Crafting Purpose: Simple Steps That Reshaped My Daily Life

“It’s not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something.”

Winston S. Churchill

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After prison I landed a job at a gym in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

I worked at the front desk at first but eventually moved my way up to general manager.

I was grateful for the job, and I met some of my now closest friends thanks to the job.

But it wasn’t what I was meant to do with my life.

The camaraderie was awesome, but there was no sense of purpose, meaning, or fulfillment.

The skills required to perform the job well were not commensurate with all of my skills and did not fully tap into my potential.

I was leaving some of the best parts of me untapped and unfulfilled.

It was no different (other than pay) from when I worked in the corporate world.

But I needed the job to meet my financial obligations, keep a roof over my head, and keep food in the fridge (the same as when I worked in corporate).

Something had to change; here are 3 simple ways I discovered purpose outside of my 9–5.