{"id":26357,"date":"2024-08-05T18:22:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T22:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=26357"},"modified":"2024-08-08T16:44:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T20:44:55","slug":"how-can-i-know-find-my-purpose-in-life%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2024\/08\/05\/how-can-i-know-find-my-purpose-in-life%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bf How can I know\/find my purpose in life?\u2764\ufe0f"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image_67113729-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"869\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image_67113729-1024x869.jpg\" alt=\"\u00bf How can I know\/find my purpose in life? \u2764\ufe0f\" class=\"wp-image-26356\" style=\"width:400px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00bf How can I know\/find my purpose in life?\u2764\ufe0f<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a firm believer that we all have more than once purpose in life and if we are lucky we change with time. For example, when I was mounted as a board decades ago, I never could have imagined students one day soliciting my advice. There&#8217;s a book in the library called <em>The Defining Decade <\/em>that many in their early twenties have found helpful. My advice? Leading with kindness, openness, &amp; curiousity will lead you to work and community that is meaningful. Your purpose(s) will find you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a firm believer that we all have more than once purpose in life and if we are lucky we change with time. For example, when I was mounted as a board decades ago, I never could have imagined students one day soliciting my advice. There&#8217;s a book in the library called The Defining &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2024\/08\/05\/how-can-i-know-find-my-purpose-in-life%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;\u00bf How can I know\/find my purpose in life?\u2764\ufe0f&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26357"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26375,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26357\/revisions\/26375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}