Knowing My Environment
You have gotten reacquainted with yourself now it's time to look at your environment. Not the outer environment but your personal environment and how you can use things such as your life experiences, passions, and skills to further help you to live within your purpose and have the life you want.
The second stage of the Life Purpose Makeover Journey is the walls we put on the foundation. Just like houses have layers, so do people. How strong the walls are is determined by the material used. The same goes for this stage.
The purpose of this journey is to be a better version of yourself and live the way you want.
This stage is all about identifying the things outside of ourselves that play a part in our life. Most of us like to believe that we do not have outside influences, but the truth is we all do, but the level of power something has varies from person to person.
We look at these environmental factors to identify their influence on us and understand the best way to either change or utilize that influence to become our best selves.
Wouldn’t you feel great to wake up every morning and be able to say that things going on around me? I have accomplished this, and my life is better because of it?
Skills And Talents
In this fourth step, we work to identify the things you naturally do well. Everyone has something they are inherently good at but frequently cannot identify them because they overlook them.
During this step, we relate these skills with your purpose. Are the skills aligned with your purpose? Do you need any additional skills to help further your purpose and life?
If so, can you identify them, and how will you go about acquiring these skills?
For someone like me who is a lifelong learner, you may enjoy unlocking new skills, but someone else may not unless they can be shown how it benefits them.
What is a better benefit there than being able to do things on your terms? Most of us do not like being told what to do, especially by another individual who does not know what they are doing. Reclaim your life and your purpose by using your skills and talents to navigate your life.
Passion and Interest
In this fifth step, we look at the things you are passionate about and interested in. We all have interests and passions, but sometimes they go unidentified. These things can give us an indication of where your purpose in life may lie.
Some passions will not lead you to your purpose, but they can start you on the right path. Understanding your passion and interest can show you where you may need to focus your energy.
How great would it feel to wake up every day and do something you love instead of doing something you have a strong disdain for?
Will everything work out the way you want it to on the first go-round? Probably not, but as long as you progress to where you want and know how your passions and interests can benefit you, you will be on the right path.
Life Experiences
In this sixth step, we look at the things you have experienced in life and how these things have had a hand in shaping who you are and the things you do. The key is to take these experiences and learn from them.
The first reason we want to learn from them is so that we don’t have to repeat the lesson and the second reason is so we can move on with our lives.
We all have people around us who love to reminisce about the past, and it is nothing wrong with that except when you dwell in the past and never focus on the present. Your goal is to share those past experiences to show your growth, and how you could change your life from ho-hum to life only, you can imagine.
Instead of accepting those experiences for what they are, we use those experiences and the things they taught us to create the life we ultimately want to live. What better way is there to create a life on your terms than taking your life experiences and flipping them for your greater good.
When we take the time to self reflect, we can see how we determine the things that become a part of our environment. Learning how to use the things around you and within you allows you to create your life your way.