It's Okay Not to Know Your Purpose Yet

There is enormous cultural pressure to have a clear mission by the time you finish school, pick a career, or turn thirty. But many of the most purposeful people spent years feeling lost before anything clicked. Purpose is not a deadline you miss — it is a direction that emerges as you try things, fail, and pay attention to what keeps pulling you back.

If you do not know your purpose yet, you are not behind. You are gathering data. The only real mistake is to stop exploring because the answer has not arrived on someone else's schedule.