Present AND Purpose?

Someone once mentioned to me that your purpose is something you embody for all aspects of your life. I thought so too, or at least that’s what I learned and thought so. It’s not. My purpose for my career should not be the same as the purpose in my personal life. They may have some relations, some connections, but they should not be the same. Each role you play in the world, from an employee to a child, there is a different purpose. I thought it’s a purpose that bleeds into each area, but there needs to be lines not to be crossed. But most importantly, purpose will change as we change. Instead of finding a purpose, we should focus more on enjoying and living in the moment. During the pandemic, I felt lost at sea, stranded on an island, trying to rewrite my purpose for my career, which in turn was the purpose I was chasing after for my personal life. I was focused on that for a while because that purpose, I took to heart, embodying my life’s purpose, when it’s simply just my career’s purpose. Growing up, we are asked what we want to be, who we want to be, what do we want to do, always about the occupation. Because of that, it turns into this item on our list, our life’s purpose to fulfill. Maybe instead of drilling that into kids’ heads at a young age, we should be drilling how to just be happy, in the here and now. Future is important, but the present is equally important, if not, more. Choose to be present AND create different purposes for different slices of the life pie. BUT focus on being present, as that at the end of the day, the purpose of life is to just to simply be, be human. Aim for being present, and the purpose(s) will follow.