Designed with Purpose

I read something awhile ago about the creators of Toy Story. In developing the characters, they were faced with the dilemma of trying to give inanimate objects believable wants and desires.

If you think back to the films, the driving force behind all the action is the goal of Woody and his friends to be played with. This makes wonderful sense. A toy exists to be played with. If a toy could be sentient, it would find its greatest fulfilment in this. A raison d'être if you will.

I think having a purpose is important in a very fundamental way. I think we appreciate this when we handle objects that are designed with care; tools that are designed to do a specific task, and to do it well. Is there an adjective in the English language that describes how such objects are uniquely pleasing to us? I think we say things like "beautifully designed", but there must be a better descriptor, no?

The beauty of having a purpose seems to extend to living things as well. I'm thinking about this.

Humans would seem to be too complicated to be reduced to such simplifications. Do you or anyone you know really have a singular purpose? Or maybe purpose can be something broader, with multiple offshoots? Does something like "helping people", or "being happy" count as a purpose?

I've been fortunate/unfortunate for much of my life in that my purpose or goal at any one time was usually very clear, and usually externally generated. Do well on this test. Pass this exam. Do this presentation. etc...

I'm teetering now though, through a new window, off a new precipice. What happens after Melbourne?

Anything. Literally anything.

The only thing directing me is whatever purpose I find inside.