I’ve finished LIFE PURPOSE course and here is what’s happened!

[Vadim26]

Warning: long post, tl;dr is included in the end

 

I am soon to be 22 and majored in engineering. I’ve started the course last year which took me around 8 months to finish. In the process of taking it, I’ve learned a lot about myself, as a person, but the question about my life purpose still remained quite unclear.

Please, give me an advice and put me on the right track. 

 

Taking the course led to me realizing 2 potential life purposes which I will get into details below.

First life purpose: I help people break through their limiting beliefs, so they can reach their full potential (Domain of mastery: Personal Development, Ideal medium: videos and blogs) = (7/10 appealing)

Potential careers: Life Coach

I love helping people and giving advices. In the age of 18 I discovered self-help and started reading lots of books related to this topic, everything from relationships to personal success. I was somewhat self-help junkie, as people say, reading through all the books and already looking for a new material without finishing previous one. I used to be a professional swimmer for close to 8 years. The determination to succeed and get better was instilled in me back then. I feel joy when improving someone’s life. I find myself fulfilled whenever I help people or give valuable advice.

 

 

Second life purpose: I inspire people to live life to the fullest and bring smiles to their everyday lives (8/10 appealing)

Potential careers: Photographer / Videographer / YouTube persona / Comedian

One of my passions since childhood has always been travelling. I’ve been visiting new country every year since I was 10. I love seeing new places and experiencing different cultures. I love constant environment change and adventure. Before starting university, taking photos and editing them was somewhat my hobby for a short period of time and I remember having fun while doing that. This hobby was then quickly lost and forgotten after school started. The videos I usually watch on Youtube are lifestyle travel videos with beautiful cinematography of people traveling around the world. This appeals to me a lot (value: freedom, adventure, fun, creativity) and I am eager to pursue this kind of “luxurious” adventurous lifestyle (aka digital nomad). So I figured that Domain of mastery of Photo / Video might be the right thing in this case. Also one of the virtues for my life purpose was “playfulness”. So having a youtube channel and doing vlogging sounds like fun to me.

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Top 10 values: Freedom, Excellence, Adventure, Love, Personal Growth, Fun, Health, Creativity, Optimism, Contribution

Top 10 strengths: Humor and playfulness, Gratitude, Perspective wisdom, Love of learning, Diligence and perseverance

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Which life purpose do I imprint and focus on? How do I figure what I am truly passionate about? Am I overthinking the whole process?

I went into engineering with the reasoning of high income and respected profession. But I later figured, that I hate sitting in front of the computer desk in a cubicle and doing monotonous 9-5 work. Don’t want to go to school and study something I don’t find interesting again.

I want to work in a creative field for myself.

That's how my vision board looks like. It represents all of my 10 values so you can better understand what I want out of life at this moment

 

Thanks for reading

 

tl;dr: finished life purpose course, found 2 potential life purposes (life coach / photographer (and film), not sure which one to pursue. Please, put me on the right track of discovering life purpose.

Edited June 13, 2018 by Vadim26
placed picture in the different spot

[NoSelfSelf]

Thats tough see whats the most meaningful thing for you to do and willing to work really hard because you value and believe in it...where did you took that test that said that you are a visionary im advocate too

[Elisabeth]

IMHO they are not exclusive. You can do one AND the other. Maybe not at the same time. But you can go and do photographs and videos and travel the world, and then maybe in 10 years you settle down, have a family and become a life coach.

Also, frankly, I like the second purpose better. It's actualized personal development vs. just learning and talking about it. You'll get extraordinary experience and have excellent video skills to use later. And, you can already include the first one. "Help people break through limiting beliefs" is just one facet of "inspire people to live to their fullest". 

Of course, I can be way off and you have to run my words through your intuition to see if what I say is true for you. 

[BjarkeT]

There is no right life purpose. Just chose one thing that is interesting and get good at that. If you make it more complicated than that chances are you can get anxiety and worry to much about it and it become more toxic than benefit you. Passion is an side effect of getting good you won't get passion before. According to cal newport. This is all based on scientific research and evidence.

it doesn't really matter which one you chose as long as you chose one with a life style you like and you find it interesting and then get really really good at it. 

Edited June 12, 2018 by BjarkeT

[Vadim26]

@NoSelfSelf  it is tough indeed. You said you are an "advocate". I am curious if your life purpose involves around helping other people in any form?

As for "visionary" it's from the sokanu.com.  The test is free and quite worth it  

@Elisabeth  I like how you said I do can one and the other, but not at the same time. I was thinking exact same thing. The idea of being life coach is so far out of reach at the moment, and it seems more compelling to pursue it when I am older with some "life" experience. And you are right, I can blend the limiting beliefs into the second one in some way, perhaps a creating a new niche hmm. Thanks for response!

Edited June 13, 2018 by Vadim26

[Vadim26]

@BjarkeT Absolutely! I have to focus and commit to one life purpose, no matter if I have a little doubt about it and just get extremely good at it. I'd rather have something mastered, than spent years contemplating what's right and what's wrong. In the end, it all boils down to massive well-planned action I believe. Which book is that from? Is that "Why skills trump passion" or something like that? Appreciate the feedback  

[BjarkeT]

so good they can't ignore you by cal newport and The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results gary keller@Vadim26

But massive well planed action isn't that important. Its more important how you take action. In this case getting so good they can't ignore you at rarer and valuable skills by doing deliberate practice and deep work

Edited June 13, 2018 by BjarkeT

[NoSelfSelf]

@Vadim26 I love helping people giving them advice but its not really what i would call a life purpose i need something where can i self express,creativity,advancement,use my critical thinking and then perform it..

Edited June 14, 2018 by NoSelfSelf