On realizing your life’s leitmotif
copyright: Dorothée King
As children of the 21st century, we might feel pressure and urgency to realize our selves: We are supposed to live our dreams, our passions, be authentic, and super successful. All at the same time. And, as kid of the 21stcentury, you might answer: “Why not? I want it all. I want it now.”
So possibly you are also searching. Searching for what you truly want in life, what is essentially yours. I have been hoping to finally get a clear answer about my true purpose for at least the last twenty years.
If you are searching, like I am, then maybe you also tried to find your answers on the all-knowing Internet. I did the 16personalities test. I filled out questionnaires to find my true values. I started surveys to discover my real strengths. I struggled to find my dream job based on my innermost interests. All the answers I found were insightful. The results calmed me down — for a while. But all the results did not reveal the guiding thread I was hoping to find.
Because, and you have probably heard this before, there is nothing to find out there. Maybe, as kitschy as it sounds, it is already in you, in the way you already live.
After even more consciousness development coaching tools, online quizzes, and diary writing, I experimented around. I developed new questions out of a tool I found on the internet (haha). And today (drum rolls) I want to introduce THE (wink wink) answer finder to all your life questions: Your Life’s Leitmotifs Finder.
Sounds to be good to be true? I cordially invite you to try it out. Your Life’s Leitmotif Finder takes five minutes only. It changed my perspective on my life completely, so I hope it will enhance yours as well:
Imagine yourself age 5 to 10. Go back and re-imagine your childhood with all your senses. What did you love back then? What do you want other people to remember about you as a child? What are the incidents from your elementary school years that you look back to with pride, love, or yearning Write it down: What do you love and appreciate most about that young you?
Imagine yourself age 11 to 15. Go back and re-imagine your early teen years in detail. What did you love most back then? How do you want other people to remember you as a pre-teen and early teen? What happened in those years that you look back to with pride, love, or yearning? Write it down: What do you love and appreciate most about that young version of you?
Imagine yourself age 16–22. Go back and re-imagine your early adulthood years in bright colors. What did you love doing? How do you want to be remembered? What are the incidents in that time that you remember with pride, love, or yearning? Write it down: What do you love and appreciate most about that younger you?
Imagine yourself as you as an adult. What roles, tasks, projects do you enjoy most? What do you truly love? Be super honest here. Write it down.
Have you noticed major threads, specific loves, any leitmotifs? Write them down. Live according to these guiding principles. When you are faced with a decision, align yourself with and realize your life’s leitmotifs.
“What the Universe will manifest when you are in alignment with It is a lot more interesting than what you try to manifest.” –Adyashanti
Enjoy life. Thank you for reading. I look forward to your comments.
Also published on Medium: https://dorotheeking.medium.com/on-realizing-your-lifes-leitmotif-75eb24887678