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Some mornings, the question arrives before the herbal tea does:

“Is this really it?”

Not because you’re ungrateful.

Not because you’re failing.

But because there’s a quiet tension most people carry especially those trying to live with purpose.

You can love what you do and still wonder if it’s the truest expression of why you’re here.

You can be respected in your field and still feel like something deeper is being left behind.

And some days, the conflict whispers louder than the wins.

Purpose doesn’t always shout.

Sometimes, it unsettles.

It calls you inward before it calls you forward.

There are seasons where your work pays the bills

but your purpose wants to break the mould.

Where your title gives you access

but your heart wants more than achievement.

The real work begins with a deeper question: Is it my profession that lacks purpose or have I not yet brought the fullness of my purpose into my profession?

It’s not always about changing lanes.

Sometimes, it’s about driving differently in the one you’re already in.

Three Subtle things About Purpose (That Are Easier to Feel Than Articulate):

1. Your career is a vessel.

But your calling is the water.

Purpose doesn’t always need a new path. Sometimes, it needs a new way of being on the path you’re on.

2. The discontent you feel might not be confusion it might be clarity in disguise.

It’s what happens when your inner world outgrows the space your life is currently occupying.

Don’t silence it. Study it.

3. Purpose isn’t proven in scale it’s confirmed in alignment.

If it feels smaller, but truer go anyway.

Not all meaningful work goes viral.

But all meaningful work leaves something better than it found it.

So how do you resolve that inner tug?

That quiet nudge toward something deeper even if you don’t know where it leads yet ?

1. Stop asking “Is this the right job?” and start asking “Am I bringing the right energy to it?”

You can be in the right space but showing up disconnected.

Purpose flows through how you do what you do, not just what you do.

2. Audit your alignment weekly.

Ask:

Did I say what I meant?

Did I move with integrity or out of obligation?

Am I proud of how I showed up, even if no one clapped?

Your answers will point you to your purpose more than any role ever will.

3. Leave room for reinvention without shame.

The version of you who chose this path might not be the version of you that needs to stay on it.

Evolve. Adjust. Realign. That, too, is purpose in motion

You don’t need to burn your career to feel alive.

You just need to stop outsourcing your clarity to job titles, LinkedIn bios, or other people’s timelines.

Purpose doesn’t always arrive as a revelation.

Sometimes, it emerges as a responsibility

to move differently with what you already hold.

By: Barry Sey

Director

Be Different365 Foundation LTD