Start with what you love
Name activities you love, in or out of school and work, and what you enjoyed about real moments of doing them.
Choosing a direction
What should I do with my life? Start with what drives you.
If you keep asking “what should I do with my life?”, start with what motivates you rather than a list of job titles. Look at the activities you love and what you enjoy about them, test a few possibilities in real life, then choose a long-term goal you can plan toward. PurposeLife’s eight-step purpose discovery program guides you through that process.
You have choices ahead: what to study, which work to pursue, where to put your energy. That’s a good position to be in, and you have more to go on than you might think.
How do I answer “what should I do with my life?”
Work from what you know to what you can test. Name what you love and what you enjoy about it. Recognize your strengths. Find directions that fit, then try one: talk to people who do the work and ask what it’s really like. Then choose a long-term goal and the next steps toward it. You can adjust the plan as you learn.
“I don’t know what to do with my life.”
“I want work that means something to me.”
“I’m interested in lots of things. How do I choose?”
Illustrative questions for reflection.
What if I don’t know what to do with my life yet?
That’s a normal place to start, and a useful one. You don’t need an answer yet, only material to work with. The activities you choose in your free time, the classes or projects that held your attention and the moments you felt useful are all clues. Looking closely at them shows what motivates you, which points toward directions worth trying.
Do I have to choose one career for life?
No. A purposeful goal is about the contribution you want to make, and it can guide more than one job over time. When your work changes, you can weigh each new option against the same purpose. Career quizzes match your answers to job titles, which gives you ideas. Knowing what you want your work to be about helps you choose between them.
The eight-step purpose discovery program
How do the eight steps help you choose a direction?
The same eight steps, from reflection to action, in four stages.
Understand yourself
See how you like to approach things and recognize your top five character strengths.
Explore and try
Explore directions that fit, then try one: talk to people doing the work and ask what it’s really like.
Give your purpose a plan
Choose a long-term purposeful goal and plan the next steps, with dates and people who can help.
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adults aged 50 to 85 in a randomized controlled study
The research behind the method
What does the research show?
In a randomized controlled study of 89 adults aged 50 to 85 (Brackman, 2017, Australian Catholic University), adults who received the program developed a stronger sense of purpose than those who did not receive it during the study. The benefits were still present three months after the program ended.
Participants were assigned by chance: 46 received the program and 43 were offered it after the study. Gains showed on all five questionnaires about purpose, and on three of them, people who started with the least sense of purpose gained the most.
The method itself began in a program Dr. Levi Brackman created to help young people discover their purpose, which became the subject of the same doctoral research. PurposeLife offers that method to adults of any age.
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How it differs from a general AI assistant
A purpose discovery program, with a coach to guide you.
ChatGPT and Claude can help you explore ideas. PurposeLife guides you through a complete, research-tested method for discovering your purpose.
Its coach draws on guidance developed from the research and experience with people who used earlier versions of the program. It helps you explore what motivates you, work through the exercises and turn what you discover into a long-term purposeful goal.
What will you have at the end?
A long-term purposeful goal you chose yourself and a plan to work toward it. Everything you write is saved, so you can return to it. Along the way you’ll build:
- A record of the activities you love and what you enjoy about them
- Your top five character strengths, with examples from your own life
- A shortlist of possibilities, and what you learned from trying one
- A road map with next steps, dates and people who can help
- Your purpose statement, in your own words, if you choose to write one
Who created PurposeLife
Who is behind the method?
Dr. Levi Brackman created PurposeLife. He started his working life as a rabbi and later became an entrepreneur in finance and technology, thinking carefully about his next purposeful step at each transition. He developed the method through a program to help young people discover their purpose. It became the subject of his doctoral research at Australian Catholic University, which also studied purpose in adults.
About Dr. Levi BrackmanWhere can you read more?
Articles
Common questions
I’m interested in lots of things. Will this help me choose?
Yes. You look at what you enjoy across your interests, notice the motivations they share and try a possibility in real life before you decide. The choice stays yours.
Is there an age requirement?
Yes. PurposeLife is for adults aged 18 and over.
Can I do this while studying or working?
Yes. PurposeLife is online and self-paced, and your work is saved between visits. You have 12 months of access, so you can fit it around classes or a job.
What does it cost?
$149, paid once. That includes all eight steps, the AI coach and 12 months of access. There is no subscription, and you can cancel for a full refund within 14 days of purchase.
Will it tell me what my purpose is?
No. The coach asks about your own answers rather than telling you what your purpose is. You decide what to save and which direction to take.
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Your purpose starts with you
Discover what you want your life to be about.
Eight guided steps, based on a method tested in a randomized controlled study, with coaching from the start. Explore your motivations and turn what you discover into a purposeful goal.
From discovery to action
Complete program
$149 paid once
12 months of access, including your AI coach. No subscription.
Your saved work stays readable after access ends.
$149 USD total, including applicable tax.
- All eight steps, from reflection to a purposeful goal
- An AI coach built for purpose discovery, in every step
- Explore what drives the activities you love
- Your strengths, and a library of directions to explore
- Real-world exploration, your road map and purpose statement
- 12 months of access, with coaching included
14-day money-back guarantee. Cancel and refund from your account. How refunds work.
Your own experiences are the starting point
Give your purpose the attention it deserves.
Work through the program in your own time, with a specialist AI coach to help you explore what matters to you.
Look across the activities you love, recognize what motivates you, and choose a long-term purposeful goal. Then build a road map toward it.
Your work is saved between visits. You can start today and take the time you need to reflect.
Curious about where you are now? Our free six-question purpose check gives you a snapshot of your current sense of purpose.
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