Why You're Here
THE PURPOSE BEHIND EVERY DESIRE, CHALLENGE, AND CREATION
People are looking for a meaningful life. Meaningful work.
They’re searching for the answer to, “Who am I?” … “Why am I here?”
I keep coming back to this…
Maybe the point of being alive is to imagine something that doesn’t exist yet (but it could), start creating it, and experience everything that happens along the way.
And as we do that, we’re inevitably going to be challenged. Because going somewhere new, creating something new, means growing into someone new. Which is how we evolve. Which might be the whole point.
Think about it.
You imagine a different version of your life … something better, something more, something that feels like “I want this to be real” … “I want to be this person” … “I want life to be like this”
You imagine something that doesn’t exist. But how wonderful it would be if it did, right?
That imagining is showing you what’s possible … if YOU take it from there and continue doing all the other things you’re wired to do.
Because once you see that possibility, your energy rises. Have you noticed that? You get curious. You get obsessed. You get creative.
The way your thoughts move from there … “I could do that… then that could happen … I could also do it this way …” … that’s your imagination and creativity at work, mapping out how to make it real.
There’s a constant inner activity nudging you to engage with it.
It’s so persistent that you can’t have peace until you do.
It’s as if you’ve been given an assignment.
A direction.
And the only way forward is straight into that experience.
So you get on that path. You start moving toward creating what you imagined. Whether it’s a thing or a life you dream of having.
For me, that’s why I was making jewellery. That’s why I made t-shirts and sweatshirts with colors and designs that didn’t exist that I wanted to wear. That’s why I wrote an ebook. Or built a web app.
And all of the things I’ve ever made or couldn’t not pursue.
Each one started with imagined possiblity of what could be, desire (AND DECISION) to make it real, and ended with me making it, or still being on a path to make it.
Because there is a process…
The moment you start moving, you’re engaged with a pursuit and you’re inside a creative process.
And that’s when the challenges come.
Not as obstacles that mean this isn’t the way to go, but as the actual point of all of this. Because every challenge you face on that path forces you to grow. You have to learn things, develop skills, work with your fears… figure out who you need to become to create what you’re trying to create.
The challenges you meet on this particular path are the point.
The evolution that happens through those challenges is what you’re here for.
Of course, the creation itself matters. But it’s also the vehicle to give you that evolution.
It’s the becoming that happens while you’re creating that seems to be the whole point.
You’re not the same person at any point on that journey as you were when it started.
It’s all about the experience you have underneath your pursuit, and what you make out of it. What it leaves inside you. Who it turns you into. What you’re leaving behind along the way.
You’re also not here to arrive at a point where you have it all figured out. You’ll never have it all figured out. I believe there’s more to figure out than we can ever figure out in our lifetime.
You’re here to keep imagining, keep creating, keep experiencing, and keep evolving through it.
It’s like life is constantly asking: “What do you want to create next? Who will you become in the process of creating it?” And the answer to both questions is what makes your life meaningful.
This is why your desires and visions are important.
They’re not just something pleasant to indulge in or talk about. They give you the path, the curriculum, the experiences you are here to experience, and help you become who you are here to become.
This is why ignoring them feels so heavy. Because you’re denying yourself the exact journey you’re here for.
Klára
An interesting read, Klara!
"You're here to keep imagining, keep creating, keep experiencing, and keep evolving through it." Maybe peace isn't in finally having it figured out. Peace is in accepting that the next desire, the next creation, the next evolution is what's supposed to always emerge.
And I'm curious, when you're in the middle of a creation that feels like it's too much, how do you distinguish between "this is my evolution" Vs "this path isn't aligned?"
Because I feel that's where people get stuck. Not knowing whether to persist or pivot.
Great work!!