How to find your purpose – The Key to a fulfilling Life

Let me ask you some important questions…

Are you struggling though life?
Have you heard the saying, “Do what you love and the money will follow” but for the life of you, you can’t figure out what ‘what you love’ is?
Do you feel that the key to a fulfilling life is to find your purpose, but you don’t even know where to start?
Do you feel that until you find your purpose you will be stuck in this pattern of struggle?
Do you wonder if you really have a purpose or if you are destined to a mediocre, purpose free life?

Did you answer YES to any of these questions?

If you did answer Yes to even one of these questions, you are in the right place…

Listen to me here…

It’s time for you…

It’s time for you to find your purpose and to have a fulfilling life…

I can hear you now, “But HOW Kristen, how do I find my purpose?”

Let’s start with a few simple steps…but first I have to ask you to allow yourself to answer whatever comes to mind and not judge what you come up with as possible or not possible.

No judgment; we are just digging in for discovery purposes…

Are you in?

Great, let’s go…

Grab a pen and paper (or you can go to your computer, but pen and paper tends to bring out more honest, instinctual responses) and answer these 10 questions…

Remember, don’t think, just write…

Write down your top 3 favorite things to do when you were a kid.
Write down your top 3 LEAST favorite things to do when you were a kid.
Write down your top 3 favorite things to do now.
Write down your top 3 LEAST favorite things to do now.
When you feel ‘In the zone’ at work, home or anywhere, what are you doing?
How do you make your money? What is your job?
How many hours a week do you spend at your job?
Is there anything about your job that you like and feel you are really good at?
What are the things about your job that you hate?
When do you feel most comfortable in your own skin? What are you doing?

You need to know 2 things when it comes to how to find your purpose as the key to a fulfilling life.

1. Your purpose CANNOT be something you don’t feel ‘Right’ doing?

AND

2. You can have MORE THAN 1 purpose!

First we need to discover the common bonds between all of your answers.

In your answers to the questions above, there are most likely a few things that keep popping up in your answers…

What are they?

Write them down…

One of my clients was struggling to find her purpose so we went through this exercise and found that dealing with animals and being outside kept popping up in her answers. When we talked about animals and being outside, she got animated and excited and emotional…that’s the KEY…she was emotional, she felt something…you have to be emotional about your purpose!

Here’s the funny part about this client of mine, she didn’t have any pets AND she worked in an office on a computer without any windows, very little interaction and certainly NO exposure to animals.

No wonder she felt like she was off purpose…she was!

She and I went through a whole process to find her purpose and I am happy to say she has found her purpose and is living a fulfilling life. It took time, time that you and I will take too…

The first step to how to find your purpose is to discover the answers to the questions I have put in this post…

Leave me a comment with any common things that keep popping out at you…that way I can help…it is important to see what you do love AND what you absolutely don’t love…write it all down, share it with me here and I’ll make sure I reply to your comments.

Once you do this exercise, we can move on to the next step of discovery for what you can do with that purpose.

Remember, to find your purpose is the key to a fulfilling life, take these steps now, answer the questions, let me know what you find by leaving it here in a comment and we will take this journey together!

Go big!

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Find Your Purpose, Key to a Fulfilling Life, Personal Development | Kristen | May 27, 2009 11:39 am

25 Comments

By Joy, May 28, 2009 @ 8:18 am

Great blog. Love the information. Keep up the great work! Thanks for sharing.
By LOA, May 28, 2009 @ 4:06 pm

Hi Joy!

Thanks for the positive feedback! Let me know along the way how I can help you with your journey…

Go Big!
Kristen
By Lallie, October 9, 2009 @ 7:17 am

Hi kristen
Great ideas. Thanks for helping identify our purpose .
By rosie, January 1, 2010 @ 3:14 pm

Writing, teaching and creating are common themes in what I love. The things I least like are book keeping and detailed instructions. It is difficult for me to prioritise.
By rosie, January 1, 2010 @ 3:17 pm

My common themes are Writing, Teaching and Creating.It is a challenge to prioritise but sometimes having all three is hard.
By Will, January 11, 2010 @ 7:09 pm

Writing my novels, coaching/leading a team of close knit individuals to achieve a goal & being active are the things that seem to drive me. Tell me something is impossible, I’ll do it just to prove it can be done. The purpose is inside of me, just gotta dig to find it!
By Bill, January 11, 2010 @ 7:20 pm

The kid part never helped me much, but I think the other tips are good.
By maria, January 11, 2010 @ 7:34 pm

I love horses, doing horse art, healing animals. I hate math. I prefer to be by myself or with animals. I feel I channel healing and artwork. Sometimes I can hear what the animals are saying. I am working on improving that skill.
By Justin, January 11, 2010 @ 8:29 pm

Hi Kristen,
My passions are basketball, martial arts, drawing and affiliate marketing. Kindly tell me what I can make of them?
Affiliate Marketing is the next closest thing I can find in a dream job. Hate blogs, ppc, seo, article marketing though. Don’t have the necessary knowledge and time for them .

Kind regards.
Justin
By Leila, January 12, 2010 @ 4:07 am

This was a very interesting exercise for me Kristen. I discovered that I don’t feel comfortable in my own skin when instructing and I am a teacher! I do feel comfortable when listening. Other things that cropped up for me were I love being outdoors especially in nature and I love movement. I have known these things but I have never thought that the reason I try to be at work as little as possible is because it’s not my purpose! Thanks a lot for this.
By varsha, January 12, 2010 @ 4:23 am

Very inspiring – thank you Kristen.

