A young freind queried on the matter of discovering ones purpose in life. Below is my response. Names changed to protect the identities of those involved.
Igor
I have thought about your question.
About doing what you want, about setting goals and figuring it out.
I answer this question as a 32 year old man whose yet to achieve the goal he’s most wanted (financial independence) and still doesn’t really know what to do with his life.
All I can say is do things for the right reason.
What is the right reason?
I don’t know.
But I can tell you some wrong reasons
- Doing it to get a job – that’s what I did at Uni, and it worked I got a job, a well paying one too. But it’s wrong
- Doing it to fit in – fark that shit, ain’t nothing to fitting in but lying and faking. Nothing to it.
- Doing the easy thing – this is the most insidious. Easy things seem like the best thing. But it’s insidious, it destroys your will power.
All I can say is try to experience as much as possible. Have a goal to taste life. To work in an office, in retail, on a construction site and as a freelancer. Life leads to one thing after another.
Just remember to say Yes. Say yes to dinners. To invites. To people and to that voice inside your head. Especially that last one.
The last thing is give all the love you have. Give your love to your family. To friends and to the task at hand. Give your love. Give it all.
Because that’s all we have to give.
Stranger in Sydney 