How's this...

...for a theoretical route to self-actualization?

1. By experiencing life, learn what you love.
2. Allow yourself to start to hope for what you love – real hope – defined as the confidence that love (ultimately) never fails.
3. Inspire yourself toward what you love, by cultivating internal and external environments that allow you to identify when what you love is present within them.
4. When you sense the presence of what you love, move toward it. There’s no need to measure your stride. What matters is your direction.
5. Wait, hope and trust, while continuing to experience life.