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Finding your purpose!

There come mornings when you dread waking up. You have no sense of drive or direction to feel like getting up to make the most out of the day in front of you.

Work does not give the same kick it once used to. Interactions are boring and monotonous. You feel trapped in a routine that does not generate a bit of enthusiasm. You feel the loss of purpose. 

And then you embark on a soul searching. You expect to regain lost purpose. You rarely find your calling by looking for the purpose. The purpose expresses the core of who you are. Through your work and interactions, no matter what or where it is. In a consistent manner.

Your natural tendencies have the power to exhibit themselves in a way for you to emit happiness and satisfaction. You get a sense of accomplishment when doing the work that makes your beliefs come out. Whatever they are.

When you are in an environment where you have wound up expressing yourself, you are in a constraining situation that chokes your creativity and core beliefs. That is the beginning of the purposeless journey.

You must alter the environment, the work you are involved in, and the network you interact with. 

There is no point in finding the purpose to regain your satisfying work journey.

The purpose is visible when you manoeuvre your surrounding every so often. 

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