What is your passion? Have you found it yet? The longer I'm on this journey to health and happiness, the more I question what I want to do. I know I was put on this Earth to help others, but that can take so many directions. Here's what I've considered so far....
A surgeon. When I was quite a bit younger (18ish), I decided I wanted to be a surgeon. I have a knack for medical knowledge. I've always been incredibly interested in the medical world. I helped a few people in college and had the medical staff say I'd be great in the medicine field. But, time slipped away and life got in the way. Too much time passed before I went back to college. By the time I was ready, I was too old to become a surgeon. I mean, who wants to finally get established at 40? Not me! So my next decision was.....
Nursing. I figured this would be a great way to stay in the medical field, but not require quite as much schooling. Besides, we all know it's the nurses who are the bad asses in the medical field. They know way more than doctors do, right? But, I've become disillusioned with Western medicine. It just doesn't appeal to me the way it used to. Now, I'm still interested in medicine and helping others, just not the Western way.
So, I've been learning about Eastern, holistic, and natural medicine. Then, there is my interest in fitness and nutrition. So this is where I'm stuck. I want to make a difference in the world. I want to inspire others to be their best self. So do I stick with the medical aspect? Or the health aspect? Do I go back to school? Or start my own business? Do I become a medical professional? Or a health coach?
I've been doing a lot of research...webinars with health coaches, reading ebooks and library books meditation on manifesting and soul searching. Still clueless! Then there is that voice in the back of my mind. Her name is Helga (something I learned about in Wildly Alive Weight Loss). She is the scared part of me that holds me back and criticizes me constantly. She tells me..."Don't you have to have your own health and life together before you could help, coach, mentor anyone??" And yeah, that scares me. I'm still growing, learning, and bettering myself. I'm not perfect. I'm human. But, wouldn't that make me more relatable?
Recently, several of my mentors have blogged, posted, emailed about the personal struggles they are going through. I didn't think..."Wow! Who the hell are they to tell me what to do when they are going through xyz?" I thought..."Wow! They are just like me! They struggle too! I can do this!!!" So, I guess the point with all this is to just know there is someone out there who has been through it before. To know they got through it, and so can you! To see someone struggle, but still love life and find a way to deal. I want to be that person. I want to share my struggle with weight, health, food, love, life....and let you know that is all still ok!! Life is wonderful, even with the struggle!!!
So here's to my struggle to figure out what I want to do when I grow up. Want to share the story of finding your passion....please comment away!!
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