I had No Idea What I Was Doing.

I didn't realize until I joined the Global Purpose School weekly meeting that the self-directed work I'd been doing was the study of positive psychology. Unlike those whose genuine intrest took them down the conventional path of studying the topic at university, I meandered my way through an unconventional reading list over the past seven years to save myself from losing forever my ability to make sense of why and how I belong in a world that has systems and rules that I find difficult to follow.

I also didn’t know that the workshop I facilitate is a purpose intervention. I didn’t know that scholars who ask the big questions wait for the creative and pragmatic practitioners like me to come up with a tool, a method to put big ideas and concepts into a practice.

What is positive psychology? Dr. Michael Steger defines it as “the scientific study of how people build a life worth living, focusing on how individuals and communities foster well-being, flourish, and cultivate strengths like meaning and purpose.”

Where do I fit in? Where did I focus my years of independent study? The strength of purpose as a tool to reflect on the moments in one's life that have been worth living and chart a course to regenerate that life. A tool that fosters well-being and allows us as individuals and the world as a whole to flourish.

Why? Because when used correctly, purpose is an abstract concept that we can personalize and, by its true nature, helps us not only make sense of why and how we belong in a society whose current systems and rules do not make sense but also motivate us into authentic action, not just for our own well-being and flourishing but for the well-being and flourishing of others and everything.