What is cooking? I had a really quick question I wanted to ask you all. What is your purpose? Let me know. Peace
Eric Owens
@EricG · 0:20
Hey, Ethan. Eric here. Thanks for the invite, man. Hey, to be quite honest with you, I have no idea what my purpose is. I just know where I've been, what I've done already, and where I'm at. Right now, I'm not sure where I'm going. So it's a very interesting question. And thanks again for the invite, man. And Happy New Year
There's a lot of ideas wrapped up in, not necessarily spoken of, but wrapped up in the idea of, quote, unquote, purpose. And because of that, I don't necessarily ascribe to it. I do think that it's valuable to set goals and try to achieve them. That we can continue to shape who we want to be and grow and change from that, but to somehow put it all under the umbrella of purpose I see difficulties there, although that's just me
Ethan Carpenter
@eeeethooo · 2:50
It could be the death of a family member or it could be the birth of a new family member, like a child, that becomes their purpose because then they have to support and raise that individual and they find that sense of duty in it. And so I've done a little bit of thought into this and I think whenever I talk about purpose, it always comes down, at least in my sense, to some kind of duty. It's a responsibility to something or someone else
Ethan Carpenter
@eeeethooo · 1:54
Yo. What's up, Elle? Thanks always for the golden nuggets you're dropping here. That was awesome. And I had to go back and listen again to a part of it because you said my purpose is to be an expression of change and then that there's more outside of the orthodox mindset, that there's more to be seen or more to be had. And I totally agree, dude, and you put that perfectly
Ethan Carpenter
@eeeethooo · 0:05
Hey, Eric. Thank you very much for the response. I do appreciate it. And Happy New Year to you, my friend
Sarah Blanche
@SarahBd1 · 1:06
I love this question, and I love any question that makes you really have to sit and think and not just give generic answers. I believe that my purpose is to break generational curses, just make things better for my next lifetime, for my family's next lifetime and my friends next lifetime
I mean, baby. And they go through life and they just follow them. For the rest of us, it's a little bit more complex because then eventually not having a purpose, that's something that I don't believe. That thing is you haven't found a name for it. But every day we're doing something towards it. It might be a self loving purpose, self survival purpose, but we just haven't named it yet. But we all do have a purpose
What's up, buddy? I love the question. Thank you for the invitation to join. What is your purpose? Well, we got to start back where you and I first met. Who are you? Right. Because if I'm going to say what a purpose of mine is, I guess I might as well find out who the f*** I am
Kristy Carrico
@Kristy · 4:00
I actually had been on my own spiritual journey for a really long time, and it never occurred to me that I should actually be doing something. I guess I was just having the existential crisis of, hey, where do we go after here? Or is reality real, or just so many questions that never actually forced me to live in the now. But recently I've come to find now that I have actually moved careers, I've kind of changed people, places and things
The way that I think of these things is that I live according to the things that I value and who I want to be. And the imagery that comes to mind is I'm on a surfboard and my center of gravity is holding me stable. I have all of the tools and skills and abilities within me to navigate through the world, and I can surf, and the ebb and flow of what life throws at me, I can do
Ethan Carpenter
@eeeethooo · 0:17
Hey, Sarah. I really liked what you had to say. Thanks for your response. I think that passing on Fortune to the next generation is definitely one of the most admirable things and selfless things that you can do as a human being. So you're definitely on the right track, and you have a great, great goal and a great purpose. So I appreciate your answer. And Happy New Year. Bye
Ethan Carpenter
@eeeethooo · 1:01
And that's the evolving thing that's taken place in human culture and society for pretty much ever. And like you said, human culture and human society evolves. That's one of the biggest things that we have to accept, and we have to accept change
Ethan Carpenter
@eeeethooo · 1:25
Hey, what's going on? Dre good to hear from you, man. Happy New Year's. Sorry if I'm going to have some noise in the background. I'm doing a little drywall work at the moment, but yeah, dude, I think what she said was totally on point, per usual
Ethan Carpenter
@eeeethooo · 0:51
Hey, Mckaysey, thanks for the response. I hope I'm saying your name right, and if I'm not Ethan, please let me know that I'm not doing it right. But, yeah, we have to throw it back to the first time you and I talked about it, because it is along the same lines. And for me, it sounds like for you, too, purpose is kind of multifaceted
This is such a deep and cool question. I discovered my purpose a few years ago and the whole COVID thing and being retrospective and introspective and all that, and I realized that my purpose is to help people find their way along their path. I love being able to talk to people and help them. And I use Tarot cards and Oracle cards and divination to just walk them through things that they're going through and showing them the different paths
Kristy Carrico
@Kristy · 2:20
