Finding Your True Purpose: The Real Reason Why You Can't Find Your Way
I Could Do Anything If I Just Knew What":
Have you ever stood in front of a mirror of infinite possibilities and felt completely lost?
Years ago, I stumbled upon a book titled "I Could Do Anything If I Just Knew What." The title hit me like a lightning bolt – it perfectly captured that paralyzing feeling that comes from having too many options and not enough clarity.
I was successful by society's standards, good at pretty much everything I tried, and completely confused about what I really wanted.
The Paradox of Potential
It's a strange paradox, isn't it? To feel simultaneously powerful and powerless. To know you have potential burning inside you, yet feel frozen by the endless array of paths stretching out before you.
Like so many of us, I did what seemed logical: I looked outside myself for answers. I read every self-help book I could find. Attended workshops. Sought advice from mentors. Made lists of pros and cons. Took personality tests. Always searching, always seeking, always looking for that external validation that would point me in the "right" direction.
Here's what changed everything
But here's what finally clicked for me: The answer wasn't in becoming more. It was in unbecoming, everything that wasn’t really me.
From the moment we are born, we start collecting layers. Layer after layer of expectations, beliefs, and "shoulds":
"You should want this kind of success"
"This is what a good career looks like"
"This is how you should live your life"
We become master collectors of these layers, wearing them like armor, until we can barely remember who we were before we put them on.
The Breakthrough
The breakthrough came when I realized something profound: I wasn't lost because I needed to find something new. I was lost because I couldn't hear my own inner voice beneath all those layers of who I thought I should be.
The journey wasn't about becoming someone new. It was about unbecoming everything I wasn't.
It was about:
Peeling away the career expectations that never really belonged to me
Releasing the definitions of success I had borrowed from others
Quieting the noise of external voices and opinions to hear my own
The Magic of Unbecoming
With each layer I shed, something magical happened. The question "What should I do with my life?" transformed into "What feels true to me?" And suddenly, clarity didn't seem so elusive anymore.
Because here's the truth: You don't need to become anything to find your purpose. Your purpose isn't something you need to construct – it's already there, buried under years of conditioning, waiting to be rediscovered.
Your Turn to Unbecome
If you're standing in front of that mirror of infinite possibilities feeling lost, consider this: What if you don't need to add anything more? What if your path forward isn't about becoming, but about unbecoming everything that isn't really you?
Sometimes, the most powerful thing we can do is stop trying to become who we think we should be, and have the courage to be who we already are.
Your answers are there, beneath the layers. They always have been.
Ready to peel back the layers and discover your true essence? Let's explore this journey together. Book your Soul Strategy Session now and begin your path back to authenticity.
