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Journal Prompt: Purpose

Purpose can seem so illusive and difficult to grasp. Yet having a sense of purpose allows us to live life more fully and increases our quality of life. When we feel we have purpose we can be more intentional to live out our purpose with our thoughts, words, and actions. Today’s journal prompt is all about reflecting on what purpose means to you!

Journal Prompt

To reflect on our purpose we will first answer questions about what is important to us and then reflect on what these answers mean for our purpose.

Reflections on our passions:

  • What do you enjoy doing most throughout the week?
  • What skills or talents do you use in your work or hobbies?
  • What do you do that contributes towards your community?
  • What are you passionate about?
  • What is something that people often come to you and ask you for help with?

Is there a pattern or theme in the answers you wrote about your passions? How do these patterns relate to your purpose?

Now take a moment to write about what purpose means to you.

Based on all that you have written and reflected on so far write out what you believe your purpose to be. How is this purpose reflected in you passions?

I hope you enjoyed this time or reflection! I hope this year is filled with passion and purpose for us!

Jobs, Passions, & Strengths

Working, whether paid or volunteer, takes up a large part of our life and time. I wanted to write a post about resumes, but then I thought it would be good to first write about how to know what kind of jobs or opportunities we are looking for. There are times that we overthink what we are wanting to do for work and how to spend our time. I fall prey to this too often and sometimes it leaves me feeling stuck and not taking any action at all. We are all gifted and have something to offer in the workplace!

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How do we figure out where we want to work or the kind of work we want to do? I think there is a variety or ways to make these types of decisions. The worksheet that I have below is a reflective tool to consider your strengths, passions, hopes, desired job, work experience, and steps you would take to get to the job or opportunity you are looking for. How can you use your passions, skills, and talents to benefit the community, do what you love or enjoy, and live in your purpose? I know for me personally my faith is really important to me and something I consider is how can I use my career, my gifts, and skills to honor the Lord, be generous, enjoy the life I’ve been given, and serve the community. For me this is what it looks like to walk in my purpose. What does it look like for you? What steps can you take to get to where you want to be?

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-Daejanna