Looking for Direction?

Lately I’ve been considering my career choices. I feel like I’ve changed and now my work should reflect that change, I want to feel inspired at work rather than drained. After spending so many years studying, gaining experience and landing what I thought was my dream job, it’s incredibly inconvenient to ‘start again’. Even though it would be all too easy to stay put, my soul is nagging for more.

I asked myself what my strengths were as it seemed the logical place to start my career change journey. The first thing that popped into my head seemed so fluffy; ‘I’m great at being excited about ideas, like really excited to the point where I can’t help but set the action steps and get the ball rolling, I’m slow to finish but quick to start’. It seemed more like a weakness than a strength so I disregarded it immediately. Still looking for direction I began to read the Fire Starter Sessions by Danielle La Porte, and her section on ‘Bright Faith’ sparked something in me. Bright Faith is a characteristic of visionary people with so much excitement for projects that they can’t be cool or stop themselves from making momentum. She says that it is one of key things she looks for collaborators.

Finally I thought ‘Yeah, go me, my excitability is valuable - I knew it’! This happens to me all the time. I only trust those gut feelings after they are validated by an authority. I believe that half the time I choose the books I read by the validation I am seeking. So intellectually I understand that I need to trust my gut but it’s easier said than done. 

Sometime the best answer is a question. The question is this: ‘If I trusted my gut as much as my gurus, what would I do?’

As soon as I asked myself this came an outpouring of actions, some simple and some life changing steps. Free from fear, and judgment they just flowed out of me. Taking these steps will be another challenge to overcome, but the feeling of clarity and confidence that flowed out of me is the encouragement I need to step into this new chapter, guided by my inner wisdom.

Ask and you shall receive.

Your Friend,

Buzzy