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by sgbeal 1322 days ago
> How did it happen?

i was walking down the road doing something completely unrelated, not thinking about anything in particular, and it hit me.

> Any suggestions to move towards that direction?

If it doesn't happen on its own, it seems unlikely to me to ever happen. It's like falling in love: if you look for it, if you try to force it, it's not going to work.

> If you feel comfortable, you can share your purpose finding journey.

My purpose is not to change the world, but to support those who do. i've spent approximately a quarter of my life supporting/contributing to Richard Hipp's projects (mainly the Fossil SCM and, more recently, sqlite), and have found that niche to fit my purpose perfectly. It was, however, only about a year ago that i realized that that was my purpose.

> And what happened next?

Same thing as the day before: keep contributing.