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Why The Unplanned Planner Should Embrace Not Knowing What Happens Next

Instead of worrying, we should experience.

Anisa Snipes
Sep 13, 2017
Clemson University
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Are you unsure of if what you're doing with your life is what you should be doing?

Do you question your decisions endlessly, unsure of how it will affect you in the long run?

Well welcome to my world.

For as long as I can remember I was always that girl who thought about her purpose in life. I never truly knew what I was supposed to do with my life but I knew it was going to be great and of importance, or so I was told. Because of this unpredictability, I could never really live my best life without pondering on how some of the most simple actions were going to affect my life even though I had no clue what exactly it was affecting. For so many years I spent endless hours trying to find what my purpose is when in reality what I really should be looking for is the why.

God has given each and every one of us a purpose. That is the what. Even though we may not know what exactly it is, we know it's there because of Him.

Instead of worrying, we should experience.

Experience the good and bad things in life, overcome obstacles that define us in the strangest of ways, become the best versions of ourselves. These things will all outline your why.

"He will finish what He has started."

-Philippians 1:6

The best part of living a life not knowing what exactly your purpose is is having the opportunity to experience different things and finding out why you were put on this earth all while knowing that God will absolutely finish what He has already started.


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