Not knowing why you are going wherever it is that you are going sounds silly, but so often folks live life without thinking about their purpose. We believe that thinking about your purpose and trying to identify what it might be is one of the most impactful things you can do to level up your life, career, and general level of happiness and fulfillment. Having a sense of what your why is will help you become a better decision maker which inevitably will improve your life. Below, you’ll find some interesting discussions, stories and perspectives around find your purpose.
Merewyn Wirth
I think it found me. I grew up deeply in poverty, experiencing homelessness, educational neglect and abuse. When I got out and started college I took a painting class and something clicked. It felt like I had found my salvation. I truly believe it saved my life. Without it I wouldn’t be the person I am today. Read more >>>
Kim Heuss
Finding one’s purpose is rarely a straight path—it’s often a winding road filled with moments of uncertainty, trial, and quiet revelations. In the beginning, I believed purpose was something grand, almost unreachable—like a destiny that only a few people were fortunate enough to stumble upon. I looked for it in achievements, in titles, in the approval of others. Read more >>>
Alexandra Goldillo
I always had a purpose in mind, from a very young age. I had a determination to create and to make it my main mission in life but never knew that had a name. ‘Illustrator’ was a definition I learned it existed when I came in contact with a short a documentary I saw in an art museum during my student years. Read more >>>
Diana Tivu
I believe that we grow up to be what we play at as children. In my case, this is precisely how it went for finding my purpose. Read more >>>
Joe Sullivan
When I was in preschool my parents would get notes home from my teachers about strange behaviors. I wouldn’t bully kids or misbehave, instead I would sit in the corner attempting to write “Batman: The Musical” which is unfortunately an unfinished work. But in all seriousness, I always had a passion for music and theatre. Read more >>>
Youil Kim
In 2018, while I was on a leave of absence from my university in Korea, I joined a rally to demand accountability from our university’s president. I’m not sure if it was a sense of justice or if I was just following friends on the student council. Read more >>>
Julie Jo Hughes
After spending my whole life searching for my true purpose, I have finally come to see that our purpose is an ever-evolving dialogue with the whispers of our soul. It’s not the one ultimate thing you choose to do in the world, but it’s the way you bring YOU into every way that you express yourself. Read more >>>
iirie Earnest
It took me a while to find it. There was lots of self talk, meditation and prayer involved. I am creative and also very intellectual. I wanted to combine those two defining things about myself along with doing work that is based in compassion and also expressed my passions..I went to school for massage therapy and basic holistic courses. Read more >>>
Jimena Rosas
I could say I found my purpose at a really young age when I decided I wanted to become an actress. But, I think I found what I liked the most doing. I found my passion at that age and what made me feel more alive. I found my purpose when I was in acting school. Read more >>>
Jasmine Iganian
The search for ‘finding purpose’ is like walking to the sun at the horizon. One will never reach it but the journey will transform the traveler. The goal is by the time our sun is setting, we can look back and say that the legacy and the footprint left behind is one that serves humanity and continues on beyond our lives. Read more >>>
Unknown Vibez
The way I find my purpose was through music and making songs. Music has been a deep trait in my family, whether it’s a family cookout, a road trip, or just sitting around the house relaxing. Read more >>>
David Cahill
As a kid I found myself moved tremendously by everything going on in the world. I have never felt comfortable with the way things are. So it was obvious for me that I had to create something. I had to get my input in. Read more >>>
Christine Celenski
Answering ‘How Did You Find Your Purpose?’ Mine is a story of coming full circle. It’s a journey that began when I was a kid, with a pen and pad, doodling in a shopping cart. As I got older, I developed an insatiable appetite for mythology and the epic fantasy worlds of authors like Tolkien and R.A. Salvatore. Read more >>>
Love Jewel
I think the question should be more like ‘How do you keep finding your purpose?’ Our assignments shift depending on our willingness to evolve to higher callings. Purpose is limitless. Purpose can use anything and anybody. Because Purpose has nothing to do with us as individuals but everything to do with The agenda of God. Read more >>>
Samantha Gutowski
Finding my purpose was always lingering in the back of my mind starting around age 22. I went on my first long international trip, and it completely changed the way I looked at everything. Read more >>>
Kayla Mateus
Finding my purpose has always been a journey. I’ve been a deep thinker for as long as I can remember, always asking questions like, “What is life beyond what I see?” and “What is my purpose?” Growing up, life wasn’t easy. My parents fought often, eventually divorcing, and my dad struggled with addiction. Art became my escape. Read more >>>
Lea McCormick
When I was 15yo, I worked my first job. I worked in a wholesale greenhouse in summer wearing jeans and mixing potting soil. In Oklahoma, summers are over 100 degrees easily. Wearing jeans in a greenhouse it’s a lot hotter than that. Read more >>>
Isabel Pazos
I found it a long time ago while I was in school, but I didn’t want to admit it until I was older. I was always interested in the arts since I was a kid. However, acting wasn’t something I was interested in until I watched ‘The Imitation Game’. Read more >>>
Alicia Kaplan
I have been an artist since the age of five, thanks to my mother Ruth Antonofsky who fulfilled her dreams of being in the entertainment business by enrolling herself and her three children in ballet classes in Caracas, Venezuela. We studied and appeared as ballet dancers and myself as a young actress on the grand stages of Caracas, inluding La Nacional and The Municipal Theaters. Read more >>>
Anthony Ortiz
