Replying to a commenter Bitch its the purpose trap

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Snarky says they've been looking for books on purpose and even considering side hustle, gig type jobs, just to feel a sense of purpose. And I totally understand this. I went through the very same thing. And I will say that that is, for most of us, I think it's part of our programming. We've been programmed to believe that purpose and duty and service are required components of our psyche in order for us to be healthy people. I think it's just more programming. For me, the thing that freed me from the purpose trap was the realization that I don't have to have purpose. And I don't have to have a use. I don't have to be useful. I can be useless and still be a good person and happy. Breaking free of that purpose. The purpose trap is a huge, huge step. I don't think everybody is able to do that. I'm not saying that I'm better or I've somehow accomplished something other people can't accomplish. Maybe it's just some people are wired a little differently and it's easier for them than it is for others. I won't say it was easy for me. It took a couple of years. But there are probably people that will never be able to break free of it. But that would be my first step, is to acknowledge, not that I didn't do it, but that I did it. Not that I need to find a purpose, but that I need to find the key to unlocking the belief that purpose is a trap.