Living With Purpose Isn’t a Grand Escape—it Starts at Home

August 6, 2025 | Diane Corriette
Living With Purpose Isn’t a Grand Escape—it Starts at Home

Thanks, for sharing:

There was a time when I thought I had to search for a grand purpose. I would scroll through stories of women leaving everything behind to find themselves, backpacking through Asia, taking sabbaticals, or reinventing their lives from scratch.

And I wondered what is wrong with me that I can’t seem to figure it out?

But here’s what I know now:

I wasn’t lost.
I was just overloaded.

Buried under responsibilities, routines, and everyone else’s expectations.

Exhausted from trying to live up to a version of life that never quite fit.

I didn’t need a reinvention.

I needed a return.

Not to who I used to be — but to what actually matters to me.

My values. My voice. My rhythm.

The part of me that still knows what I care about — even when the world gets noisy.

Living with purpose didn’t arrive in one big revelation.

It came quietly, in moments.

The first time I admitted I didn’t want to keep saying yes to things that drained me.

The morning I let myself pause without calling it lazy.

The moment I wrote down what I actually want — not what I should want.

Purpose isn’t always loud or flashy.

Sometimes, it’s just the calm you feel when your outer life starts to match your inner truth.

It’s not about having all the answers.

It’s about having the courage to listen to yourself again.

To live from the inside out — not the outside in.

That's why I love Inspirational Guidance.

It’s for any woman who’s been so busy surviving, she hasn’t had a moment to ask:

What do I actually want now?

You don’t need to escape your life.

You just need to step back into it with intention.