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People are meant to live meaningful lives rather than merely exist.

"Life Crafting" is one of many steps we can take to find our life purpose.

We can pursue a meaningful life at any age.

Let’s face it, we all need a reason to get out of bed in the morning. As humans, we aren’t meant to merely trudge through life, living paycheck to paycheck or just accumulating more meaningless stuff. At some point, for many people, a "chasing the carrot" existence is no longer enough. We may yearn for a more meaningful way of life, a passion, or purpose that makes our heart sing, or beat a little stronger. Finding our purpose can provide us with a powerful motivation to rise in the morning with excited anticipation and maybe even joy.

Far too many individuals go through their entire lives without pursuing their true purpose or passion. Finding one’s purpose—a meaningful life—need not be a rarely attained luxury. In fact, living a meaningful life has even been linked to improved health and lowered stress, as well as improved well-being.

Would You Go to Extremes for Your Purpose?

Like most of you, I like a cozy, comfortable life, which I’ve experienced for much of my life—all the usual things we’ve come to expect in a North American lifestyle. Even with a career, though, I came to a point at which I still felt like there was an important key aspect that was missing.

Deep in my soul, I felt there was........

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