Dear Lynn,
I'm feeling so confused about my career. My college degree was in English. I graduated with some vague idea that I would teach at the university level. I taught high school for a few years, but I feel so stuck. I don't wake up excited about life and my job in particular. How do you figure out your calling and make a living at it? - Tracey M.
Dear Tracey:
You ask such a great question. It's one where there's no easy "one size fits all" answer. I've found that it's a process that requires equal amounts of courage, personal understanding and perseverance to make it all work. Hopefully, some of the ideas I've written below will strike a chord and give you some direction.
The Locked in a Bookstore Technique
Last week an intuitive reading client had a great idea for discovering your life purpose. She suggested that you imagine being locked in a bookstore overnight. Ask yourself, what section of the store would I spend the most time in? When I thought about it, I was pretty evenly divided between personal growth, psychology, spirituality and metaphysics. I might sneak over to the cookbooks and nutrition. I think I'm in the right line of work. What about you? What section would you find yourself in?
Questions to Ask Yourself
The following questions are great ones to spend some time with. It's helpful to have a journal, a pad of paper and pen, and write out what comes to you. Use your intuition! If you feel excited or curious about an idea or answer, follow that. It's your inner guidance communicating with you.
- What are you doing when time seems to fly by?
- Perhaps your ideal job might exist or be created within your present company. If you were offered the ideal job what would it be?
- What do you look forward to doing on the weekends or on a vacation?
- When you think of someone who has a "dream job," what do they do?
- If money were no object, what kind of work would you love to do?
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