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Why the search for meaning can cause 'purpose anxiety,' and what to do about it
Article content Other people traditionally found purpose in ensuring that their children had a better life than they did. Many don't have confidence that will be the case anymore, Day said. Article content As Steger said, 'now we're stuck trying to do the harder thing, which is, one by one, figure out everything in the universe and how we fit.' Article content Take your time, and other advice for alleviating 'purpose anxiety' Article content You might begin, Steger said, by realizing that you don't have to pin down a purpose immediately; searching for purpose in itself helps generate meaning in life. Article content It entails 'understanding who you are and what you have to work with, understanding what you care about, what you'd like to see be better, either in yourself or in the world' and then figuring out if you can make an impact, he added. Article content 'In our culture, we are so outcome-focused and process-adverse,' he said. 'Probably my best advice is to take your time and be all right not always knowing.' Article content Look to hobbies, jobs and community involvement Article content For Jordan Grumet, author of 'The Purpose Code,' there is big 'P' Purpose and little 'p' purpose, and too many people stress about finding the first and ignore the second. Article content Article content 'Big 'P' Purpose is goal-oriented — it's usually big and audacious, and often unattainable,' he said. Social media, he said, 'is full of people trying to voice that version of purpose on you so that they can make money.' Article content Better, he said, to focus on little 'p' purpose and pursuits that some might simply call hobbies — gardening, singing, collecting baseball cards. Or it can be found in a job, or volunteering. Article content 'What could I do that would light me up and fill me up and be a good use of my time?' Grumet said. Article content It's not just for self-improvement, he said. When people do something they love, they attract people to them, which can help create communities. Article content Not all agree that hobbies and passions are the same as purpose. Reading books, Kashdan said, isn't a purpose in itself but can be a tool to discovering it. 'They're just like fledgling seeds of, hey, something might be there that you might want to pursue with more depth and more gravity in your life.' Article content When life throws you a curveball Article content 'I felt so pointless as a human being because I wasn't a mother,' she said, recalling the grief she felt. Article content
