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Seven Ways to Find Your Purpose in Life

By Jill Suttie — 2020

Having a meaningful, long-term goal is good for your well-being. Here’s how to find one.

Read on greatergood.berkeley.edu

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Dan Millman: Presence and Purpose

Author Dan Millman writes that just as we can divide the points on a compass into four directions and the days of the year into four seasons, we can give order and structure to our life experience by looking at it through a filter of four purposes.

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Unity Magazine
2019
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Living on Purpose

“Living on Purpose” offers twenty-five “House Rules” for living a purposeful life, and illustrates how to apply them with real-world questions and answers.

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Dan Millman
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A Time to Find Meaning

“Even when disease cannot be cured, there is often a way to use this difficult experience to know more intimately the value and purpose of your life.”

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Rachel Naomi Remen
1999
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Meaning & Beauty

There is a deep connection between meaning and beauty,” says Rachel Naomi Remen. “Neither is a function of the intellect, both can enrich a life, and perhaps we develop an eye for meaning in the same way that we develop an eye for beauty.”

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Rachel Naomi Remen
2000
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15 Ways to Find Your Purpose of Life and Realize Your Meaning

Reading my philosophy thesis was like receiving an email from my 25-year-old self. “You don’t find meaning; you create it,” was my answer to the question, what is meaning?

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Jeremy Sutton
2020
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Play Life More Beautifully in the Age of Extinction

Will we spend the rest of our days either dining on doom or drowning in denial or feast on what lights us up?

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Carolyn Baker
2016
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How to Find Your Passion and Live a Fulfilling Life

If you could do one thing to transform your life, I would highly recommend it be to find something you’re passionate about, and do it for a living.

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Leo Babauta
2021
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Find Your Deeper Meaning Through Nature

I believe that the ability to discover deeper meaning in our lives is positively correlated with the amount of time we choose to spend in nature.

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Elaine Dundon
2018
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Why Do I Feel Empty: When a Lack of Meaning Is Something More Serious

Feeling empty is a strange and uncomfortable sensation. It can be momentary, situational, or if long-lasting, a symptom of a serious condition related to mental illness or related to substance abuse. When you're feeling empty, this emptiness can feel unfulfilling, confusing, and upsetting.

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Sarah Fader
2020
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Feeling Lost? 4 Steps to Finding Purpose and Direction Right Now

It’s common to question where your life is going. If you’re constantly asking yourself where your choices are taking you and if you’re making the right ones, you’re not alone.

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Maxie McCoy
2019
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