Questions to ask yourself to put life into perspective and live a more purposeful life.
I always thought and still think that “there’s more to life” than the societal norm that most people are conditioned to live by. The lifestyle of working five days a week eight hours a day – especially if it’s not something you truly love.
I think life in general is meant for exploring and finding what more to life means to you.
For me at least, one of my priorities is travelling. I place high priority on travelling because we might be here on this earth only once (who knows when we die where we go) – but ultimately I want to see these beautiful places while I’m here on earth.
I also place high priority on doing work that I love and work that is purposeful and meaningful to me. Again, life is way to short to be doing something you’re not happy with.
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At the same time I acknowledge sometimes you gotta do work you don’t necessarily enjoy to get where you want to be. I’ve done this and I still am. But the key thing in doing this is that you’re taking steps toward where you want to be while doing whatever job you might not necessarily enjoy.
You’re working towards where you want to be and enjoying the process while doing so.
Questions to put life into perspective and lead a more purposeful life:
Here are some questions to get you thinking about what you want from this lifetime on earth. I hope these questions help you live a more purposeful life, develop your goals, and put life in general into perspective.
Do not expect yourself to have answers to every single question on this list, you simply won’t know all of the answers, and your answers will most likely change. But, the whole fun of asking yourself these questions is finding out the answers with curiosity, non-judgement, and acceptance of new experiences and change.
So here they are…
- What makes you feel most alive?
- What do you want to get out of life?
- Where would you like to go, what parts of the earth would you like to see?
- How would you like to spend your days?
- What is the one thing you can think about that would instantly put a smile on your face?
- What would you like to learn?
- Who or what should I spend more energy on? Who or what should I spend less energy on?
- What is that one thing you think about the most?
- If you could do one job in the world what would it be?
- If you put fear aside, what project or hobby would you start?
- What are you living for?
Journaling the Questions & Answers
These questions can be written in a journal and answered. When you see the answers on paper I find they become more real and they really can be questioned and developed from there. It is also encouraging to look back at how much your general perspective on life changes and how your goals develop over time.
Sometimes I look back at some of my journals and they put a smile on my face because I actually put my most valuable goals into action. While, other times I have looked back and I saw that same goal staring me down on paper with still nothing done about it.
Either way, journaling these questions has their pros. It acts as a reminder to transform your goals into action, it gets your thoughts out, provides you with more direction, and acts as a time capsule in how your perspectives on life change and develop over time.
Once your actions are aligned with your goals – your choices will become more intentional – and through intentional choices comes more purpose.
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Through purpose, comes more authentic happiness.
“We need to know who we are and to be centered within ourselves. We need to know what matters to us; otherwise it is easy to be swept up and swept along by alien values, pursuing goals that do not nourish who we really are.”
Book: The 6 Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden
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