Looking for Purpose? Here’s the Best Advice I Got About Hiring a Coach

Anyone 30 & up still figuring out their purpose in life?

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When I was looking for a personal development coach, a friend gave me a piece of advice.

Once again, that familiar feeling I get every few years was bugging me: Unfulfilled.

Here I am in my 30s and almost every goal or dream I had has already come true.

I’ve been location-independent for six years now, cubicle-free. I’ve adventured plenty with more to come. I married the man who fiercely protects the same values I uphold: Happiness = Health + Love + Freedom.

So why do I feel unsettled?

PURPOSE.

The Japanese call it ikigai. The French, raison d’être. I call it the thing that keeps me up at night and fills my journal with question marks.

For the first time ever, I’m wondering about my legacy. What will I leave behind when I’m gone?

I’m really not okay with unused life or talents. — me

I read books, built self-growth routines, and traveled for inspiration. But what I’d never tried is to hire a coach.

So I had ‘discovery calls’ with some prospects to find The One.