Recently at church they started a Career Group Class, because for a long time we felt unsettled and lost to where we were supposed to be in our lives and our personal walk with God. There was such separation in the College/Career Class.... It was a pretty significant jump from recent kids coming in right from High School to "us" the Career Group.. Almost ready to graduate or ones like me who already have. Its hard to teach to such different age groups.. when were at significantly different levels of our lives.. so after a few months of working through the cracks.. we got it started. Its only week 2 and Im really excited to see where things get going. Today Barrie Laing spoke and asked us simple questions, but then dug deeper and really got a lot of us thinking...
Question #1: What are your passions in life? Things that make you happy... spiritually, physically... anything that might bring you joy.
Question #2: Where do you want these passions to get you in life 5 years from now?
Question #3: How are you going to get to this point? What do you need to do or possibly leave behind?
They are truly such simple questions.. but while he was speaking he dug and dug to get us truly thinking what we need to be doing... Saying that this time next year we shouldnt be having this same conversation. What your thinking about now, should be completed by then if doable!
For me... Its been about a year and a half since I graduated college, and where am I now? A part time nanny doing minimal photo projects.... Dont get me wrong I LOVE my job.. buuuut lets be honest.. its not paying the bills and Im not doing what I absolutely love and have a passion for. So I challenge myself. To invest time into what needs to be done to grow a clientele, and be able to book weddings.. or even better be able to turn away projects because I am so booked. I know that this isnt a snappy process, it takes work and time and MONEY!! But it seems to be that Ive lost motivation.. and today Barrie... you kicked me in the butt and im ready for the next challenge.. and im ready to overcome it!!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
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