Six Simple Ways to Find “Your Thing”

There seems to be no shortage of books, DVD’s, YouTube clips and tweets telling us exactly how to get what we want out of life. That’s great for those of us who already have a plan. But, what do you do if you don’t have a click or a clue of what you actually want in the first place?

At first rub, you might think you’re out of luck. Afterall, if you don’t even know what you want, do you really deserve to be successful? You bet your socks!

News flash! Most people don’t know what they want out of life. And that’s okay.

So how can you figure what you want to be?

This is the most important question you’ll ever ask yourself, so you might think it’s not going to be easy to answer. I bet you think you have to go on a spiritual journey—you know: the whole eat, pray, love thing? Or monk-it-up for a year or two? Maybe devote yourself to universal contemplation and meditation for forty days and forty night nights. Visit a psychic?

I suppose you could do any of the above, if you’re really into wasting time. But there is a better way.

All you need to do is to ask yourself six simple questions. They’re not too difficult and you won’t have to uproot your life to figure out that elusive raison d’ être of yours.

Ready? Here they are.

Question #1:

Ask yourself: What would you be doing if absoluetly nothing stood in your way?

Question #2:

If you knew whatever you tried could not fail—no matter what—what would you do?

Question #3:

Do you have something that you will not compromise on, give up or put off for anything else?

Question #4:

Does anything make you feel happy just by thinking about it?

Questtion #5:

Do you have that one thing that excites you more than anything else?

Question #6:

What is the first thing you think about in the morning and the last thing you think about at night?

That wasn’t so hard was it?

If you were able to answer any or all of the above questions—then that is your thing. Congrats!

And now that you know what you want to do, you can start leafing through that self-help book on how to make your dream come true.

And if you still weren’t able to come up with something—there’s always Nepal. 

But seriously, if you are still having trouble finding your purpose–that’s okay. These things can’t be rushed.  Sometimes the best thing to do is to stop looking and let your purpose find you. Be patient, it will come.

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Til next time…

Troy