My purpose is to empower others (thur teaching, training, etc) mostly children and too some extent adults, family members, relatives utimtely who ever I come in touch with!
varsha
By jawed, January 12, 2010 @ 5:04 am

My purpose of life to help people,love all kind of living thingies(human & animal),I have being practice since long but unable to get it from my soul mate,wife.I am really surprised my self.I have being married from Feb,1979 up today,four adults children,All university graduates.
I guess some thing wrong with me.
Love,joy,
jawed
By Ron Young, January 12, 2010 @ 5:44 am

Interesting, kid joys were reading, self work of mowing grass for money, working on houses for extra cash, working with my hands building stuff. today still read, was self employed for 27 years-now in the corporate world. and i work on buildings. crowds was what i feared-shy, today the same even when i’m selling for the company or teaching with lunch and learns. good questions…
By shasha, January 12, 2010 @ 8:25 am

I dont like housework, meeting people and receive what I think bad orders from my boss.
I like reading, computer, watching tv & listen to the radio & travel. I like to do my own internet business.
By Michael Koh, January 12, 2010 @ 9:45 am

Dear Kristen,
Thanks for the wonderful post. I discover that I love talking to people about topics that relate to success such as tips to be successful financially…law of attraction and so on. I also love to advise people who seek my help. I always dream of becoming a life coach or a trainer or speaker. Please advise me as to how I can fulfill my dreams. Thanks.
By Rebecca, January 12, 2010 @ 11:04 am

My themes include writing, speaking, teaching, and coaching. You’re right, you can can have more than one purpose. My stumbling block is earning a living from my life purpose. I’ve been taking action since 2008 and have not grown my income. What if your purpose is not meant to earn you money? Sigh…
By Ivan, January 12, 2010 @ 6:38 pm

The common things are:work with my computer,listen to music,watching movies,being at home.The least favorite are:working for others,work with pressure,going from place to place all day.This is a good post,Thank you.
By bimal, January 12, 2010 @ 9:15 pm

I always have the intention to do something good for the society in a small or big way.

I hate criticism from other people.
By bart van hoeck, January 13, 2010 @ 12:28 pm

Hi Kristen,

My passion is living in Russia my purpose is to be with her and making her come over to my country,and now i’ve received message that everything is outside of her price range.
So now to get 761 euros in a short period of time would be awesome because she makes live worth living and worth going to the moment.
if i can within the period of 7 days can get to 761 euros i can go after my passion and purpose to find my fullfillment which still lives in Russia for the moment.

Bart
By Samantha, January 13, 2010 @ 10:33 pm

Hi Kristen

Thank you for such a fantastic blog!
My themes are:
Spiritual Development, psychic development, metaphysical, Egypt, developing relationships, helping people, learning and teaching, self development and enlightenment.

Basically achieving all of the above and helping others achieve it.

Thank you for helping make this more clear to me.
Abundant blessings to you!
By barb, January 14, 2010 @ 9:31 am

The things I liked best when I was a kid were all outside as well. Somehow, I met someone who controlled everything I did to when and how. I make candles and he even had me making them his way. I have completely lost me, the way I would do things. I figured he knew better since he could make a million a year. He is gone now, very recent, 2 weeks, so I am just trying to focus on how I would do things, not the way he had me do everything. I let myself get into that position because of money. He had lots of it, made me feel wonderful at first, but then if I didn’t do things his way, he would take things away, a terrible way to live. I was terrified. I am trying to focus on myself and what is good for me since I let him do all the decision making. The 1st week by myself, I just went through days with no focus except getting into a new place by myself, alone. I’m starting to relax a little bit, although I don’t feel myself yet, no emotions. Kind of stunned how this all turned out. One bit of advice, don’t let anyone control your life. I had to bury my feelings deep inside and now I have to find them. I did not stay true to MYSELF. That’s what I have to find. What really makes me me again, happy.
By Linda, January 14, 2010 @ 5:58 pm

I\’m feeling more frustrated by the day. The things I love to do like gardening I can\’t due to physical challenges. I\’d be happy to shovel snow if I could. I\’ve studied internet marketing for the last few years and finally have a really good product almost ready for market but I don\’t have the skills to get it online and I\’m out of money so can\’t outsource it. I don\’t even want to see the computer anymore. It\’s like a big blank. All those point and click sites are scams. There is no such thing as point and click to get a website or squeeze page up. I\’d like to get a job even for a few weeks to bring some cash in so I can hire someone to do my website but there\’s nothing I\’m qualified for. I don\’t know how to get unstuck. What do you suggest?
By rosie, January 17, 2010 @ 3:42 am

Hi Karen..sorry for the silence..I have been working on self development…………I am still feeling frustrated and probably realise I am getting in my own way!!!
By Jan Crowder, January 18, 2010 @ 7:39 am

HI Kristen,
I found that the 3 most common things I enjoy, is doing things with friends and family and making money and learning new things. I am a new health insurance agent and I really love what I do, but so far I am not selling much. I need to find a way to bring more business to myself. I have lots of leads, but something is preventing me from making the sale. I believe in law of attraction absolutely, that is why I have this job now, but I seem to be stuck, because the sales are not happening. I can see the sales and feel the excitement from them, but something is definitely missing. I hope something I have said here will give you some insight to what my answer is to this delay. Thank you Kristen, I love your website and your advise. Thank God I found you to help me in my quest for a better life. I look forward to your comments. Have a wonderful day!! Jan Crowder
By Rosemary, March 10, 2010 @ 11:12 pm

When I was a kid, I loved to dance and perform (was pretty good at it, too), read and solve math problems. I hated doing the dishes, housework in general, going to bed, doing boring things. Today, I love to solve problems (am pretty good at that, too), help people with those problems and make money. I hate doing routine things, the basic “scut work.” What I am doing with that is in my own business as a real estate agent. What I need to do is find someone or some people who can complement me in those things I don’t like to do.

By the way, how do I get my photo on my profile? That’s really neat.

Rosemary