“When was the last time you felt really fulfilled? When your life felt meaningful and rewarding, or aligned with some deeper purpose of motivation? Take a moment to really think about that and observe what comes to mind.”
That sentence, sitting at the top of an article about purpose by wellness expert Cortland Dahl, was one I’d already read more than once. And I didn’t know how to answer it. I felt like a proverbial deer in the headlights.
I got up and walked around a little. I went to the bathroom. I refused to look at another screen until I’d contemplated it, and to be honest, I didn’t think I was going to come up with anything, and that bothered me. My thought process got a little panicky:
It’s been that long. You don’t even remember what fulfillment feels like. That’s not good.
I grabbed a dry-erase marker and went to work on the large glass mirror that covers one wall of my office; a remnant of the house’s previous owner. I don’t even know why it’s there, but sometimes, it gives me…
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