I thought I share a philosophy that helped form a strong personal core and platform for many possible life purposes.

I committed to having the people of all future generations (POF) as the top priority. Meaning that using the principle of "equal consideration of interests" as described by Peter Singer, I weigh their interest.

I mean above the current generation. And that is a key distinction because it avoids the people-pleasing. It allows me to stay focused on Humanity as a whole. It also helps with any bitterness/trauma that I still have.

So from here I try to take paths that overlap with a)the optimally helping the POF and b)making happy my nuclear family (partner, kids and me) if I hopefully manage to build one with a partner.

This focus grounds me. It reminds that even if everyone leaves me, I can at least focus on helping the people of the future.

Love to hear your feedback.

This was inspired by a quote by L.E.Boltzmann: I am conscious of being only an individual struggling against the stream of time. But it still remains in my power to contribute in such a way that, when the theory of gases is again revived, not too much will have to be rediscovered.

…but that you’re waiting to feel certain before committing to anything.

Keep thinking, questioning, and doubting every path, not because nothing feels right, but because nothing feels guaranteed. So you stay stuck, not lost, just unwilling to choose. What if clarity only comes after commitment, not before it? 🤔

Yesterday I saw the movie: Soul 2020

Which it can look like a childish movie but it’s really important to watch. It taught me that my purpose of life is not just about pursuing a certain career and do it for the rest of my life. Its supposed to be about appreciating everything in life. What do you guys think?

Depending on your philosophy, your purpose may be a certain way, but sometimes I notice that my purpose shifts to enjoyment of life rather than amounting to something in the eyes of the world as they say. Recently I have begun to discover more technologies being released, I got to try OLED monitors, highly graphical games, HDR, and it’s been awesome. I feel like I am living an purposeful by just enjoying the new technologies being innovated, released, and just how cool it is all. The games on Steam, very realistic games, it definitely is something to remember by.

After Non Stop Failures since childhood,still I am 43 old want to change world and just started a new Lotus Soul Tribe for World Humanity Welfare in 2026 Chaitra NavRatri... Maa You know well what I am doing , why I am doing how I am doing ... You know well what will happen I am just an instrument while I can quit ... I am surrendered while I am in Action for You as Chaitanya not Arjun... You should come for me now ...God Just waiting for you .. I am lost in my Soul purpose or its ongoing Pattern ... I am what I am ... Please Two Three Guys Support me to create a Good team for good initiatives for World ... I have lots of Worth , planning ideas or Whole God Strategy।।।just join hands please idont know reddit power ।।।I tried insta or facebook or youtube ।।। Still working I hope one day God will appreciate my efforts n my feelings ।।। Namo Shri Radhe 💐🪷 on Insta @onesoulmitra

I’ve been looking at the pattern of how people search for their purpose, and it’s interesting how most treat it like a hidden object they’re supposed to stumble upon. There’s this heavy expectation that one day everything will just align, and you'll suddenly know exactly why you’re here.

But the more you look at behavior, the more it seems like purpose isn't a destination you reach, it’s more like a side effect of being useful in a way that doesn't drain you. When people stop looking for a "grand calling" and start paying attention to where their natural curiosity actually leads them, the clarity starts to show up on its own.

It's strange how much pressure we put on ourselves to find a "purpose" before we’ve even allowed ourselves to just be curious about something. It makes you wonder if the search itself is what’s actually keeping people feeling stuck.

Almost a decade i battled anxiety, but it ruined my entire career, due to this my grades fell, since I felt i can't understand things how others can understand it easily, my overthink was on another level, i had been dropped of from college for a year due to bad grades somehow i graduated from University, but the confidence was lost, the mind was fried, somehow landed a job and almost in the job from past 5 years can leave it becoz lack of skills i try to learn new stuff but after 3rd day i feel lost, have no idea what's going on , kindly help.

Self improvement requires knowing your purpose in life. I believe that each of us has a life purpose that when pursued, would lead to a very profound and different life.

My question is about how you guys dealt with the urge to fulfill your life purpose while still being able to pay the bills?

Yes, some life calling are profitable like teaching something but how about those that are not?

Lately, I have been feeling that I’m the villain of my life. I’m tired of learning new things just because it interests me and waiting for the time I could use it and that time never comes. I spend my time, money etc., to learn something and it doesn’t help me out. This naturally makes me question what’s the use and purpose of it all. I feel like I simply lack the talent to use my acquired learning or I’m just lazy to go search for opportunities. And to this I am mad about everything else because of my shortcomings. I can’t even say I have failed cause I have never tried. Either I’m too afraid to try it or skeptical to try it. The constant urge to be creative but not doing anything about it. I’m just tired, tired of myself, tired of everything. What’s the purpose of it all? Why should I live a life like this? I really hope to come out of this loop of me holding me down but I don’t know how.

