Still Searching for Your Life Purpose?

I'm back in my beloved LALA Land where egos stand tall and strong just like the buildings. It's curious how the most mundane, even grungy details become magical when you really LOVE something ... the gritty sidewalks made me giddy as I was running this morning. The familiar strip malls, the constant hum of life, (aka honks in traffic), all have a permanent place in my crazy Hollywood Forever heart. All this love yet, I'm still leaving come June 1st. I'm moving up to the Colorado mountains to grow, because for the past year I haven't created much in LA. I'm comfortable here, but I'm no longer blooming in this city. "Excitement comes from change and creation, not so much from maintenance." That's what Anthony Robbins, motivator extraordinaire told me today (via CD).

It took me a month to finish his "7 Day" Get The Edge program but better late than never riiiiight? 2 words: BAD ASS. 2 more words: WORTH IT! He is cheese whiz cheesy at times, he even admits it, but what a great journey. This guy was a janitor, never went to college, is totally self-made, and has helped an immense amount of people around the globe change their lives in incredible ways. Karmalized? Hell yes he's karmalized! If I ever meet Tone in person I may crown him the California King of Karmalization! One thing he said that rang so true for me, especially right now was "It's not where you live in a physical sense, it's where you live mentally and spiritually." Good to know ... perhaps I'll only cry half way to Aspen :)

The last disc was about finding your life's purpose. Not the easiest thing to do on a Sunday afternoon, but none the less, I did it. The process was pretty simple. He had me write down all the things I wanted to be when I was a kid and why I wanted to be those things. This is my list:

Lawyer - because I loved public speaking and debate and wanted to use my knowledge to help other people and make lots of money doing it! Just being honest.
Bakery Owner - I wanted to combine my passion for gourmet baked goods with my artistic creative ability.

Actress - I wanted to entertain people and help them feel a wide variety of emotions. Oh, I also thought fame and fortune sounded just dandy.

President of the good ole' USA - First off, I definitely would have done things differently than President Bushy Baby ... I basically wanted to take on this hefty job to change the world. At age 14, I was not aware I had to be a descendant of the British or French Royal Family to get elected :)

If you notice I highlighted the most important reasons why I wanted to be those things. Tony said to take a good look at those reasons and use them to write down a one or two sentence synopsis of your life's purpose. NO PRESSURE, no pressure. Seriously, you can always rewrite it, but you probably won't have to. When we're kids, we often know more about what we truly want than when we're adults.

Here's what I came up with in about 15 minutes:

I am destined to be creative, share knowledge, entertain people, and change the "zeitgeist" if only on a small scale.

My Life Purpose ( for now anyway)

Create entertaining ways to inspire people to live from their higher self and lead them on artisitc culinary adventures. I'll do this by shining my best light, being friendly, compassionate, patient, sincere, aware, thoughtful, funny, charismatic, helpful, and motivated.

I figure this blog is a grand place to start living my life purpose everyday!