What Should I Do With My Life? This Is Exactly How To Know What You’re Meant To Do

When you live in a world that is constantly telling you to follow your heart, trust your gut, quit your day job and do what you love, it can be disheartening to find yourself not knowing where to start. When you start thinking I don’t know what to do with my life, what you really mean is that you don’t yet know who you are, or you don’t know what’s worth suffering for.

Finding your purpose is not about realizing that you are destined to be in a monastery or devoting your life to one, singular vocation or goal. Your purpose is not one job, it is not one relationship, it is not even one career field. Your purpose is, first and foremost, just to be here. Your existence has shifted the world in a way that it is invisible to you. Without you, absolutely nothing would exist just as it is right now. This is important to understand, because if you start believing that your whole purpose in being alive is just a job or a role you take on at home, what happens when you quit or retire, or the kids grow up and you’re no longer a parent? You’ll sink because you will falsely think that was your only reason for being.