Last updated on February 24th, 2019 at 03:45 pm
Hmmmmm, you think: And just how does one do THAT?
Well, my hope is that I will make this as easy as possible for you! That’s the idea, here, righto?
Step 3 for your Tip Of The Week is as simple as just REALLY marinating on this subject — and of course figuring out what your passion is!
Like, seriously, friends: what is your LIFE PURPOSE?
It took me waaaaaay too long to realize that my passion was writing. Luckily, with the help of life experience, meditation, and a whole lotta’ introspection I realized that writing allowed me to do all the things that I had always known were super-duper important to me:
⇒ connecting and helping others; both in mind and body
⇒ tapping into my uber-right-sided-brain
⇒ self-soothing therapy (y’all!!! light-bulb moment!)
⇒ working for myself/from home doing something that doesn’t bore me (I’m a Gemini AND left-handed — need I say more?) but also brings home a paycheck
It actually amazes me how LITTLE time I had spent pondering this subject matter! I think we are all guilty of this; sleeping through life….
But seriously: HOW important is it to ponder such things???
Riiiight? It is crazy important!
It was through my new-found commitment to meditation that I started finding these enlightened moments!
See? Step 1 towards a more substantial life really does do amazing things!
So – what is your passion? What makes you tick? Ask yourself these questions (and write down the answers):
- WHO ARE YOU?
- WHAT DO YOU DO?
- WHO DO YOU DO IT FOR?
- WHAT DO THOSE PEOPLE WANT OR NEED?
- WHAT DO OTHERS GET OUT OF IT?
Don’t worry. I know this is kinda deep.
But, that’s the point, dearies! Let me try to simplify it all for ya:
What do you feel supremely qualified to teach other people?
Alternatively, what do you have an interest in? Or, what sparks JOY in you?
Like, even if it is just a slight interest?
Or – what do people always tell you you are good at?
Heavy, riiiight? Really think about this, cuz it is CRUCIAL to figuring out your life’s purpose! It might not come to you right away – in fact, it most likely won’t! But really spend time in your own mind marinating on these questions. The more you think about answering these questions appropriately to who you really are, the more clear the bigger picture will become.
Let’s use me just as an example:
So……I thought to myself — what am I qualified to teach people right now? Or, what do I find incredibly curious and interesting?
Am I actually supremely qualified to teach people to write — even though I myself feel at my most free when I am writing? Uh……nope. Not really! I don’t have a Phd in Literature is my point….
But, it’s what brings me the most joy. I find it curious-er and curious-er the more I do it. That’s a good sign, right?
Okay, I thought to myself in my meditative moment, what else do I feel qualified to teach people or help people with that I know will bring me inner joy?
Give advice and hope? Yeah — I’m pretty good at that. √
Chronic Illness and Natural Wellness? I’ve done WAY more research and experienced a multitude of problems in order to become your expert! √
General Mother Earth, human, and animal welfare? Yepperdoodles. √
Organizing, In A Realistic & Achievable Way? Yup, all my friends come to me regarding this. √
Interior and Garden Design? Many compliments received over the years. √
From Scratch and Traditional Cooking? Yup – many friends have requested I give lessons AND it has truly changed my family’s health! √
Storytelling? Tapping Into Your Inner Joy and Sparking Ideas? OH YES, friends, an almighty “Hell, yes!” on that one…. √√√
Connecting. Inspiring people. Helping people (and our furry friends). Writing daily. Getting outside. Helping people with chronic health concerns. Making people happy. Bringing more joy and less pain. Teaching people how to organize/design/cook/entertain/live in harmony with themselves….this was what my brain spilled out to me during a recent meditation, dear ones!
It was like free writing, but in thought-form:
LIGHTBULBÂ MOMENT? = Start.A.Blog.
LIGHTBULBÂ MOMENT: Start.A.Blog. That’s it!!!
Dearies……there were fireworks.
There were freaking fireworks when my brain told me this.
Connect with people. Inspire people. Get to write each day. Make (some, not all!) people happy. Bring people joy, a feeling of achievement; bringing more happiness than pain. All through your own experience and enlightenment!
Talk about organizing (your house AND your head!) and natural healing and cooking and furry friends and being in nature. All the things you love!
BE YOURSELF.
Those that connect with your writing will be meant to be there, those that don’t…..won’t.
BE YOURSELF. NEVER STOP BEING REAL AND WRITING FROM YOUR HEART.
I, friends, in this free-writing-thought-during-meditation-moment, found my life’s purpose.
“AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!”
Whatever happens in the end, however long I am here on Earth — I can sit tight with this fact:
I.Found.My.Life’s.Purpose.
And….who do I do it for? Y’ALL.
Well, I do it for myself, too – equally important, to-be-sure.
