Discovering your purpose can completely transform your identity, your work, and your life!

Are you ready to finally step into the life you were meant to live?

Purpose is one of those ideas that very few people ever fully understand. It tugs at you. It whispers to you in quiet moments. It pulls you toward something more, even when you can’t quite name it. And for many people, it lies dormant for years… waiting for the moment you stop running, sit still, and finally ask: What am I really here to do?

In Episode 43 of The 30-Day Year Podcast, Dave and Jacq open the door to the most defining conversation of a person’s life: finding the energy, identity, and defined direction behind your purpose.

This episode isn’t simply about “finding your why.” It’s about learning to recognize that electric sensation inside you… the one that tells you when you're alive, when you’re useful, and when you’re finally doing the work you were meant to do!

Dave and Jacq take listeners through the search, the pivot, the awakening, and the service that defines a life of purpose. Their conversation is real, vulnerable, and deeply relatable… because almost everyone has lived through the “tortured soul” phase without realizing it.

Whether you're in a season of searching, a season of redefining your identity and purpose, or a season of stepping into something bigger, Dave and Jacq Conway will give you the roadmap and the questions to begin living with clarity. Listen to episode 43 now!

Key Takeaways

Purpose isn’t a job, it’s a feeling. (06:06)
Purpose isn’t an external object you chase. Dave explains that purpose is a feeling expressed through a defined goal or identity. But what happens when you're disconnected from that feeling?
Numbness is often the first sign you're off-purpose. (08:19)
Before finding clarity, Dave describes falling into escaping, staying up until 3am playing StarCraft, feeling detached, numb, irritated, and directionless. When you have no purpose, your decisions have no anchor. But there is a way to turn it around…
Enthusiasm is the bridge between your purpose and your next chapter. (18:41)
Dave reveals the four areas that shifted his entire life: enthusiasm for understanding the mind, enthusiasm for helping others, enthusiasm for earning money, and enthusiasm for knowing the higher power. Purpose deepens as enthusiasm expands. This is an eye-opening segment of the episode you must listen to!
Your purpose evolves as you grow, and your identity too… (15:38)
Purpose isn’t static. As Dave shifted from carpenter to educator, his identity changed, his habits changed, and his decisions changed. Once he had something “worth changing for,” old patterns fell away naturally. The same will happen to you.
Your purpose leaves clues… (24:16)
Jacq shares her process of tracking every job she ever had, circling what brought her joy, and discovering the themes that defined and revealed her natural gifts. You’ll see how to identify the moments you feel alive and useful… your purpose leaves clues… let’s find them!
Plus, you’ll get to hear Dave and Jacq’s three-step exercise to uncover your true purpose!

Are you living inspired or uninspired?

Purpose is the compass that directs your time, your identity, your emotional state, and your future. When you understand your purpose, everything becomes clearer:

Decisions are easier.
Work becomes energizing instead of draining.
You stop escaping and start creating.
You protect your time, your thoughts, and your environment.
You evolve into someone you actually respect, and it’s what turns your life from searching… into serving.

Final Insight

Your purpose doesn’t arrive in a sudden flash of lightning one day. It unfolds when you’re willing to ask deeper questions, follow your enthusiasm, and trust the feeling calling you forward.

As Dave says, “If you don’t have a purpose, what do you base your decisions on?”

Episode 43 is your invitation to start answering that question, and to finally step into the life you were meant to live! Tune in now!