Comments on: 20 min to Your Life Purpose?

By: Tara Joyce

Tara Joyce — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:11:36 +0000

I appreciate the insights, CV and the perspective check. I did wonder
if the exercise was better suited for those less aware of their
passions… I also wondered if it really worked at all. Either way I
should sit down and give it a good try and not be so half-assed about
it.

By: cv harquail

cv harquail — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:54:02 +0000

Tara,

beauty pageant answers, crocodile tears or not, there are several reasons why you might not have been moved to tears and/or found your 'purpose'. One reason might be that the exercise does not really work. The other reason is that it might work, but really for people who are discovering their purpose anew or for the first time.

You already have a pretty clear sense of what you are about, and so something this simple just might not get deep enough to produce new a-ha's. Also, while the list of works may look cliched on the surface, to you they may have much more meaning that it appears to the viewer.

Hey, I'm all for world peace. Really. It doesn't make me cry to say so. But it used to.
ymmv. cv

By: Tara Joyce

Tara Joyce — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:49:17 +0000

I don't think I gave the exercise a fair bat but I am still a bit
skeptical that all it takes is an hour or less to come to a major
realization like that.

By: Tiara the Merch Girl

Tiara the Merch Girl — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:23:51 +0000

that said, don't beat yourself up if you don't get anything out of this exercise. diff strokes diff folks and all that. Heck, what I thought was my “life purpose” a few months ago turned out to be more of who I _needed_ in my life – but if I actually pursued that I wouldn't be so happy or pleased.

By: Tara Joyce

Tara Joyce — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:05:45 +0000

I think you're right. I didn't work hard enough at it.

By: Tara Joyce

Tara Joyce — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:03:32 +0000

Kimber,

Beauty pageant responses… I like that. I think you're right. It
isn't what I truly feel. I'm going to revisit the exercise. Thanks.

By: Tiara the Merch Girl

Tiara the Merch Girl — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:05:22 +0000

You could write a LOT more in 20 minutes…maybe that's just the first chunk of ideas that you have to get past.

By: Kimber Scott

Kimber Scott — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:25:06 +0000

Looks like you made yourself a list of what you think you life purpose “should” be, not what you “feel” it really is. You gave beauty pageant responses.