Sarp Erdag's Blog

What is your true purpose in life?

I have been thinking quite deep nowadays… Here are some of my recent thoughts and the things I keep saying to myself for the last couple of days. 

Believe that you are on this earth, and you are who you are because of a specific reason. You have a reason to live and if you discover your life’s true purpose, all of your decisions will be much easier and your path will be clearer. 

Many of you have heard this saying: “There is no wind that blows right for the sailor who doesn’t know where the harbor is.” 

And the hardest part of life is not reaching your harbor, but discovering which harbor is yours to reach. 

Contrary to popular wisdom, you need to first feel happy inside and then you can reach success in life. When you are driven by your true purpose of life, you will have passion, courage, self trust and you will be happy in the way you are going on and it will be much easier for you to succeed whatever endeavor you have. 

What is your true purpose of life? 

Overload

I have 500+ friends on Facebook.

I am following more than 350 people on Twitter.

I have 1000+ unread items in my Google Reader account.

I have even more unread items under my Flipboard account.

I can’t stop checking my email every 1-2 hours. 

I have tens of unread books on my book shelf. 

I have tens of unread iBooks on my iPad.

I have hundreds of bookmarks on Safari that I saved for reading later but never had time to check back. 

Do I need all this stuff?

I feel like an old guy with a Messie Syndrome. Would I spiritually and professionally be better if I just threw away all these?

Do you also realize you are in such a situation from time to time? What are your thoughts?