Purpose vs. Goals | A Bit of Optimism #Podcast

I'm purposefully not making pop music anymore because that doesn't really make me happy. And when I reached the height of that pop mainstream success, I was left a bit empty. And I think finding, finding your purpose is really important. But I had found mine so young that by the time I finally hit the goal and reached that goal of like essentially everything a musician could dream to attain, there was nothing left. And so that's where we talk about that sense of self worth and not equating that to your work. And. And when I realized that, I found myself much happier, which is still a struggle every day. I'm a human being.

You said something, you talked about, you know, I had my purpose until I achieved my goal. That's a common misperception where people confuse purpose and goals. Like, my purpose was to become a pop star. My purpose was to have a number one hit. But those aren't purposes, those are simply goals. And you can't achieve a purpose. You can advance towards it, you can build upon it, you can live it, but you can't achieve a purpose.

Wow. That's exactly how I feel like that's. That's what I had gone through.