To know who we are guides our life and helps us live our PURPOSE.
The three stages
There are three stages to finding your purpose.
The first stage involves your having a clear understanding of who you are and what you want. This stage I call the AWARENESS stage.
The second stage is to identify what might be holding you back from finding your purpose and, once you’ve addressed any roadblocks, to understand what your purpose is. This level is what I refer to the ALIGNMENT phase.
The third stage is about bringing your purpose to life and how to do it in a way that is in line with your life right now. This third and last stage is what I refer to as the ACTION stage. Here we take what we have learned in the previous two stages and implement them into actionable outcomes.
You know the saying of loving yourself before you can love anyone else?
Knowing yourself and who you are is exactly the same. Before you know anything, you need to know yourself. This in return better helps you define what you want.
Unfortunately, it’s not as straightforward as you had hoped
The hardest part is acknowledging stage one and realizing that you are not living to your full potential. This reality check nor only hurts the EGO but also means work needs to be done on yourself.
So the question is – where to begin? How do I start to understand myself better and truly know what I want? This is why I share these 25 questions to help kickstart you into stage one.
How would you answer these questions?
Use as journal prompts, meditation prompts or to spark inspiration for morning pages:
- What does your ideal day look like?
- What did you want to be when you were younger?
- Who are you most inspired by? Why?
- Who would you love to meet? What would you ask?
- What habit would you most like to break? What habit would you most like to start?
- Think of a person you truly admire. What qualities do you like about that person?
- How do you like to relax?
- When was the last time you did something you were afraid of?
- What are you most proud of?
- What are you most afraid of?
- If life stopped today, what would you regret not doing?
- Who would you like to connect (or reconnect) with? Why?
- What qualities do you admire in others?
- What practical skills do you wish you had?
- Imagine you’re in your 90s. What memories would you like to have? What stories do you want to tell?
- What is your favorite book/movie/song? Why?
- If you could make one change in the world, what would it be?
- What do you love to do for, or give to others (not an object – something from you personally)?
- What excites you?
- What do you wish you did more of?
- Pretend money is no object. What would you do?
- What area of your life, right now, makes you feel the best? Which area makes you feel the worst? Why?
- Let’s jump forward a year. What would you like to have achieved in the past year?
- What piece of advice would you give to five year old you? Sixteen year old you? Twenty-one year old you? Right now?
- How do you want to be remembered in life?
I would love to hear how you go with these prompts!
If you share your answers online, feel free to tag me on Instagram: @arnydekorvy
Can’t wait to hear how you go!
Arny
