How can we find the purpose in life?

Scientific litsketch on boosting mental health

Research shows that people who live in poor countries have lower education but more children, find religion to be a more important part of their daily life, and in turn, have greater meaning in life and a lower suicide rate than those living in wealthy countries (Oishi and Diener, 2014).

A survey of 141,738 people from 132 countries in 2017 combined with data on GDP, education and suicide rates found that as we become wealthier, religion and the purpose in life become less central to our life.

There is definitely a psychological benefit to having a strong purpose in life but evidence shows that our growing wealth can blind us from developing one.

Indeed the scientific evidence shows that we cannot serve both God and Money.

Oishi, Shigehiro, and Ed Diener. "Residents of poor nations have a greater sense of meaning in life than residents of wealthy nations." Psychological Science 25, no. 2 (2014): 422-430.