5 exercises…

. .. to help you find your purpose in life

Exercise 1. Return children’s interest

Do you know the difference between a genius and an ordinary person? A genius defends his right to do what he loves. This usually happens at a very early age.

Ask yourself what you liked to do as a child. Even before society began to impose its attitudes that “you can’t earn money by drawing for bread” or “dancing is not serious.” Write down three things that really fascinated you as a child. This is a small hint where you should aim.

Exercise 2. Looking for patterns: 20 favorite activities

Now let’s make a list of 20 of your favorite activities. Let some of them seem banal to you (for example, eating delicious food) – write anyway. When the list is ready, take a close look at these classes. See the patterns? Maybe things related to helping people predominate on your list? Or some sports? Or things related to calm monotonous work?

Exercise 3 Your ideal environment

If no one believes in you, then it becomes even more difficult to believe in yourself. That is why the environment that produces winners is almost always made up of winners. Unfortunately, the environment in which we grew up is not conducive to the creation of geniuses.

Imagine that the world has changed overnight to suit your needs. And in the morning it will be filled with such people as you want. What will these people be like? What qualities do they have? Maybe they are all creative, or, on the contrary, are they people who passed the sopromat with five plus? Maybe they do everything quickly, or, conversely, would you like to slow down the world?

What have you learned about yourself and what do you need to fully express yourself?

Exercise 4 five lives

Now imagine: you will have five lives. And in each of them you can become whoever you want. How will you live these five lives?

So, imagine that you devote one life to biology, the second to professional travel, the third to having a large family with lots of children, in the fourth you become a sculptor, and in the fifth you become an astronaut. Which one do you like more?

The most important thing to understand here is this: if you have to choose only one life, even the one that you like best, you will still miss the rest. Because they are an integral part of you. We were hammered into our heads: “Determine!”. This is sad.

There are people in the world who are born for a single purpose, but this is a rare exception. Each of your lives contains something that you love and need very much. And you can bring it into your life.

Exercise 5 my perfect day

Now we have a long walk through your imagination. Grab a pen and paper and let’s go. So how do you see your ideal day?

Don’t limit your imagination. Describe the day you would live if you had absolute freedom, unlimited resources, and all the powers and skills you could ever dream of.

After the list is made, divide all your fantasies into three groups:
– Which of these do you need as air.
– Which is optional, but would still very much like to have.
– What can you do without?

Our lives are made up of life experiences, stories, roles, relationships, earnings, skills. Some of these we choose. Some of what we call our choice is actually a compromise. Something totally random. Some of this is necessary and very expensive. But all this is not you.

Focus on yourself. Find what you love. And start moving towards your destination.

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