The Happiness of Pursuit: Find the Quest that will Bring Purpose to Your Life

A quest requires sacrifice of some kind. There

Why should you consider a quest? Because your life is good, but you don’t feel completely fulfilled. You long for a challenge that requires you to develop new muscles and acquire new skills, and if you’re willing to work for it, you can find it . . . or perhaps even better, you can create it for yourself.

I’d like to repeat the advice that I gave you before, in that I think you really should make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their sit

every single day, each of us gets to answer a far more interesting question: What’s worth living for? If you could only pursue one thing, what would you craft a life around and do every day? And what if real sacrifice was involved . . . would you stick with it?

The distinguishing marks of a passport didn’t determine my identity; my experiences and values did.

Once you’re near the end, there’s no time for bullshit. But what if you decided there’s no time for bullshit—or regrets—far in advance of the end? What if you vow to live life the way you want right now, regardless of what stage of life you’re in?

Relax. Or don’t relax, because a quest is rarely about taking it easy. It’s about challenging yourself however you can, learning new things and exploring horizons outside your environment . . . even if you never leave home. You can do this no matter where you live and no matter how old you are. If you want to make every day an adventure, all you ha

You know how you meet people and they ask, “What do you do?” You can always say that you’re a teacher or a student, an accountant or an artist, or whatever your vocation. But once you have a quest, you have another answer, too. Your identity isn’t tied to a job; your identity is who you really are. I’m trying to visit every country in the world. I’

Embracing a calling is about being the best at something, or doing something that you feel no one else can do. Not necessarily in a competitive manner, where you have to beat someone else, but according to your own standard of what you know is true.