Purpose Lab's FREE MONTHLY JOURNAL • SEPTEMBER 2026 EDITION
Stop living around the edges of what matters.
A free monthly journal to help you step out of autopilot, reconnect with what you care about, and make your values, interests, relationships, and contributions more visible in the life you actually live.
This isn't a place for getting more done. It's a place to ask better questions about what all your "doing" is adding up to—and whether it really reflects the person you want to be and the things you want your life to stand for.
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Twenty minutes, once a month. A guided reflection, a growth spotlight, and challenge activities that turn insight into an actual next step—not just another thing to keep up with.
THIS MONTH'S THEME
Back to the Basics
When life gets busy, the basics are often the first things to go: enough sleep, real meals, movement, time outside, quiet, creativity, connection. Because their benefits are usually gradual and cumulative rather than urgent or immediate, they’re easy to sacrifice when you're feeling the pressure to keep everything else running.
This month, you’ll look at where you’ve sacrificed the conditions that help you feel and function at your best—and start rebuilding the capacity you need to feel more like yourself, take action on what you keep saying matters to you, and have more of you available for a purposeful life.
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Hi, I’m Amanda—the founder of Purpose Lab*
M.A. Psychology, Columbia University
My work is about helping thoughtful, values-driven people build lives that feel like theirs and connect them to something larger: lives shaped not only by what needs to get done, but by what gives them meaning, connection, and a sense of contribution.
I created these monthly journals because I believe purpose is something we practice, not something we figure out or "discover" once and for all. My hope is that each edition gives you a place to pause, ask better questions, and make what matters to you a little more visible in the way you actually live.
*formerly The Simply Well
