How do I know what my purpose is?

🦋Many people ask me: how do I know what my purpose is? What did I come to do on Earth? What is my mission? 🦋

And often in the professional context.

Many times, these questions stem from an internal emptiness that has no name, which we think will be filled by finding the answer to these questions.

“If I know what I came here to do, I can do it and feel complete! I can have that profession and stop feeling dissatisfied with everything!”

I also often hear: My purpose is x! I know this is it! I haven’t managed to put it into practice or live from it yet, but this is it!

And in the meantime, a great whirlwind and disharmony arise from wanting so badly to live that purpose, to live from that purpose, to transform it into a profession, and to live happily ever after ❤️

But what if that is also just a distraction? Almost every time I hear: this is really my mission, I see an inability to embrace adulthood attached to it. I see a justification for living with financial support from parents because one must pursue this mission at all costs, even if someone else foots the bill.

Or the person stays in professional situations they dislike (even disrespectful ones) because it’s only worth changing if it’s for the “mission.” And what if this “mission” one thinks they’ve found is more about their own traumas and wounds? About what hasn’t yet been addressed internally and is just being projected outward?

First, it’s necessary to step into the role of an adult. Into the role of responsibility. Together with the pursuit of deeper and deeper self-knowledge. All of this, combined and put into practice, allows for total alignment with our essence, and that puts us on our path.

Only then will life bring wonderful opportunities.

And by choosing them, by experimenting, by gaining experience, our purpose can reveal itself in something more concrete.

Because we first live and integrate the true purpose:

The purpose of every human being in this life is to be who they are.