Again, I'm new here, so I don't know what's acceptable and what isn't. I hope that we can all be open and honest and be ourselves and talk about things the way that we'd like to, but I definitely don't want to step on any toes. So if you want to keep talking about this topic, that's be amazing. If not, I totally understand, but I appreciate you responding. This has been really, really exciting
I am not a human and that I really don't like because I see social audio as being so much more personal than other social platforms. And so if we were having a live conversation, standing together, talking, and somebody was to poke me and say, hey, check out my podcast. Hey, check out my podcast. Hey, do you know what I mean? So there comes a point when it's insensitive. I'm just really not a fan of that. But that's me
Ethan Carpenter
@eeeethooo · 2:21
I'm very new to swell. I have 25 followers, probably 29 now. And so the only way that I can grow my following is by reaching out to people who I don't know yet, and that was you. And I feel like you've had a great conversation with us so far and have added a lot of value to this. Well, so I'm glad that I took that chance and reached out to somebody who I didn't know
When I was much more younger, at the age of 25, by a professor who told me that I would never make it in life, I had to redefine my purpose. And I told myself of that. I want to be that woman standing in front of multiple people, telling them that I'm going to make a name, I'm going to stand tall, and I'm going to achieve all the successes that I was told that I would never achieve
Ethan Carpenter
@eeeethooo · 0:23
Hey, Christina. Thank you so much for responding to this post. I'm super glad that you found what drives you your motivation, your purpose, your meaning. And I'm really glad that you're able to provide the light to other people and be that guiding light for the people who potentially would need it, who would need that kind of presence in their life. So you keep doing you. I believe in you, and I'm excited for you. All right, have a great day
Ethan Carpenter
@eeeethooo · 0:53
And I'm sorry about that experience in 25 years old in college with that professor. But some things that seem really bad at the time turn out to be some of the best things that happen to us. And I feel like that, in a way, has driven you to become the strong person that you are today, because people told you you couldn't do it, and you showed them wrong. So thanks so much for your response, and I hope you have an amazing day. Bye
Dewuan .
@FryedOreo · 1:14
And I live to deconstruct every belief, every concept known to man, to show the absurdity of it all. So that is my purpose. To deconstruct for no other reason than to be absurd. Thanks for asking this question on swell
Anyway, thank you and no apologies necessary whatsoever. I completely understand. And if my recollection is correct, I don't think I received an invitation. I think I saw your title on the recent or latest section of the Explore page. But even if you had absolutely no problem whatsoever, it's like you said, the excessive invitations, that, to me, are the ones that rankle me. But anyway, thank you
Ethan Carpenter
@eeeethooo · 0:41
Yeah. What's up, Fried? Oreo, I appreciate your response, man. I think everybody has their own way. There's really no correct way 100% to do anything. And everybody has their own method and their own ideology on how they should go about life. And if yours is absurdity, then that's cool, bro. That's cool. That's absurd, bro. But seriously, keep deconstructing those comments commonly held beliefs
Ethan Carpenter
@eeeethooo · 0:30
Hey, Christina, thanks so much for getting back to me on this. I really do appreciate you, and I'm glad we can clear up any potential miscommunications or misunderstandings and see eye to eye with each other. And I would love to invite you to more of these swells and hear your opinion, because I really do think you have a wholesome personality and a great voice, and having your take and your opinion on these kind of things would be a great value to me and to others
Lisa Carpenter
@lisacarpenter · 3:26
I will say as a photographer, I found my purpose in learning everything I could about my craft so I could show up in the best way possible for my clients. Really wanted to make my clients feel comfortable and confident in ways they never had before. So I learned absolutely everything I could about posing to make somebody feel the most comfortable and excited to be in front of the camera
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 2:50
So that way when people are having their moments, they can come across my material, my content, whether it's what I post free on social media or they go straight to my website and want to have group or individual coaching sessions with me to do that deep dive. What I say is I am the resource for healing journey content on what it means to heal out loud. And that is my purpose. My second purpose is because it's layers. We're human and we're like an onion
So if I produce, for instance, I'm a writer and I'm a poet, and if I produce poetry or Kristina, that affects change in this world or affects people who hear it or read it or brings about some type of newness, then I have affected change. And if I've affected change, then I have fulfilled a purpose. But I don't think that you can quantify purpose into only one scene
Well, I think that cooking is when you take the chicken breast, you slice it real thin and then you slap them all on a plate, maybe six or seven strips of them chicken breasts. You put them on a plate in the microwave and you set it for about seven and a half minutes, full power. And what you'll come out with then is a little bit of, like, beef jerky. It's chicken. Of course it's not beef jerky, it's chicken jerky
