{"id":20880,"date":"2020-12-15T20:55:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T00:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=20880"},"modified":"2020-12-19T17:43:03","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T21:43:03","slug":"take-charge-of-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/take-charge-of-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Charge of Your Life: Lead Yourself to Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How do you take charge of your life? Why is it important to be able to be your own authority when other forms of leadership fail you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To take charge of your life, you&#8217;ll have to learn how to be your own leader. You can identify <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/your-life-purpose\/\">your purpose<\/a> and avoid issues that lead to unhappiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading to find out how to take charge of your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Take Charge of Your Life: <strong>Become Your Own Authority<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you can\u2019t find a leader you want to follow, <strong>you can also meet or partly meet your need for guidance by developing personal authority to take charge of your life. This involves <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/finding-your-purpose\/\">finding your purpose<\/a><\/strong> and using it, instead of or in an addition to an outside authority figure, to guide your actions. (Note that purposes aren\u2019t the same as ego.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In general, <strong>our purpose is to find our own niche in the ecosystem of humanity so that we contribute to the world\u2019s diversity. <\/strong>The world we live in today was created by others fulfilling their purposes in the past. (For example, the physics equations we learn in school were developed by ancient astronomers.) All of us have the responsibility to contribute something to society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our more specific purposes are determined by our unique talents and interests. <strong>All purposes are fine as long as they\u2019re personal and internal.&nbsp;<\/strong>You can learn them in order to take charge of your life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>(Shortform example: If you\u2019re good at music, your specific purpose might be to create compositions that people will enjoy, which will fill your general purpose of contributing to society.)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Once we find our purpose, we\u2019ll know how to behave when confronted with decisions and opportunities and reap the following benefits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Our choices are unified, so they\u2019re more powerful.<\/li><li>We\u2019re using our inherent talents and character, so we feel energetic and are more effective. (Purpose might initially seem like it will lead to a life of constant work and tedious practice, but it\u2019s actually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/find-purpose-in-your-life\/\">lack of purpose<\/a> that turns our lives gray because feeling like we\u2019ve wasted our time and lives is unpleasant.)<\/li><li>We can focus and overcome adversity.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, when following our purposes, some of our negative, conflicting emotions will be changed into something productive or disappear entirely:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Boredom. <\/strong>If we aren\u2019t doing something that matches our interest and engages us, we become chronically bored. We might try to distract ourselves with vacations or new hobbies, but nothing holds our interest for long due to the law of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-is-hedonic-adaptation\/\">diminishing returns<\/a>. Once we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/having-a-purpose-in-life\/\">have a purpose<\/a> and when you take charge of your life, however, practicing skills is motivating because we know they\u2019ll lead us somewhere concrete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>For example, if your purpose is to play the piano, you\u2019ll have to practice a lot. This practice might get boring for someone who wasn\u2019t actually interested in piano, but because you like it, it\u2019s fun and easy to focus. Even in low moments, you can carry on because you know practicing will lead you somewhere in particular; it\u2019s not aimless like practicing something you\u2019ll never use.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Insecurity.<\/strong> If we don\u2019t feel like we\u2019re working towards anything, we don\u2019t have goals and can\u2019t accomplish anything of value. We become sensitive to criticism, which makes it even harder to learn and improve. Once we have purpose, however, we know that we\u2019re realizing our potential and have accomplishments to demonstrate we\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/on-the-right-path\/\">on the right path<\/a>. Our doubts are about our work, not ourselves, and we\u2019re able to tell the difference between helpful and unhelpful criticism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anxiety and stress.<\/strong> Lacking purpose, we were never forced to achieve a goal and spent most of our time avoiding pain. When we encounter unavoidable, stressful situations we don\u2019t know <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/healthy-coping-mechanisms-for-stress\/\">how to cope with stress<\/a> and suffer. However, once we have purpose, we regularly experience anxiety and stress in small doses as we achieve smaller goals that are related to our larger purpose. We learn to manage pressure and can channel it into motivation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Depression.<\/strong> Without purpose, we don\u2019t have any sense that our life has meaning, and we feel empty. However, once we have purpose, we\u2019re happier because we know we\u2019re living up to our potential and contributing to the good of humanity. We\u2019ll still have low moments, but armed with purpose, these moments can be used for reflection and learning to take charge of your life. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you take charge of your life? Why is it important to be able to be your own authority when other forms of leadership fail you? To take charge of your life, you&#8217;ll have to learn how to be your own leader. You can identify your purpose and avoid issues that lead to unhappiness. 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