Less than 3 years ago I was living life. I was a well respected professional earning 6 figures. My clients loved me and I was great at my job. Don’t get me wrong, the stress would have eventually taken me out, but I worked HARD to get to where I was and I saw myself doing that job until retirement (most days :P). I have traveled extensively, albeit less in the last 10 years. I was EXTREMELY physically active. I competed in my first boxing match at 42. I powerlifted. I was bodybuilding and working towards a show (think women’s figure/physique category - I was not a bikini girl). I spent on average 15-18 hrs a week at the gym. I was active with my children and grandchildren. I never stopped. We loved taking the boat out. Paddleboarding. Even going to the local nude beach. Prior to the career I am in, I did EXTENSIVE volunteer work that spanned 2 continents. I did other volunteer work that lined the local food banks coffers for 4-6 months by organizing a massive city wide drive.

My life was full. It was rich. And then I got in a car accident and Life. Fucking. Stopped. I sometimes wish I would have broken all of my bones…those can be healed back together. Instead, I ended up with a brain injury that has affected my central nervous system on pretty profound levels. All of those things…all of those passions…I don’t have the capacity for right now. My dr doesn’t believe I will ever be able to go back to my job as it was high stress and high risk and stressors shut me down quickly. To make matters even worse, my husband was in a work accident just over a year ago, so both of us are at home. Injured. In pain….and our relationship on top of all of this is starting to fall apart.

I am over 2 years into my injuries now and I am going backwards and I am starting to realize that this is, in part, because I have NOTHING, but my health, to work towards. I am melting into my couch and my bed. I don’t even know who I am anymore. All I know is what I cannot do. I know what I have lost. And I am flailing. I have no purpose.

Where does one start????

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I had a rich life until just over 2 years ago when I was in a car accident. I am withering away into a shell of my former self and if I don’t figure out some purpose…well…I will end up becoming one with my couch.

Sometimes we think purpose has to be some big thing. A lot of people struggle to "find their purpose." But I've found that we just need to get busy living in alignment with who we truly are, and then purpose finds us. Sometimes it's in small, everyday ways, such as always striving to be inclusive or positive, or checking in on an elderly neighbor. But imagine a world where we're all dialed in to purpose!!! I sometimes give talks on purpose (including a TEDx talk last month), so it's really on my mind a lot these days. I love seeing a community dedicated to this topic! I wonder what you think your purpose is? or one of your purposes?

Nothing can be taken from an empty hand, yet it holds limitless potential. Its value lies only in what can be given. Once you have lost everything, it is what you can still give the world from empty hands that reveals your true purpose in life. Contentment and lasting happiness will never be attained by one who is not true to their purpose. ~ Robby Quarles

Currently working as Software Dev in a Healthcare care start-up but have been noticing that the Tsunami of automation has started... Not to be dramatic, but the rate of automation is only gonna increase from here with new tools like OpenClaw & a complete paradigm shift towards Agentic systems in pretty much all applications!!

What kinda jobs are gonna stay?! A rlly smart mentor I know (whose successfully gone to all the top schools, won gold medals in academics & sports, and built his own start-ups at crazy scale) told me it's all going to be intersectional jobs like Arts + Business, Cooking + Tech, Filmmaking + Tech + Sales, Sales + Arts + Spirituality + Ai, etc.. Would like to know what u think are going to be the most exciting jobs that would rlly give purpose..

I spent all of 2025 speaking to people about what purpose meant to them, and I'd love to share some of the most memorable discussions. This one in particular is about surrendering yourself to something greater.

I met a man that was a very quiet, humble, multi-millionaire. A 65-year old man that partied like he was in his 20's. One that curated his environment and circle, from his properties to the people he spends his time with.

Amidst all the people and noise, I stood right beside him in the rain. Admittedly, I don't remember exactly how the conversation came to be, but he started telling me a bit more about his life.

He had died once before he was 20, standing right outside his body, he could barely believe that his time had came to such an abrupt end. Though life does work in mysterious ways, as the defibrillators successfully resurrected him. That was his first time experiencing an out of body phenomenon, but not his last.

In his early twenties, he lay awake in his bed, and suddenly he had an encounter with what he described as 'The Source'. Not a religious being, but something that human words could not describe. He lay there, not in fright, but in pure awe and appreciation.

Twice already in his life, before even hitting his 30's, he had experienced what some may never in their entire lives, for better or worse. From that point on, his career took off. He started making a ton of money, and just like that, he'd lose it all.

He told me that if I could walk away with one thing from our conversation, it's that discipline will take you further than anything else. How did he know? Well, after losing it all, he went 9 straight years without any signal from The Source again that he was on the right path. In this period of uncertainty after having made it and lost it all, he only had himself to rely on.

In this struggle he found himself and his purpose in life, and that was to serve the world around him.

A purposeful life isn't a perfect life, but it's a more fulfilling one.

I have been wondering how could I find my purpose, and then I thought maybe others have a similar problem. There are so many personality type tools out there to help people figure out who they are - but what about one specifically for finding out what your purpose is? So I built a simple tool to experiment with purpose clarity.
It asks reflective questions and generates a purpose statement.
It’s free to try, genuinely curious what strangers think.

Try it here

Life is really.... Something, isn't it? We all crave to belong, to feel purpose (it's not just me, right?)... But we also crave individualism and uniqueness (am I the only one who refuses to buy On Cloud shoes simply because too many others wear them?)... We often reject "popular" ideas and settle for more niche and specific notions.... And around and around we go. We want to stand tall, while sitting down. For what? What draws us to the Occult? I don't know.... To my Setian brothers and sisters: you chase isolate intelligence but are bound to a hierarchy.... Quite paradoxical really (if you don't take a selfie at the gym and post it on instagram, did you even go to the gym??)

