The 3 Reasons...

I believe there are mainly 3 needs or reasons to do things in life...

1) Love
2) Learning
3) Money

These 3 areas need to be met in order to feel that you are growing, satisfied and valued. If you are missing any one of these areas you may feel stuck and unfulfilled or unhappy.

You may be in a high paying exciting career, but have no time for your relationship or indeed a relationship, which may leave you feeling an emptiness at the end of the day. You may have been working in the same job for 10 years and make good money, but you don't enjoy it anymore and you are not learning anything new. You may have a great relationship and enjoy what you do and learn lots, but don't make enough money to pay your bills at the end of the month.

There are any possible number of combinations of 2 of these 3, but if you are not checking all 3 you might find it useful to take a step back and see how you could change things to make them better for yourself. It's not always possible to get all 3 needs met in one area of your life, so look to expand it. If you are in a well paid job but don't enjoy it or feel that you are learning anything anymore, perhaps you could look at taking a course in something that interests you in your spare time, or you could find some voluntary work that you would love to do.

Sometimes we can get stuck in a rut and not know what we are doing anymore, or why we are doing what we are doing and what we are doing it for. It can help to look at the reasons why we are doing what we are doing and how we can meet those other needs that are being neglected in order to achieve a more balanced contented lifestyle.