A life mission statement, or life purpose statement is:

Your own expression of an inspiring world vision, and how your personal being and doing contributes to the development of this vision of the world.

Beyond giving us just an action to busy ourselves with in life, a good life purpose statement includes two additional and essential factors:

1. A reason, or purpose, to exist that is linked to the greater scheme of things (i.e. the world). Defining your purpose in terms of a why within the context of the world is important to help you feel connected rather than isolated from the whole. Isolation from the world is a very demoralizing mental state for humans beings, and can arise if the framing of your “why I exist” is not set within the greater context the world.

2. Integration of both qualities of doing and qualities of being. A meaningful life involves a balance of both of these qualities. Over-focusing on one while ignoring the other will leave us either feeling burned out or useless, both of which end up making us discouraged and demoralized.

A life purpose statement or mission statement should be:

• Integrating you into greater whole, either through connections with other people, nature, or your own concept of the world

• Both qualities of being (these are non-actions values, like creativity, love, ambition, or wisdom) and doing (these are actions or verbs, like teaching, learning, exploring, or building)

• Resonance or meaning with you personally, rather than what someone else wants of you or what you feel you ought to be/do

• Relatively short; less than 50 words

Read more and find examples of life purpose/mission statements here.

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