Purpose

Maybe this one's a life-long search. The one that occupies your thoughts at 2am, that you mull over on the commuter bus to the job you don't quite love, that you think must be out there but you haven't yet found. How do you know what it is that you think you were meant to do?

We have some ideas for gentle steps—most of which mean figuring out a little bit more about yourself. The Sparktype assessment from Jonathan Fields is genius and helped us a lot (hello from this Maker/Maven). You can also play a little with ideas (see Creative Mornings and classes (see Creative Live). And check out the places below when purpose seems absent from or illusory in your life.

Just edge closer to it. Whatever it may be for you.⁠

“Coming to know ourselves better, remembering where the true sources of excitement and interest lie for us seems an indispensable step in the long path towards that eventual, infinitely tricky goal: the discovery of satisfying work.”

— Alain de Botton

Some ideas for places to discover more purpose:

How do you locate purpose in the world? Where can you go to find inspiration and ideas to help find your way?

Here are some starting points. More to follow soon.

UK Places

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42 Acres

Explore 42 Acres, a 173-acre regenerative estate and nature reserve in Somerset offering transformative retreats and nature-based experiences. Swim in the lake, meditate in the treehouse, or nourish yourself with farm-to-table food grown on-site.

Shop Small Special: Find Ubiety

Discover a haven for your wellbeing in Bath that gives back to others too

Tribe Porty

Tribe Porty makes good things happen for its community and beyond. Find out how this Edinburgh coworking space thinks differently about how we gather together to work.

Gather Round

Discover a family of creative workspaces in Bristol built by creatives for creatives. Now we’ve experienced life without each other, Gather Round restores real-life interactions that no amount of Zoom can replace.

Work + Play - A New Local Coworking Concept

Looking for a new way to work? Co-founder of London’s Work + Play Freddie Scobey talks to us about how he’s creating a coworking space that’s reclaiming how we balance our lives.

The Generator Hub

Discover a coworking space in Exeter that has become a place where people can come and escape their own four walls, and meet other like-minded individuals (maybe even friends for life).

A Prescription for Everyday Life: Bath (Part 1)

In the first of a new series, we’ve brought together our favourite places in Bath to seek out for bringing more creativity, purpose, nature, awe, doing good and mental wellbeing into your life.

DO | The Encouragement Network

Can you be a fan of a place like you can be of a person? We’re kind of like that with everything from the DO Lectures.

Dartington

Dartington, we found out, is one of those special places that are many different things to many different people, some of which we’d guessed at, and many of which we hadn’t. It’s like a polymath of a place.

US Places

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Mood & Moves Dance Co.

Explore your mood through dance at Mood & Moves, a creative studio in San Francisco. Founded in 2020 by Marcella Palazzo, the studio promotes creativity, self-expression, and well-being through empowering and fun dance experiences.