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How To Achieve a Life that You’re Passionate About
By Doing What You
Love To Do
By Kathy Baker
We all have a definite purpose in our lives, a key part of which is
living a life of joy and abundance. It’s also about doing what we love
to do and fulfilling our highest natural potential.
Some call it ‘career’, some call it ‘vocation’, others call it following
your ‘calling’ – doing something that you’re perfectly naturally suited
to do, and fulfilling your life purpose in being here.
I’m sure you’ve heard the saying – ‘Do What You Love and the Success
Will Follow’. I can hear you saying – yeah well, it’s
not always that easy!
Yes, sure, I agree – it’s not always that easy. But why not? This is a
complex question. Let’s explore this a bit further –
Some people find their way easily and naturally early in their lives and
live a passionate life on purpose. Others find their way and make
changes years later, or in mid life. Yet the majority struggle and never
do.
So, why does this elude so many people who think they’re on the right
track, in a good ‘job’, earn reasonable money, sometimes even great $s,
yet still something is lacking, still they’re not happy or fulfilled,
still there’s a yearning for something else, something more?
They wonder if there's any purpose or meaning in their life. They find
themselves just existing from day-to-day, operating on autopilot, or by
default, dreading getting out of bed in the morning, and trudging and
dragging their way to their 9-5 job ('job' = 'just over broke'), or
these days more likely to be an 8-8 job ...
Many know they’re stuck in the wrong career or in an unfulfilling job,
and say they will get around to fixing and changing that some day, when
the time is right, when they get a chance.
Yes, for many, ‘Life gets in the way’. The mortgage and bills have to be
paid, family to take care of, school fees, other life responsibilities,
climbing the corporate ladder as society expects … and so it goes on ...
and life goes by ...
Yes it’s a complex issue ...
OK, so - How can you achieve a Life that you love and enjoy by doing
what you love to do? How can you do this?
It takes major soul searching and the courage, and the ‘guts’ to give it
a go.
For the next few minutes – set aside some time for yourself to explore
the following questions below. For that time, answer honestly from your
heart. Put aside any limiting thoughts. Think big. Indulge yourself.
Don’t edit or sensor yourself. Most importantly, have fun with this
exercise. And, write down your thoughts - grab a piece of paper, or jot
on your computer.
Ask yourself –
* What do I really love doing?
* What are my hobbies? (not always the same thing as previous question,
so differentiate them).
* What are my ‘big picture’ dreams and goals that I have and would love
to achieve?
* What would I really like to do if I absolutely knew I would not fail?
* Take this a step further - If money wasn’t an issue at all, what would
I do or like to achieve?
* What do I think about when I get a private moment to myself?
* Have I ever fantasized or wished I could spend more time at my hobby
than at my job? Expand on this.
* What dreams did I have in childhood? Have I lost touch with or
forgotten the dreams and goals I had in childhood or
earlier in my life? What are they?
* What interests, desires or passions do I have that I keep inside and
do not tell others?
* Have I dreamt about ‘working for myself’, starting my own business,
perhaps my own home business?
* Have I actually tried setting up a business or home business before
and failed?
* What things do I do really well and give away to friends – perhaps
gourmet goodies, paintings, arts and crafts, floral
arrangements, pet treats, plant cuttings or propagation, woodwork items,
other hobby items …
The answers to these questions will give you the clues to your passions,
or the career or business for you to consider pursuing –
If you’re passionate enough, love it enough, are fuelled enough, and
have a raging ‘fire in your belly’ for it - You’ll find a way to DO
IT. That’s what it takes!
Find your LOVE and PASSION and pursue it and you will find success.
Yes, it will be difficult starting out. That’s the way it is with
anything you may do, whether it’s a business or some other passion - it
takes time, commitment and perseverance to build.
YOU WILL find a way to do it, and YOU WILL make it through
and won't quit when the going gets tough, because you LOVE it.
Once you make up your mind that it’s what you want to do, then JUST
GO and DO IT!
Kathy Baker has great
'passion' for living her life 'passionately' in her own 'individual'
way, and has several 'passions' she has incorporated into her way of
'being' and 'doing' in 'Living the Passionate Life'. She is a Success
Coach (Business/Marketing/Personal/Spiritual), Writer, Law of Attraction
Practitioner, Marketer (Intuitive Marketing with Integrity), and
Information Product Marketer/ Internet Marketer. She works with success
and freedom seeking individuals and entrepreneurs in helping them find
ways to live the life of their 'wildest' dreams ...
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