Finding My Purpose: Day 2
Welcome Back! I am so happy with this challenge so far. If you are new here I am doing Cathrin Manning’s 3 Days To Purpose Challenge, it’s a free mini challenge on finding your purpose and passion. I decided to share my journey through this to show you my process to finding happiness and pursuing my dream life and being totally transparent throughout these posts. Don’t forget to join the Discord to let me know if you joined the challenge or what you think about these posts! But lets get into what you came for!
Recap of Day 1
Day 1 of the challenge really set a good foundation for finding what where you are at in your journey and what you want your life to look like. Knowing where you are and being honest with yourself with these questions is important if you actually want to make changes in your life. It’s like tracking calories and trying to lose weight but you never track that piece of cake you snack at midnight because its “just a bite”
If you missed out on my first post of that you can check it out here if you want to start at the beginning or start here and join in the discussion!
Get Down To It
The first few questions were really hard for me. I always struggle explaining or validating my interests and passions. While those questions were really difficult for me the last two questions were made so easy by Cathrin and presented in such a unique perspective! I’m a little later writing this than I’d like so I will get straight to the point. Here are my insights from Day 2.
What makes you truly happy?
Painting, Spending Time With Animals (especially horses, dogs, and livestock), Spending Time in Nature, Being in/on the Water, Dancing, Writing (especially pen and paper), Making others happy (giving gifts, laughing, time with family), Camping/Travelling
Doing what task can you loose all track of time?
All the stuff above, learning something new, listening to music, playing piano, writing, researching something new or that I am interested in.
What interests you right now?
Working with horses, painting, discovering myself (shadow work), travelling/hiking, sharing the not so perfect, learning to show up for myself, being authentically me, tattoos (getting them and designing them)
What do you want to learn more about?
I want to learn more about ranching, travel, and nature.
This next question is where I was super impressed with how it was presented. Cathrin really had you look deep into yourself and your childhood feelings which I think is SO Important. Being childlike and following what you truly love with no opinion on others just something that brings you joy. As someone who grew up going to church it also makes me think of a passage in the Bible that says to have childlike faith. This is so big for me to approach everything with childlike spirit. Non corrupt, asking a million and one questions, non judgmental, and just full of love, it is how I try to live my life.
What emotions have you been trying to feel your whole life?
I could answer this in .000000000001 seconds. my answer was: to be understood, feel a connection, acceptance from others, and finding my happiness.
The two of these that mean(t) the most to me are Happiness and Connection. I said this because I think if you have a connection with someone understanding and acceptance come along with it!
Write your purpose below:
My purpose in life is to find HAPPINESS and find CONNECTION in helping others do the same.
Halfway there!
These exercises and videos have truly helped me get so clear on what I truly desire in life and be so honest with myself. I struggle some days to express how I feel into actual words. Writing or journaling has always helped me voice out my feelings and find the right words to express them. So having someone ask me the questions I really need to ask to know how I feel has been the most beneficial think I could have done to start this 12 week journey to change.
I strongly encourage you to join the challenge if you have liked any of the questions asked. The videos and Cathrin help so much and it has so far been exactly what I needed. You can find the link to the challenge here! I would also HIGHLY recommend you check out her YouTube channel if you love people who are going after their dreams, are down to earth, and are transparent.
Remember if any of this peaked your interest, or you are interested in joining me on the journey please join the SW+C Discord Server and let me know what you think! I will post the final update here, on the Discord, and on my Instagram.
See you tomorrow for the next update,
XOXO Allie