When I served as an AmeriCorps CTC VISTA Leader, I mailed a package to all of my VISTAs introducing myself and giving them an exercise* I found invaluable during my own Year of Service. I called it a ‘Purpose Keeping’ exercise – basically, it’s a mission statement generator that uses this formula: i.e.

[your unique qualities] + [interacting with others] = [a better world actualized]

That’s essentially your mission, right?

*Adapted from a chapter in Jack Canfield’s The Success Principles: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be)