But, my point is this: I love this blog, and I love writing. But, I do it mostly for YOU. And THAT is what makes ME happy.
Because in today’s world where there are way too many choices, way too much noise, way too much stuff, way too much bad news, way too much discontent, way too much stress, way too much resentment, way too much disconnection, WAY too much selfishness, way too much of way too much….I get to do what I do because the majority of it is for OTHER PEOPLE. And that, my dear ones, has always been my life’s purpose…..
How do I know? Because IÂ always knew.
Do you get it?
You WILL. I promise. It’ll click for you like it did for me! Follow along on this journey with me and you’ll see!
I really didn’t believe for the longest time I’d ever figure out how to live a life with more fulfillment and meaning. I could never figure out HOW to tap into these feelings/desires and make it into something that provided me a living, a creative outlet, and an all-important purpose. You KNOW what feels in your gut is your “calling,” but how do you GET THERE?
Let’s recap (remember we are using me just as an example!):
- WHO AM I? “TARA!!!”
- WHAT DO YOU DO? “I WRITE!!!”
- WHO DO YOU DO IT FOR? “OTHER PEOPLE — I JUST WANT TO HELP AND INSPIRE OTHER PEOPLE; I WANT TO SHARE WHAT I HAVE LEARNED! AND, I DO IT FOR MAHSELF, TOO…..”
- WHAT DO THOSE PEOPLE WANT OR NEED? “HOPE! INSPIRATION! SIMPLICITY! A FEELING OF FULFILLMENT!!!”
- WHAT DO OTHERS GET OUT OF IT? “THEY FEEL CONNECTION….THEY FEEL ACHIEVED….THEIR LIVES BECOME SUBSTANTIAL LIVES!!!”
And THAT, my dear ones……is priceless.
How can I not feel fulfilled/thrilled/elated/content/happy/achieved/worthwhile/purposeful when I get to feel like I have helped just ONE person? Even if that sole person is me???
I also know that ‘finding your passion’ can sound super intimidating and almost just too much to bear. So, just tap into what makes you curious. What makes your heart sing and the hairs on your arms and neck stand up when you read/hear/sing/shout/witness it. What gets ya all ‘riled up?
THAT, my lovelies, should be explored more.
Now, I cannot take any credit for this other than my own minds free-writing-in-thought-mode-during-meditation-moment.
I had a conversation with my eldest stepdaughter not too long ago about just this. As she finds herself approaching “real” life and college, she too had been asking herself this ridiculously deep question.
I laughed, saying “you’re asking the wrong person, there, honey! IÂ still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up!” Yeah, I’m over 40.
But, it got me to thinking, mostly because I wanted to HELP HER — I wanted to solve it for her. That, my dear ones, is when I sought out the guide who had provided me so much previous inspiration in the past….
His name is TED.
You know him…..as in, TED TALKS. That’s right, y’all: TED is right up there with ANDY for me!
This particular day I was lucky enough to watch the wonderful Adam Leipzig perform his TEDx talk.
It isn’t that his talk was longer/more meaningful/more important than any other wonderful Ted Talk I had ever heard. But, friends, I could NOT GET IT OUT OF MY MIND!!! Like, for weeks.
It was a few weeks after my stepdaughter and I watched Adam’s TEDx talk, during my new-ish commitment of daily meditating, that my own mind provided me with that soul-searching answer: Start.A.Blog.
So, there’s that! Pretty dang neat, riiiight??? It just all came together for me….I guess ya could say I saw the light.
Here, though, was the reality: I knew nothing about computers, or technology, how to start a blog, or SEO’s or ROI’s or ANYTHING.
But, this AHA-Moment made me curious, and certainly could NOT be ignored.
Adam and his talk obviously really meant something to me, or to my subconscious. It stuck out to me.
It wouldn’t leave my psyche……
And then…….POOF!
Then, my friends, there were the fireworks. So, you see — it was ALL starting to come together!
The coolest part? In an attempt to help someone else, I ended up helping mahself, too!
#WINNING.
“WHAT DO YOU DO, TARA?”
“I HELP MYSELF (AND OTHERS) FEEL CONNECTION, ACHIEVED, AND ENLIGHTENED.”
Y’all – THAT is nirvana and inner-peace for me. THAT was that ‘life purpose’ I had so long been searching for….
So, this leads me back to YOU.
WHO ARE YOU? WHAT IS YOUR LIFE PURPOSE?
Let me ask YOU AGAIN:
- WHO ARE YOU?
- WHAT DO YOU DO?
- WHO DO YOU DO IT FOR?
- WHAT DO THOSE PEOPLE WANT OR NEED?
- WHAT DO OTHERS GET OUT OF IT?
So, my dearest readers, that is STEP 3 towards a more substantial life.
Marinate on it. Meditate on it. Clean up your two rooms on it. And call me in the morning…..
Always Here,
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