Most People Don’t Care About Purpose, They Care About Taking It Easy
“So,” I said with a little dramatic pause. “What do you want to do?”
“I don’t know, Tom. I actually have no idea.”
*Inside my brain*
What the fuck? I think about what I want to do every moment of every day. I work tirelessly towards it 24/7. What does she mean she doesn’t know!
That was a conversation I had with my good friend recently. I was legitimately taken back by her response. My brain couldn’t comprehend it.
I know what I want to do. I want to travel the world. I want to help college students sift through post-grad bullshit. I want to inspire people with my words.
But literally 95 percent of my friends don’t have any vision. They’ll take sales jobs they hate or some other job and sit at home on their off days doing absolutely nothing but binge watch shows on Netflix.
Where are the people who want to build something?
This is especially a problem for my guy friends out there. One of my best friends is on probation for blacking out and walking into some random house he thought was his own. He works as a server at Buffalo Wild Wings, perfectly content with what he’s doing.
I literally don’t understand.
I started a clothing company in college with two buddies and they were super excited at first, but everything fizzled out after we ran into our first real problem.
I ended up doing all the work. That’s why I hate those damn group projects at school.
I never run into anyone that wants to do something special. More than that, I never run into anyone that understands how much work it takes and actually wants to grind through it.
It’s ridiculous.
Most of my friends in college never did any homework and one of them literally played some computer game nine hours a day which is no exaggeration.
Our purpose is everything. I believe we all have a higher calling — there are no exceptions.
Some of us might love sales jobs because we love talking to people. Some of us might love doing electrical work because we’re good with our hands. Some of us might love to be an entrepreneur because we can’t bear to work for anyone else.
The way I see it, having a purpose is fucking rare these days. I sure as hell don’t see it amongst my friends.
We’re too focused on getting a place and marrying someone and being financially stable. We’ve forgotten the one thing that actually makes our lives make sense! Purpose!
Doing what we were meant to do.
To be honest with you I feel like most people don’t care about their purpose, they care about taking the easy route in life. Purpose doesn’t know “easy.” Working toward our purpose is supposed to be hard.
Which takes me to my friend from above. She has a purpose. I believe her purpose is to entertain, because she’s one hilarious person. I think she could knock a damn audience to their feet if someone gave her a mic.
And I tell her this every day.
You see, I left one thing out. We should constantly lift people up to pursue their passions. They’re not bad people if they’re lazy or they don’t know what they want to do.
That’s why one of the sections of the Post-Grad Survival Guide used to be named “Purpose.” I think most people simply don’t know or care what theirs is. And that’s sad to me. I know without my purpose I would be infinitely less happy.
I hope you all work towards finding your own.