# Purpose.exe - Not Found #Well-Being *Last Updated: October 2025* We waste years chasing purpose as if it were a destination, like a trophy to earn, a story to tell. But purpose isn’t out there; it’s the residue of how you live. Like a lone jigsaw piece, you find meaning only in belonging, when the “me, myself, and I” dissolve into something larger. Find spaces that let you simply be while you’re still figuring out who you’re becoming. That’s where you notice what truly matters and what you no longer have a choice about. ## The Misadventures in Finding a Purpose #### The pursuit of a purpose is one of the most misguided and exhausting expenditures of human energy We treat purpose like a distant object, something to chase, conquer, and finally claim as ours. It’s the grand illusion of human agency: that if we set enough goals, sacrifice enough comfort, and push through enough resistance, we’ll one day arrive at meaning. So we craft stories of our purpose. The ones that are palatable at family gatherings or the ones that turn heads at cocktail parties. And then we weave our lives around these masterpieces of fiction. But, how many times have you burned months chasing a goal, only to feel that strange emptiness once you got there? The spike of joy fades, leaving a quiet ache that demands a new chase. > **Purpose isn’t hiding somewhere out there. It’s not a trophy to earn, it’s the residue of how you live.** The irony is that your truest purpose is already within you and it has very little to do with you at all. If you can embrace that, you can set yourself free. ## What. #### Your truest purpose is already within you and it has very little to do with you at all Imagine a piece of the jigsaw puzzle in isolation and removed from rest of the set. If it had a voice, it would probably raise some familiar questions, > **Why do I exist? Look at my odd shape. What purpose can this random shape serve? And don’t get me started with the colors. How would I make this world a better place with all these arbitrary shades of mine?** However smart or intelligent that single piece be, it is almost near to impossible for it to find a purpose in it’s own solitude. It is only when it joins hands with rest of the pieces, the picture falls in place and so does its purpose. How often have we questioned our own purpose and our legacy likewise? > **It is but evident that the pursuit of finding one’s purpose in life mandates removal of the “me”, “myself”, and “I” from the search.** Only then can one give the undivided attention to their calling. The “purpose” then [[The Irony in the Pursuit of One’s Purpose — The Story of Namma Studio|no longer is a fact-finding mission]]. It is simply a by-product of the experience  —  the experience of truly bonding with your habitat, be it family, work, or community, the experience of being yourself without being judged, and the experience of contributing passionately without any fear of failure. ## Oh. #### You uncover purpose in the spaces that let you be fully alive Once you find an environment that allows you to simply be, while you are still soul-searching who you want to become, something subtle but profound happens. The fog begins to lift. You start noticing what matters most to you, what feels non-negotiable, what you simply do not have a choice about. That’s the “how” of finding purpose, not through pursuit, but through resonance. You don’t invent it; you uncover it in the spaces that let you be fully alive. And when that alignment happens, the search ends. What remains is the quiet work of living it. > **Pursuits that are incongruent to our inner being reduce us; seeking that is embraced by every bit of our existence liberates us.**  ## The Adventure in Not Having a Choice #### The most impactful goal you will ever accomplish in your life will be borne out of having no choice In that liberation, you innately discover what you [[The Tyranny of Chasing Goals|“do not have a choice”]] about. You discover your true north. Your greatest achievement will not come from evaluating options, or narrowing goals, or creating a vision in isolation. The moment you create a goal driven by extrinsic factors, there is a high likelihood it becomes a worthless chase. Then you are a doer seeking prescriptions to discipline your mind in the hope of conjuring yourself a future that is a figment of your imagination. > **Eventually, you will lose to the natural state of your mind.**  Once you have lived through the phases of “investigation, desperation, and understanding” of what matters to you and why, few things will shake you. Once you devote yourself to “what is”, you start to seek the Truth. In that state, there is no want, there is no need, only a speckless clarity of the present moment. Every moment is complete. Any shortcomings or unfulfilled results are merely a passing snapshot in time. Each moment builds upon the previous one to bring out the best in you. Every thought is deliberate, yet there is no dogma. Every action is committed, yet there is no regret. Every step is firm, yet there is no rush. Then, goals are mere mileposts. You don’t chase your destiny, you arrive at it. Just like that last memorable trail you hiked on.