The thought of feeling lost, confused, and self-destructive is what ultimately helped me find my purpose. I realized I couldn’t keep going down that path and needed to step back to gain perspective on my life. Read more >>>
Michelle Mendoza
I didn’t find my purpose in a moment of clarity—I found it in the eyes of a dog who had every reason to give up on the world. In 2018, Bailey came into my life broken, terrified, and deeply traumatized. She had been beaten, dragged, and locked away. Her pain was so raw that even kennels triggered panic attacks. Read more >>>
Anthony Wittevrongel
I didn’t wake up one day with all the answers — finding my purpose was a process that came from some of my darkest moments. For years, I was wasting time on things that didn’t serve me. I was chasing temporary highs, caught in habits that were slowly killing me, and I knew deep down that I was living far below my potential. Read more >>>
Mariaisabel Cisneros
I found my purpose by leaning into what I naturally loved ‘makeup ‘even when others didn’t believe it could be a career. For me, makeup wasn’t just about foundation and lashes, it was about helping people see themselves differently, building confidence, and creating a moment of transformation. My journey wasn’t easy: I started with limited tools, worked side jobs, and even faced burnout. Read more >>>
Aelin Nyx
I have always been a lover of stories. I distinctly remember going to the library and reading anthology books on Greek and Egyptian mythology. Another time, I sat for two hours and sobbed my way through Adam Silvera’s ‘History is All You Left Me’. Storytelling has always been a big part of who I am. Read more >>>
Christopher Bodmann
I can say that since the age of 10, I have known I wanted to be a writer, but it is only in the last 10 years or so that I found my purpose as a middle grade author. Finding my passion writing books for 8-12 year old kids was hard fought. Read more >>>
Frances Tomblin
God has continually shown A great light, a golden ember my dear friend Cornelia says, upon my purpose! Showing Love, Kindness & Compassion to as many hearts as possible through travel and to make others feel valued and seen for who they truly are. Read more >>>
Mindy Uhrlaub
Many years ago, I read King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild. The book changed my life. It told the story of Congo under King Leopold II of Belgium. Set in the late 1880’s, the history book read like a novel, depicting horrible conditions for African natives. Read more >>>
SALMAN ALAM KHAN
It began with curiosity. I was always asking questions, always searching for meaning in the world around me. That curiosity naturally turned into self-expression, and art became the space where I could make sense of those questions. Over time, film emerged as the most powerful form of that expression. I’ve always felt that the visual medium has a special power. Read more >>>
Petya Evtimova-Ivanova
I didn’t set out with the intention of becoming an artist—it was something that unfolded naturally. My father was an artist, and from an early age, I was surrounded by paintings, brushes, conversations about creativity, and the quiet rhythm of the studio. Art was simply part of daily life, and without realizing it, I absorbed that world. Read more >>>
Vaughn Young
I didn’t just wake up one day and know my purpose—it revealed itself through my struggles, my recovery, and my journey of rebuilding. For a long time, I believed freedom was only about breaking physical chains, but I came to realize the greatest form of bondage is mental incarceration—being trapped by fear, self-doubt, and limiting beliefs. Read more >>>
Engjell Hasula
From as early as I can remember, I have been fascinated by words. They carried a kind of magic for me, the ability to capture emotions, create worlds, and connect people who had never met. Read more >>>
sharon bearinger
great question! as a business owner and single mother, you could say i have many purposes. but the most important one is the one God gave me. as humans, we need a purpose. it’s literally how we’re wired. doesn’t matter if your purpose is cleaning up garbage on the side of the road or running a multimillion dollar medical supply company. both are needed. Read more >>>
Matthew Garton
Blacksmithing was a real gift to me as a young man. It gave me my purpose and a real direction I never did well with conventional education. As I started to improve my craft it became a passion. Read more >>>
Tar
I found my purpose naturally. That classic, cliché story of the kid who, as soon as he heard a rock ‘n’ roll record, saw himself doing that for the rest of his life. The purpose is to, through music, provide the listener a contact with their innermost feelings, which are intangible and often difficult to describe in words. Read more >>>
Raymond Willett
I meandered as a teen and young adult without direction or sense of purpose. I tried photography, worked in restaurants, sold vacuum cleaners, cut trees and split firewood, joined the Air Force, had two sons, purchased and sold two homes and renovated a turn of the (last) century apartment building in Seattle before I had any idea of what I wanted to be as an adult. Read more >>>
Jennifer Dickerson
I found my purpose by living through my own challenges. Becoming a teen mom forced me to grow up quickly and taught me resilience, faith, and determination. I realized my struggles weren’t just for me, they were preparing me to help others. Read more >>>
Gabrielle Rogers
I found my purpose by paying attention to the moments in my life where I felt the most alive, the most fulfilled, and the most connected to others. Read more >>>
Alexandra Robuste
My purpose didn’t arrive as a single moment of clarity — it was a process of working, failing, unlearning, and returning. Read more >>>
Kendra Thorpe
How found my purpose was when I became a full-time mother of four homeschoolers. Daily I made it a priority and my soul felt good serving them. It was an honor to equipping them for life and watch them discover their purpose in process too. Read more >>>
Fernando Vargas Jr
I found purpose from all the mistakes I made as a young person. From drinking to losing my family (broke up and now a single father) to hitting rock bottom. I was 26 years old when I came to the realization that I can end up in jail or dead so I chose to go sober. Read more >>>
Chay Lee
Mannnnn…. Let me tell you. I’m not going to say the name of the company but they laid me off the day before I left for my wedding in Mexico. Read more >>>
