Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Life Purpose


Blogger Steve Pavlina says that you can discover your life's purpose in as little as twenty minutes. To do so, complete the following four steps:
1. Take out a blank sheet of paper or open up a word processor where you can type.
2. Write at the top, "What is my true purpose in life?"
3. Write an answer (any answer) that pops into your head. It doesn't have to be a complete sentence. A short phrase is fine.
4. Repeat step 3 until you write the answer that makes you cry. This is your purpose.
Steve writes that "usually it takes 15-20 minutes to clear your head of all the clutter and the social conditioning about what you think your purpose in life is" and that you should expect to generate some repeats or similar answers. All this is fine so long as you keep on writing, even if your answers begin to resemble variations on "I don't have a purpose" or "Life is meaningless".
Also, it's not enough to react emotionally to an answer, according to Pavlina. You need to keep going until the emotion brings forth tears. If you feel the urge to quit, take a two minute break and then resume. According to the post, around 80-90 percent of those who try this method will reach their answer in less than an hour. (lifehacker.com)
Taking my lead from this post, I'll try to list down my life's purposes. I hope it works :)

2 comments:

archer dee said...

did you find your life's purpose?

btw, asa ka gawork Lai? :)

P.S. nakit an lang nako imong site sa imung stat sa YM :)

kaRLa said...

hehe diba link man ta dian?

naglegal researcher ko kay Vice Mayor dian.. :)

hehe oo I realize I have so many life purposes haha How about you? :D