Purpose is not found in a weekend. It shows up in who is better off because of what you did: at home, in the job you already have, and after a role that gave you one has ended.
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Finding it
Finding it
Be the one who starts it
In one team, one friendship, one family: be the one who initiates the helping. First to offer, first to call, first to show up.
no timeEvidence: decent
Finding it
Name who's better off
End of the week, one line: one person or one thing that's better because of something you did. Work counts. Kids count.
2 minEvidence: worth trying
Finding it
Write what you're for
Fifteen minutes, once. One paragraph: who and what you're for right now. Not who you should be. Keep it somewhere you'll see it.
15 minEvidence: worth trying
At work
At work
Go see who it reaches
This week, find one person at the far end of your work: a customer, a patient, the colleague who uses your report. Ask what it changed for them.
30 minEvidence: worth trying
At work
Reshape one part, not the whole job
Pick one part of your job to change, and start today. Shrink one task that drains you, take on one piece that stretches you, or change what you tell yourself the work is for.
15 minEvidence: decent
At work
Treat interest as something you build
Next time work you used to like turns dull or hard, give it two more weeks of proper effort before you decide it's not for you.
no timeEvidence: worth trying
When the role ends
When the role ends
Book a standing shift, not a favour
In the first month after a role ends, sign up for one weekly shift somewhere that will notice if you don't turn up. A rota, not a favour.
2 hours a weekEvidence: decent
When the role ends
Mentor one named person
Pick one younger person by name: at work, in your trade, in the family. Offer them an hour a month and ask what they're stuck on.
1 hour a monthEvidence: worth trying
When the role ends
Name what you're handing down
Write down three things you know how to do that nobody around you does. Next to each, a name. Teach one of them this month.
15 minEvidence: worth trying