Do What You Love so You Can Love What You Do FOREVER!

I have always held this belief that when we were kids we had some inkling or notion of the things that inspired us and even gave us some insight into who or what we wanted to become when we were older. Then as life would have it, we grow up and away from those things as we learn about pleasing other people, making lots of money and looking good. Our childhood inspirations get shelved somewhere as we tackle 'making it' in the real world. And then around the thirties we begin asking ourselves why we are unhappy with our career, our partner, even our life.
I began coaching people to take a look back and start from there to find out what their passion/purpose is.

Now as I find myself working in the youth market, I want to encourage teens and young adults to follow their bliss and create a path carved out from what inspires them, interests them and speaks to the things that matter most.


What are your thoughts on the connection between childhood aspirations and adulthood passions.  I know for me when I was a kid, I wanted to be a school teacher. What I was really about was being up on a 'stage', engaging with people, sharing information and enjoying it. I wish someone had captured those things and had me create a plan for my career or my life from that.

Instead I got caught up in doing something that others thought was a good fit for me and at the same time I was concerned with making a lot of money and looking good!!

I wonder where my life would have taken me had I started with looking at what I loved as a kid and worked from there

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I have just finished reading Scott Whittig's book called HOLY IT. It was a short, concise and easy read. He covered some very interesting topics related to finding and creating your IT in life. I love the way he shared his own personal experiences about some of the struggles he had to overcome in order to create his IT and finally bring the book to fruition.

As I was reading though I noticed that I was still struggling to discover my  IT. To this end I was still out on a limb. I then began thinking about all the terrific books I had read that talk about passion, purpose, and a dream life -  finding it and living it. The finding it part had still eluded me somewhat. I was stuck on how do I discover what my IT is? I hadn't found any good method that I could use to begin to create my IT.

Now I know about meditating, writing down my desires, creating possibilities, using a dream board, allowing the space to just "be" in order to open up . . . I think you know where I am going with this. There are some really great tips and methods that you can use that will give you a peek into living an inspired life.

BUT here's what I keep coming back to . . . HOW DO I FIND WHAT IT IS? How do I wade through some of the mental anguish to find what it is that I really want to do with my life; what my passions are and how I can bundle these into something called a career.