding consideration in your life.
Decisions are much easier to make when you clearly understand what you’re
trying to accomplish.
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For example, if your purpose is to
be a world-class marathoner, the right diet choices become much clearer. You
also know that getting to bed on time each night is more important than running
around all night with your friends.
- Fun. For most people, a fun
activity is just something done for distraction. It’s not something you
would want to do all day, every day. Riding a rollercoaster is fun, but
you wouldn’t want to do it for eight hours every day. Eating ice cream is
fun, but it’s not enjoyable to eat five times a day.
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When you know your purpose, the activities associated with that purpose
can be “fun.” You know you’re living the life you’re supposed
to live. That’s the ultimate source of fun. Imagine having fun at your work!
- Contentment. You feel
content when you know and live your purpose. The nagging feeling that you
should be doing something else with your life dissipates. Contentment is what
remains. This is the emotion that most people crave, even if they don’t
realize it.
- Enthusiasm. You feel much
more motivated. You feel less internal resistance. Knowing your purpose
unleashes your enthusiasm. In fact, enthusiasm is one clue that you’re
living your purpose. Are you enthusiastic about going to your job each
day?
- You make meaningful progress in your life. Happiness is largely the result of making progress toward
meaningful goals. You have a much better chance of being happy when you’re
aware of your life’s purpose.
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Do you have goals? If not, why? If you do have
goals, how do you feel when you’re making progress toward them?
- You become more interesting to others. Have you ever known someone that was clear on what they wanted
from their life? It’s exciting to be around someone like that. You become
much more interesting and magnetic when your life has a clear direction. Your social life improves in many
ways.
- Your creativity is fully utilized. Pursuing anything meaningful will involve overcoming obstacles. When you’re fully energized, your creativity can operate at full power. You’re surprised by your ability to solve problems.
The world is full of people aimlessly drifting through life without a purpose. Most people have never taken the time to consider what they want their life to be about. This is a huge mistake, because there are so many benefits to knowing and living your life’s purpose
If you
don’t know your life’s purpose, stop everything you’re doing and give it some
serious thought. You only have one life to live!
Leslie writes for LCrudup Coaching, A LIFE COACH with her own purpose.
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