Ethan Carpenter
@eeeethooo · 0:33
You've always been the best model mom on the planet. Without a doubt, there's no better mom in the world. And I'm really excited to have you here. So thanks for responding to this and I love you. Have a good day
Oh, that's so sweet. I bet she I bet she made really good spaghetti and probably good at pouring cereal into bowls. I don't know what this app is for
Ethan Carpenter
@eeeethooo · 0:42
And we need more people like you in the field, helping other people, talking to other people, using your voice, and giving your past experience onto other people to help them traverse those difficult times. And so thank you so much for doing what you do and keep doing what you do. And I'm excited to talk with you some more. JL all right, bye bye and have a great day
Ethan Carpenter
@eeeethooo · 1:21
Hey, Dom. Maria, good morning. Thank you so much for that insightful response, and I really liked what you had to say that your purpose is to simply be you and to grow into who you are and find who you are on a deeper and deeper level every single day by consistently improving and looking to develop yourself. So that should be one of the foundational purposes in everyday life. And I'm on the line that you're on with that purpose is multifaceted
And I also have found that existing and breathing air and eating food and contriving a narrative for myself is something that I can talk about for extended periods of time. And it's a good thing we're doing this. This is an interesting
Ethan Carpenter
@eeeethooo · 0:18
All right. You're cracking me up. I love it. I love it. Keep doing what you're doing, because you're bringing some humor to my morning, and I love it. But yeah, I actually pour my own cereal, but she makes a really fantastic breakfast that's healthy, and it gets me ready to go and tackle the day. So, yeah, that's what's cooking
Lisa Carpenter
@lisacarpenter · 0:41
Oh, my gosh, I love this platform, Ethan. And thank you so much for inviting your mom, no less, to participate. I love that you're always showing me new and exciting things in the social media world and technology and all of our things that we share back and forth. And I'm super proud of you. And just keep plugging away. Your are doing great things. And again, I will say it a million times over. I'm super proud of you
So I am super busy with the writing and it would be so fire for me to talk to a fellow writer about my stuff and actually kind of get into what my stories are and what's going on with that and just get feedback and then also hear about what you write. I would love to know what you write, about what you're into writing and your processes for writing and kind of how you get your information and your study process, because there's always studying that goes along with writing
Eluchianna Olive
@Luchianna · 0:16
Showing up late to the party, as usual. What is my purpose? To live life with purpose? Meaning? Build relationships. Men relationships. Laugh more, stress less
Ethan Carpenter
@eeeethooo · 2:01
And getting close to the end been a four year process with it. I've poured a whole lot of energy to it. What you're saying about writing books, even fiction novels, you have to do a lot of research and you have to constantly be coming up with ideas
Ethan Carpenter
@eeeethooo · 0:13
I love that answer. It's very short and concise and right to the point. And it encompasses a whole lot of things that are really, really good and building relationships and living purposefully. So thank you so much for your response
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Sharon Hamersly
@SharonLee · 3:19
I love taking a new group of people out to see a sunrise out on the river, get in the kayaks and paddle out for a sunrise and just to watch the world wake up in the morning. We see the birds come out and the dolphins start to frolic around us. They jump all around and it's just so awesome to see the expression on people's faces. I enjoy taking kids out. I enjoy taking adults out
Every time you go forwards, you end up having to go back because you got to revise stuff that connects to the new stuff you've added. And then when you do a revision on one part, you realize that revision actually affects another part. So it can be very indepth, definitely. But I am very far along in the process of writing this fantasy novel, and it's really a labor of love and just some years of devotion, and I'm super into fantasy
Ethan Carpenter
@eeeethooo · 0:48
Hey, Sharon, thank you so much for your response. I can already tell by the way you're talking that you're a leader, and it shines through in the groups that you've created, especially the kayaking group. That's very impressive that you've created an 800 strong kayaking group, and that you're getting people out there into nature and having them be adventurousome while also being athletic and potentially losing some weight
Shivani Sharma
@ShivaniSharma · 0:40
Hey, Ethan, thanks for the invite. And that's a wonderful question, I believe. What is your purpose? So my purpose is to stay consistent, take smaller jumps to achieve success. And when I say achieving success, it is not just about achieving your goals and how fulfilling your journey is. It's about you enjoy the journey and also the number of lies that you encounter people, that you touch them positively. So I think that's the purpose
Ethan Carpenter
@eeeethooo · 0:48
Is, not only am I looking to better myself, to increase my position in the world and my influence, the positive influence that I can give out there, but I also want to spread that influence positively on other people. So very good response, and thank you very, very much. All right, have a great day