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Crafting Life Purpose StatementsClear life purpose statements brings incredible focus to your life. This clarity can guide your overall life plans as well as day to day actions.After you've done the internal work of exploring your life purpose and have a general sense of your purpose, I recommend a three part process when you actually sit down to craft a purpose statement.  Step 1: Brainstorm First, brainstorm about twenty different life purpose statements; each idea should express the main idea of your purpose, but should approach it from a slightly different angle. It can be as simple or as flowery as you like. Here are a few sample ones to get you started. Notice they're all around the main theme of teaching, learning, and growth:
I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said, "I will never do that. But as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there." - Mother Teresa As I discuss elsewhere on this site, "what you resist persists." Psychologically, it's much easier to move towards something than simply away from something. As you see from the quote, it's possible to reframe an activity to focus on the positive. Ready? Get your pen and paper out, put your brainstorming hat on, and start writing. Again, draft a bunch of life purpose statements that reflect different aspects of your main life purpose theme. Don't get stuck wordsmithing. We'll do that in step two. For now, just let if flow. Step 2: Refine Once you have a nice long list, take a step back. Read over all of your draft life purpose statements. Ask yourself:
Your statement can be simple or it can be flowery, but try not to make it too complex. Have it focus on one main idea and leave the details for the vision and mission statements, which we'll discuss in step 3. Here are a few samples:
Finally, put it aside for a few days. Live with it for a while. Does it still feel right? Anything else you need to do to make it yours? Step 3: Add a Mission and Vision As you probably noticed, the life purpose statements can be pretty broad. That's okay. They express a core part of who you are and are not dependent on any particular situation or life circumstance. As I discuss on the finding your purpose page, you will likely have a central theme of purpose that runs throughout your life and manifests in various ways. So, to add some specificity to it, try adding in a mission and vision statement. For your mission statement, clarify what mission you're undertaking right now that expresses your purpose. This will likely change throughout your life. For your vision, describe what large, wild success would look like. Here are a few examples:
If you've made it this far, you've come a long way to clarifying your purpose and bringing focus and direction to your life. Congratulations! The next step is to set some goals, set some goals and then act on your dream! Conclusion As you probably noted, crafting life purpose statements is not complicated, but it does require doing some inner work. It can be difficult to wrestle with some of these big questions, but stay with it. It's worth it. The clarity on the other side will bring incredible focus, energy, and commitment. Good luck! Leave Life Purpose Statements and Return to Find My Purpose Leave Life Purpose Statements and Return to BPGR Home Related Articles
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