Quarter Life Crisis? Check

Studying passion is nearly causing me a quarter-life crisis.

 

A cubicle-bound job for only 2 years and I have already slammed into the realization that everyone comes to eventually; I will be here every day for the next 40+ years of my life. I am working to retire. Period.

 

“Don’t worry about what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ~Howard Thurman

 

Thank God I leaned into the discomfort of choosing passion as my word and am starting to dive back into remembering my passions. (I don’t think it’s DISCOVERING your passions, like so many say… they were always there, weren’t they? We just tend to let life derail us and get in the way.)

 

Life is short and it is precious, the best time to make change is NOW. No use hobnobbing around waiting until my actual midlife crisis.

 

I found this great article, http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/219709

 

 

It encourages 5 exercises to lead you in the direction of what your passion might be. I am omitting the fourth because for me, it doesn’t apply.

 

Revisit your childhood. What did you love to do?

 

See? Remembering your passions.

I loved to talk. If I wasn’t standing on the picnic table making impassioned speeches to rocks then I was literally standing in the street, talking to no one, but speaking nonetheless, usually directed at the fence posts. I loved to write short stories or create stories orally. Again, the talking. The being heard. I loved and ached to be outside. To be with nature. I had a very tender spot for animals and natural objects (trees, rocks, etc.) from a very early age.

 

Can these be translated into a career now?

 

Make a creativity board.

I have always been interested in creating an intention board. For fitness, mostly. But maybe I should make a larger board, half for health and fitness, half for career. Maybe they will surprise me by intersecting in ways I wouldn’t expect?

 

I know some of you have made creativity boards before, post photos on IG and tag me so I can get some inspo!

 

 

Make a list of people who are where you want to be.

This is straightforward. I think the distinction here is not making a list of people you WANT TO BE. But people who have achieved the goals you are now seeking to achieve.

 

Take a break from business thinking.

Stop thinking about it too much. Create. Laugh. Travel. Dance. Those are often the times when realizations come crashing down.

 

All of these things are on my to-do list. I need to sit down. Pour some tea. And get to work, cause this shit is important to me.