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Prompt: Discover Your True Life Purpose

A complete guide and plan for beginners who feel lost in life and want understand their true purpose with objective self-analysis

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Craig Perry
Aug 13, 2025
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Most people struggle to discover their true purpose and to create a direction for themselves.

Even more of those people are trapped inside an invisible prison that only reveals itself once you’ve escaped. It’s only when you start thinking about the idea of purpose and direction for the first time, that you realize how lost you really were.

The problem of purpose completely disappears as soon you start moving in some direction.

I’ve included a lot of concepts that have helped me escape my own prison cell over the last 5 years including:

  • A 14-day objective self-observation phase

  • Rank your life domains based on clarity of direction and friction:

    • Career/Vocation

    • Creative Expression

    • Knowledge/Intellectual Pursuits

    • Relationships/Community

    • Physical Development

    • Spiritual/Philosophical Growth

  • A weekly implementation and reflection plan to start building a meaningful life

Here’s the prompt:

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