When you are living “on purpose,” you are consciously in touch with your talents, skills, gifts, strengths and values. Living on purpose requires time for introspection, thoughtful reflection about your life and the ability to move forward using this knowledge. Once you are in the know about these aspects of yourself, you are then ready to move into the decision-making process about where these parts of yourselves can best be expressed. Is there a cultural problem, cause, new career, etc. that is calling you to exercise all of those countless gifts you possess? In Repacking Your Bags, R. Leider and D. Shapiro said it well. “Purpose is not a goal. A goal is something that can be reached. A purpose is never achieved. It exits before you and lives on after you are gone.”
What purpose inspires you to make the best of your retirement years? What legacy will you leave for future generations?