On Finding Your Purpose...

 

Three years ago, I wrote a blog titled Where's my voice. This was back in 2021, I was so passionate about knowing what my purpose in life was and what my voice was. 

Three years later, I am not a hundred percent sure about what my purpose is, but I am not where I was back then. I have a rough idea of what my voice is and where my purpose in life is.

In the beginning I had a plan that was going to help me figure out this big question and I even wrote on the blog;

I can publicly admit without shame that I have done all the hard work. I have joined communities, and I have been part of different organizations. By doing so, I have over the years discovered my strengths and my weaknesses. I know that I can be a good leader but I need to work on my leadership skills. I know that I can lead projects and organize events. I know I can mobilise people for an event, I can create a safe space for people, I can be a fun moderator, a good host and I can be a good public speaker.

I now know that I can speak in front of a good number of people without dropping dead, but I'll need a few seconds on stage to gather my confidence. Being part of various organizations has helped me improve my communication skills, my leadership skills and my social skills.

I am aware that there is a possibility that I might not be intrested in the things that I'm intrested in right now in five years to come, but I believe that my interests right now does two things; 1) They serve me well at the moment and 2) They are a road map to what my older self will be intrested in. 

Yes, I found my purpose. I have an idea of what I should be focusing on in life. I have an idea of something that I can confidently talk about without fail. Someone said that if you are passionate about something, you won't get tired about doing that thing over and over even if it means waking up in the middle of the night.

Your purpose should be something that you are passionate about. Something that you are so loud about. Something that you can talk about it for hours. Something that lights up your heart and your world. Something that makes you look forward to it everyday. At least that's what I know about having a purpose and a passion for something.

I am definitely not at a place where I can say that I have learned my craft, definitely not in a place where I can proudly say that I am good at what I do. No, I am still building myself. The last few months have been my season of realisation of the things that I think I can do well.

Now I am moving into the next season of trying to work on becoming this person that I think I can be. I am in the season of building my identity and learning my craft. I have a voice now, but it's still a baby. I am working making this baby a whole toddler, then a teenager to a whole adult. I am aware that this will take a lot of time, learning, consistency, discipline and a lot of sending myself out there but, I'll get to the top.

In this journey of finding my purpose, I've learned that yes, there are some decades that nothing happens, and there are weeks that decades happen and the trick is; making sure that you get the most out of those weeks that decades happen and you learn to go easy on yourself on those decades that nothing happens. 

Finding my purpose has also been tied to always showing up. This is to either events, to church, dates, to planned dates with friends, and to taking up opportunitieseven if they scare me to death. I have had to show up to random events organised by random people and it has always helped me learn a thing or two about myself or learn something from others that help me build my personality to be the person who fits my purpose.

I don't know where you are at in this purpose and passion journey, I hope you are at a better place than me. We all have different journeys in life, some people find out early in life, some late, and some even never get to live their purpose because of various reasons. So, take it slow. You'll get there.

If you can share your journey here, I'll be grateful.