I’ve been struggling to write my Definite Major Purpose (DMP).

It sounds straightforward: one clear purpose that drives your life forward. But when I sit down to write it, it’s anything but clear.

Multiple Projects, One Vision?

I have multiple projects that light me up. I run a creative agency, New Republic Design House, where I help companies shape their branding, identity, and online presence. I lead the Balanced Man retreats, creating a space for men to connect, grow, and take a reset from their day-to-day life.

And then there’s Ascenso—a boutique retreat space in Costa Rica that I am developing.
All things I genuinely want to do.

Yet, trying to define my one “major purpose” has me tangled in the question: How do I wrap these seemingly different threads into one cohesive vision? Is there one core behind it all? One statement that encapsulates the work, the vision, the person I aim to become?

Letting Go of Perfection

I think the challenge lies in feeling like a DMP must be this perfectly articulated, all-encompassing truth. Something immovable. A rock to lean on.

But maybe that’s where the pressure comes from — thinking it needs to be perfect, that it needs to fit every corner of my existence. The truth is, I’m learning that a DMP is not something fixed. It grows as I grow. It evolves as I evolve.

Finding the Common Thread

Perhaps my DMP, at this moment, is not about narrowing down to one thing, but finding the common thread that weaves through everything I do. A thread of connection, of creation, of service.