Purpose

It's been a goal of mine for a while to determine my life's purpose. That is, the thing I feel I was born to do, whether or not predetermined purpose is real. (I don't think it is, by the way, but that's me.) If you'd like to read more about determining a life purpose in general, Personal Excellence is where the idea really solidified to me.


Here's the thing about that though.

　

Historically, I've been terrible at setting and achieving goals. I tend to be very easily distracted and I'm not a particularly motivated person overall. You may have noticed that theme cropping up over the last week or so, since I bring it up pretty often.

　

So it's important to find ways to keep yourself motivated to stick to things. Something that's been helping me a bit lately is a phrase my dad used to tell me a lot: you can't buy discipline.

The past few days, when I'm about to skip out on something or eat something I shouldn't, etc., that phrase pops into my head and it steels me. I've got Alu saying it, too, just in case it doesn't come automatically.

　

This morning, I weighed 193.5 lbs.

　

Today, I ate

　

~ An aloha pineapple smoothie from Jamba Juice (Happy Pineapple Thursday)

　

~ A serving of tri-color rotini with a bit of butter, cheese and garlic salt

　

~ A nutella sandwich (I was having trouble finding things for lunch)

　

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As far as determining a life purpose, that's a difficult goal, but definitely a worthy one. My suggestion, or at least what I'd like to do, is simply to try new things all the time (within reason, I'm not condoning cooking meth or anything). If there's something you love to do, figure out a way to do it and make it a part of your life.

　

I'll keep looking for myself, but let me know your thoughts on life purpose, whether it's yours or just the general idea.

　

Take it easy!