Whether you know it or not, you have a purpose. A very specific purpose. If you didn’t have a purpose, you would have no reason to be here!

But you are here, and hopefully, if you don’t already know, you are asking yourself right now “what is my purpose?”

If you don’t know what your purpose is, you are not alone. Many of us may search for years before discovering our purpose for being. Many of us mistakenly think that a “purpose” must be very important and special, or else it’s not really worthy of being our “purpose.” But our purpose, by no means, has to be glamorous. We are not all meant to be rock stars or heiresses. Most of us, in fact, have a very ordinary, (though still important) purpose, we just haven’t yet recognized it as being “our purpose.”

Now at this point you may be thinking that your purpose is related to your job (and of course we all have a purpose when it comes to our jobs), but this not necessarily true of our life purpose. So, if our life purpose is not specifically related to the job we do, how do we go about discovering our purpose?

1. Ask yourself what is it that you REALLY love to do with your spare time.

This is important when trying to figure out what your purpose is because what we do with our spare time, and do with passion, tells us a lot about ourselves. If you are artistic and creative, it means that your purpose involves creativity. If you love to garden, then your purpose involves working with the earth. If you love to teach children, whether you are a teacher in a school or teaching arts and crafts to neighborhood kids, then your purpose involves working with children.

2. Write your story.

What would you do if you had no limitations? If money, education and age were NOT considered, what would you do? Now it’s really important not to skimp here – don’t hold back! This is just a story – no one has to see this! Go as crazy as possible, but also make it believable. What would you do if nothing could hold you back?

3. Pay attention to synchronicities.

Synchronicity is a term coined by the world famous psychologist, Carl Jung. It means “a meaningful coincidence.” Once you have discovered what it is that you are passionate about and have written your story, you will start to experience synchronicities guiding you in the direction of your purpose.

Let’s say that your life story involves being a painter, it is very likely that your purpose is related to painting. Now that you know this about yourself, you can start watching for signs, or synchronicities, that guide you in that direction. The signs may be very subtle, such as receiving ads in the mail for a sale on artist supplies from your local art supply store, or having a friend tell you about some local watercolor classes.

Once you put the focus on your story and your passion, synchronicities will appear that guide you toward your purpose – but you have to pay attention and do something about them. Remember, you HAVE a purpose, a reason for being here. Having “passion” is your soul trying to communicate to you its greatest desire for being. That desire is connected to your purpose and your reason for being.