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Hello, after taking advice from the forum I revisited the Life Purpose final Quarter of the course again (not yet the how to make it real though.) Here is what I come up with. Can you tell me. Is it too vague? What is your opinion on my Me Sheet? Life Purpose: Create innovative Technology through Design Thinking to solve complex Problems and make people’s life easier. Zone of Genius: Design Thinking in complex Problem Solving Domain of Mastery: Programming Top 10 Values: Freedom Passion Love Personal Development Learning Creativity Equality Spirituality Health & Energy Physical & Psychological Strength Top 5 Strengths: Fairness, Equity & Justice Love of Learning Creativity, Ingenuity & Originality Curiosity & Interest in the World Leadership Top 5 Goals: Get Debt-Free Find a fulfilling and well-paying Job Fix my relationships with family & girlfriend Become healthy and muscular Get a deeper Understanding of my True Self

Thx for your advice. Maybe I’ll just see what the job interview brings next Wednesday, take it, make the new experiences and get a step closer to discovering what I really want.

Maybe I need to revisit it. I might have been a little distracted for the last part, thanks.

The course gives you insight into your strengths and values but and what you excel at. for me it’s Values: Knowledge, Learning Wisdom, Understanding Spirituality Personal Development Love, Passion Creativity Freedom, Independence Strengths: Fairness, equity, and justice - Treating all people fairly is one of your abiding principles. You do not let your personal feelings bias your decisions about other people. You give everyone a chance. Love of learning - You love learning new things, whether in a class or on your own. You have always loved school, reading, and museums-anywhere and everywhere there is an opportunity to learn. Creativity, ingenuity, and originality - Thinking of new ways to do things is a crucial part of who you are. You are never content with doing something the conventional way if a better way is possible. Area of Mastery / Zone of Genius: Programming, Breaking complex logic into easily digestible chunks now what does that help me in determining my life purpose

Thanks for the effort. But how does this help me find my life purpose?

Done it, know my core values and strengths, my area of mastery, but not my purpose. A lot of talk with little value in my view

Anyone?

Hi, I’m a 27 year old from Germany and I have completed my B.Sc. in Media Informatics at the start of the year. I am struggling with finding deeper “purpose” and meaning in what I do and I come here to ask for advice. My entire life I have been kind of a computer nerd and in school I realized my talent for coding. I then went on to pursue an apprenticeship as IT businessman at a big retail company but I didn’t find fulfillment there. It was mostly dealing with systems administration, particularly in SAP, and didn’t envolve coding at all. I decided I need to dig deeper and started to study Media Informatics. I believed this to be a good choice since I would be able to combine coding with creative design. But then again, I was always very bad at arts or tinkering, this creative stuff. Only thing I excelled in was creative writing, and well, coding. I enjoy beautiful design, though. I decided to study web development in my free time more deeply because it seemed like the most practical approach. I got particularly interested in Blockchain, I kinda fell for the hype of 2017 and lost a lot of money but I believed in the technology and implications of it. So I decided to use my interest and talent and I landed a job as working Student as a Blockchain Engineer. When I was there I quickly realized how low my technical knowledge actually was. My mates were far more proficient than me. I ended up specializing mostly in Frontend stuff, because the backend and blockchain stuff was over my head. Because of this experience, I decided to focus more on the Frontend side and after my graduation, I landed a job as a Junior Frontend Engineer for an E-Commerce Platform Provider. This job made me feel more comfortable, because it was more appropriate for my skill level. But I kinda missed the deeper purpose that I felt when working on the Blockchain stuff. Now the company is basically bankrupt thanks to COVID-19. I therefore have to find a new job just a couple months after beginning. Now I am having kind of an existential crisis. I don’t know which path to go. I have been working myself into more backend and cloud stuff but just foundational knowledge without much practice. I am solid in Frontend Development, but something inside me screams that this isn’t what I want to do forever. I like the work itself, designing and implementing user interfaces and features. That’s not the problem. But it feels dull at times and pointless. Like, I am creating websites and apps, but it doesn’t really feel like I’m actually achieving something profound. It’s just digital pixels appearing on the user’s screen. There is no deeper meaning, nothing groundbreaking, it’s just a job. I have been thinking of moving to other fields like Machine Learning. But this would mean all my built-up knowledge on web development has been for waste. And I don’t want to be hopping from one thing to the next until I’m bored again. So to summarize, I like the work itself, the coding, the creation of cool User Experience and new Features. I also like digging into new technology and learning. But I am missing an inner drive, a deeper meaning, a clear goal what I want to achieve. I don’t want to waste my life. Do you have any thoughts, inspiration, ideas about this? Have you ever experienced the same thing? Thanks in Advance.

Hi guys, I’ve been through quite a tough year emotionally and financially. I have a gambling addiction that has caused me to lose the trust of my family and my girlfriend. Though they still stand by my side they don’t know that I am in deep debt, having a 10k € credit and red numbers on my bank account and credit cards. Also, due to Corona my company sent me in a kind of payed vacation where I get 60% of my normal wage which can just about cover my expenses. I have recently graduated with a B.Sc. in Computer Science. Specifically media informatics. I did this because I wanted a blend of design and technical stuff since I am not the typical IT nerd but also need some creativity and to see the fruits of my labor rather than just working in the background. I have a job in Frontend Web Development Right now. It’s fun but it has no deeper meaning to me. Before I worked as a working student for a company in the Blockchain Department, because I am really interested in decentralized technology like Bitcoin and Ethereum. But I couldn’t cope with my boss so I left and the jobs in this field are quite rare, also being not that deeply technical I was a little overwhelmed by the difficulty and I am also struggling to see real world applications for this technology besides the obvious - Bitcoin as decentralized store of value. I am searching for my vocation but am struggling still. I am more a right brain thinker. Creative, chaotic, emotional. But I am also very good at learning and logical thinking which makes me a good programmer. Though I still feel overwhelmed by all the new technologies and new stuff I have to learn every day. I also have social anxiety and that makes it hard for me to work with people. I have no confidence in myself but try to work on it through meditation and personal self work. But this effort is hindered by the fact that I keep lying to the ones I love because I make the same mistake over and over again , the gambling. It is also impossible to get a treatment here in Germany, all psychiatrics have at least one year waiting lists, and in COVID 19 Now it’s impossible anyway. BUT I try to treat myself. I will never give up but I need to find a purpose in life to get over the need to gamble to fill the emptiness inside. I did the Life Purpose Course but without real result so far. Here are my values: - Freedom - Passion - Love - Equality - Growth - Creativity - Empathy - Mindfulness - Truth - Responsibility I am sympathetic for anarchism and anarcho-capitalism as well as Austrian Economics. I want everyone to have the same chances and to be treated fairly and equal, but also for everyone to have the chance to find their vocation and express their uniqueness. I am super nice to everyone but also have emotional aggressive outbursts especially when I’m drunk and deeply buried guilt and bad memories come to light. I am also an awesome writer, have great language skills in written word though not in spoken. I always wanted to write a novel full of passionate people and touching other people’s hearts but I don’t like to read fiction so it seems not true to me. I like coding and problem solving but don’t like to think to technical but rather from a more holistic or human / practical kind of view. i think that coding is the right path for me but there is nothing to strive for right now. I need to find my impact. what advice do you have for me ? Thanks in advance. Stay healthy and strong.