How Purpose Changes Across Your Lifetime

How Purpose Changes Across Your Lifetime
Our sense of purpose evolves as we age and our circumstances change. George Rudy/Shutterstock
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Purpose is the stuff of inspirational posters and motivational speeches. When we find our purpose, they say, we’ll know what we are meant to do in life. The path will be laid out before us, and our job will be to keep following that vision with unwavering commitment.

But is this really what purpose looks like?

Kira M. Newman
Kira M. Newman
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Kira M. Newman is the managing editor of Greater Good. Her work has been published in outlets including The Washington Post, Mindful magazine, Social Media Monthly, and Tech.co, and she is the co-editor of The Gratitude Project. This article was originally published on the Greater Good online magazine.
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