Finding Your Purpose: An Honest Guide to Figuring Out What the Heck You're Doing with Your Life

Can I let you in on a little secret?
Most people have no idea what they’re doing.
Even the ones who look like they’ve got their act together with their color-coded calendars and matcha lattes? Yeah. They’re winging it too.

Here’s the thing: Finding your purpose isn’t a one-time event. It’s a journey. And half the time, it feels less like a spiritual awakening and more like walking through a fog with a flashlight and a cup of lukewarm coffee.

1. Purpose is not a Pinterest board—it’s obedience in motion.

We love to treat purpose like a big, sparkly life plan:

“Someday I’ll figure out what God wants me to do, and THEN I’ll get serious.”

Purpose is not waiting for you at the end of your to-do list.
It’s already in your hands. It’s found in the little things you’re called to steward right now

—how you speak to your kids,

-how you show up at work,

-how you serve behind the scenes when no one sees.

It’s less “what’s my grand calling?” and more “what’s the next right step in obedience?”

2. You might not be confused—you might just be distracted.

Sometimes it’s not a lack of calling, it’s a lack of clarity.
We’re so busy chasing the next thing, comparing our lives on Instagram, and trying to be all the things that we can’t hear God whispering, “You were never meant to do it that way.”

Take a moment. Get still. Turn down the noise.
You don’t need a 10-year plan.
You need a prayer and a next step.

3. God is WAY more invested in your character.

God’s not a genie handing out life maps. He’s a Father forming your heart.
If He gave you the whole plan right now, you’d either run from it or try to control it. (Ask me how I know.)

He wants to walk with you as you learn to trust Him more than your own plans.
And the beautiful, hilarious twist? Your purpose isn’t something you find—it’s someone you become as you follow Jesus.

Your purpose isn’t lost—it’s unfolding.
It’s not always clear, cute, or comfortable, but it’s deeply worth it.
Start where you are. Ask God what’s next. And give yourself permission to live the journey out loud, with joy, mess, and obedience.