A couple of people pointed out to me that the author had already said they felt their purpose was to be a writer, and they have taken classes on writing. I spe

A couple of people pointed out to me that the author had already said they felt their purpose was to be a writer, and they have taken classes on writing. I spent some of my time while walking thinking about those comments and came up with the following thought; The author made those statements in a nearly 10,000 word blog post. So in many ways they are already a writer. The difference I was trying to communicate is that a "purpose" in this case, which involve writing, might be "I want to share important stories that are impactful in people's lives." or "I want to entertain people with stories of fantastic worlds." or "I want to help people understand complex subjects without having to wade through tons of irrelevant things." Those kinds of statements are purposes that are achieved through writing. For me, the litmus test for whether something is a "purpose" or simply a "skill" is that a "purpose" generates tasks in service to that purpose. Skill building improves your ability to execute on those tasks. I know, kinda meta.