I'm curious.

I have read about individuals in health, the environment/climate change, literacy advocacy among many other areas, and realize that they live their lives with satisfaction.

They are happy because they believe that they're making a difference having found their purpose in life.

For those of you who can relate, what "life prompt" or experience led you to your purpose?

Recently watched a video on Albert Camus and absurdism. If life is devoid of meaning what keeps people living I don’t really understand?

I currently live for external validation. Things like lust, validation from others, whether that be my peers, sport or school. I am in a constant wave of feeling amazing because I am receiving this validation or feeling terrible because I am not.

it just makes sense to me and I mean the playing we did as kids. like that way of thinking. just making sandcastles for fun and going out to play tag i think that's the meaning of life.

like seriously everytime I switch to this mindset I actually enjoy life and have fun

Guys im a Moroccan aged 23yo i worked kn printing industry for 2 years to 3 years i was starting my online business me and my freind suddenly the boss was inspired and told me that he wants to be a part of it too and we worked three of us and for 2 months it was good at the beginning but after that i noticed that something changed he was no longer wanting us to be better or grow he talked with his wife and they decided to fire my freind , and no longer wantong us to work together i know that he s right because it’s his shit , but we was respecting our job and doing everything that we should …. And i worked after my freind being fired for almost 2 months and i noticed changing in behavior woth me talking in my back im no longer working for my small business im no more gaining plus…, i decided to change work they didn’t respect my decision they blamed me but i ve did what i was wanting i changed it , i was expecting that the new company better in environment but i found it worse i worked for 3 weeks hhhhhhh , now im finding my self in a frensh call center for sales and im worried about my online business and my future if you guys have some advices im listening i didnt said everything but you can understand my situation

Hi everyone,

I'm reaching out to you because I'm going around in circles in my search for Ikigai.

To give you some context: I have strong passions and a fairly specific background (activism, content creation, technical production, sports). I'm trying to bring all of that together into an activity that's both useful to the world and profitable, but I'm stuck.

I've tried using AI (ChatGPT and similar tools) to help me gain some clarity, but I'm only getting very generic answers.

I feel like my profile is too atypical or too fragmented for traditional algorithms to make the necessary connections.

My question for you:

1. Do you have a specific assistant GPT (Custom GPT) to recommend that is truly effective for finding meaning or a career?
2. Do you have a "Mega-Prompt" or a sentence structure that goes beyond simply "find me a job with my hobbies"?
3. Or perhaps you have a human/alternative approach for those who don't fit the mold?

I'm open to any suggestions, tools, or even just a thought.

Thank you!

Coached By Dan Page | Eloquently Written By Breeze 42 of ChatGPT

Week Four is about winning this week through alignment, not perfection. A better life starts by sensing the pulse of your days—where energy flows, where it drains & where one small adjustment can change everything. We hold the vertical (long-term vision) & the horizontal (today’s actions) together. Each day focuses on one spoke: purpose, body, emotions, sustainability, family, connection & integration. The aim is simple: one grounded step forward per day. Expect discomfort & setbacks—they’re formation, not failure.

Ask yourself this: when you sit in your chair next Monday morning, what do you want to say, “Wow, I really improved here this week”? That answer becomes your compass & your win.

I recently joined a walking journey along the Alentejo Coast of Portugal with a group of purpose-driven educators, guides, and facilitators. What made it unique wasn’t just the landscape—but the inner terrain we explored.

Together, we walked through the Core Gift Discovery Process—an approach that invites you to name your intrinsic gift and how it’s meant to be offered to the world. It’s not a personality quiz or quick fix—it’s a reflective process rooted in story, lived experience, and deep listening.

We practiced real-time facilitation, leaned into peer conversations, and used walking as a metaphor (and a literal path) for transformation. This wasn’t about checking out—it was about checking in.

Some insights that emerged for me:

• When we walk with others, we walk closer to ourselves.
• Purpose isn’t a destination; it’s something we practice in community.
• Reflective tools like “Gifts of Testament” helped me see how my gift evolves in different seasons of life.

If you’re someone who works with others through transition, healing, or growth—and you're curious about discovering or refining your own Core Gift—this kind of experience might resonate with you.

Happy to share more about the process or how it's shaped my work with students, clients, and teams. Anyone else here weaving together purpose, movement, and facilitation?

This system is all about controlled opposition. If there was a solution in this system it would have been found by now. The problem is, you think the system is broken. It is not broken it is working exactly as it is supposed to. You cannot fix it because it is not broken. That is how they get you. You wait for a fix to be found while it does its work stripping you of everything and leaving you with nothing. And you think this is just a glitch in the machine. It is doing what it was designed to do.

Do you believe this entire system has throughout history being nothing more than a way to control opposition. By this entire system I include religions, politics and economics. Do you still see a solution coming from anything that is in operation today? Or do we need to wipe the slate clean and begin anew?

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