Who am I? Why was I born? What am I doing here? What is my purpose? What am I meant to do with my life? If you haven’t figured this out by now, then you may have been asking the wrong questions.

You are going to turn your questions upside down and then, you guessed it, use archetypes to find the answers. Archetypes represent big thoughts, big feelings and big actions. Archetypes influence how you think, feel and behave, so they’re a perfect source to draw on when it comes to answering the big questions about your life.

Knowing your personal archetypes allows you to understand your personal history, so you can be more present. Archetypes allow you to read ahead in the stories of your life. You can use your archetypes to figure out who you are not, why you were not excluded from life, what you are not doing here, what is not your purpose, and what you are not meant to do with your life.

To begin the process of recognising your personal archetypes, go through the list below, pausing at each archetype to ask yourself:

1. Who am I not?

2. Why was I not excluded from entering this life?

3. What am I not doing while I’m here?

4. What is not my purpose?

5. What am I not meant to do with my life?

Yes, of course it’s a long exercise in self examination, but these are life’s big questions that you’re still asking. Take your time reflecting on each one. You can’t get stuff done with incompatible archetypes. You need to identify the correct archetypes if you want to manifest what you are meant to be, do and have in your life.