Question

What might be some of the ramifications of living without purpose? How might having purpose in life impact the way people live their daily lives, and make long-term plans and decisions?

Answer 1

• A life without a purpose is a life without a destination. Like a boat adrift on the ocean, there is no telling where you might end up. With no direction to your life, you will be moved by random feelings and emotions into any harbor.
• Living without a purpose leads to poor and erratic choices. If there is no purpose, there is no structure in life and the lack of structure leads to decisions that are not fully formed with a central purpose.
• Living a life without purpose leads to a waste of resources and focusing on the wrong plan. It can lead people to feel empty and meaningless. It is hard to live when you don’t know where you belong. Not having a purpose can lead to making bad decisions and possibly doing things that are harmful to you.
• When you live with no purpose day by day this is what happens-
• 1. You start to enjoy it at first,you like it.
• 2. As time passes you realize that even living like this cannot be enjoyed,having no motive makes you feel empty.
• 3. After a certain time you feel hollow,useless.
• 4. You start to lose confidence in yourself.
• 5. You see people around you with purpose and you suddenly know how important it is to have it.
• Having a purpose leads to well formed goals and a general direction that a person wants to take life.
• Purpose provides a vision that leads you to a vocation rather than to a mere job. It provides for passion and meaning to replace tedium and aimlessness. The question “Why Am I Here?” goes much deeper than finding what career is best for you.
• Finding a purpose is ultimately a spiritual endeavor because it involves a process of connecting with something greater than yourself.
• When you have a life purpose, that’s when conscious living begins. While it doesn’t mean that all your problems disappear, at least you know what you want to drive in this world. With a clear purpose, you can then set the right goals and plans, and take the right daily steps to create your most meaningful life.
• When you know your purpose, it helps you differentiate between the important and unimportant. Most people today are so caught up in so many things that ultimately do not make a difference in their lives.
• Earn more money! Get a house! Get a second house! Get a car! Get a second car! Get a fleet of cars! When you have a purpose, you can immediately see which goals are important and which aren’t vs. your long-term life path.
  
• When you pursue your purpose, your life becomes filled with direction and meaning. As opposed to wasting your time in a job you don’t love, now you can work toward a career that better fits your purpose.
• As opposed to being around toxic people who are incompatible with you, now you can find people who share the same values to build your highest life. As opposed to living a random existence, now you can create your life of the highest meaning. This in itself is magic.