'This is me'

[rollthered]

  ok- I have this really logically sane, career path available to me....I am already qualified, and am due to begin practising in a year..it has a distinctly visible ladder, where you can see most of the rungs on the path, and it is surrounded by an air of "'ohhhhhhh you're an 'x' "to it. WOW!!!!!!  It really is just a public way of being 'certified smart'- like anything it is just another line of work

The 'ooohhh' is only really great if it has been something you have fought like a little terrier to do......because u wanted it from the inside. I fought like a terrier to get through, and to see it to completion as a challenge that if I could do something I didnt like , I defo could do something I did. (plus at the time I really wasnt sure WHAT   I wanted to do!). And no one would have known, unless they asked, that it was like eating sawdust to me. When they did asked they couldnt believe I had no love of it.They would have thought I'd wanted it since i was 8 years old- just coz i was competent, and could suck up the work. I was able more than willing.


But all this NLP/life coaching/way of thinking business.....the best way I can describe it is a feeling of being immersed in it and thinking 'THIS IS ME'.

So I am taking a year off to pursue that 'this is me 'avenue.....to see if truelly 'this is me'. And doing a Masters in a related topic and moving country to do it.(scary mary! )

In this line of work it seems there is No ladder- more a hopscotch  career path of 'maybe this would lead somewhere'....and 'please god  it does'!

So jumping into the unknown.......and In a little way (aka BIG WAY) hope I get up enough steam to make a break for the border. In a way, I feel like going to start practise in what I am already qualified in....would be like a little kid feels when they're kicking a football with their buddies,  and it turns 6 o'clock...and the little dude or dudette  is  called in for their dinner.

Any advice? Anyone given it all up to follow their 'this is me'? :

[rollthered]

ok- I have this really logically sane, career path available to me....I am already qualified, and am due to begin practising in a year..it has a distinctly visible ladder, where you can see most of the rungs on the path, and it is surrounded by an air of "'ohhhhhhh you're an 'x' "to it. WOW!!!!!!  It really is just a public way of being 'certified smart'- like anything it is just another line of work

The 'ooohhh' is only really great if it has been something you have fought like a little terrier to do......because u wanted it from the inside. I fought like a terrier to get through, and to see it to completion as a challenge that if I could do something I didnt like , I defo could do something I did. (plus at the time I really wasnt sure WHAT   I wanted to do!). And no one would have known, unless they asked, that it was like eating sawdust to me. When they did asked they couldnt believe I had no love of it.They would have thought I'd wanted it since i was 8 years old- just coz i was competent, and could suck up the work. I was able more than willing.


But all this NLP/life coaching/way of thinking business.....the best way I can describe it is a feeling of being immersed in it and thinking 'THIS IS ME'.

So I am taking a year off to pursue that 'this is me 'avenue.....to see if truelly 'this is me'. And doing a Masters in a related topic and moving country to do it.(scary mary! )

In this line of work it seems there is No ladder- more a hopscotch  career path of 'maybe this would lead somewhere'....and 'please god  it does'!

So jumping into the unknown.......and In a little way (aka BIG WAY) hope I get up enough steam to make a break for the border. In a way, I feel like going to start practise in what I am already qualified in....would be like a little kid feels when they're kicking a football with their buddies,  and it turns 6 o'clock...and the little dude or dudette is  called in for their dinner.

Any advice? Anyone given it all up to follow their 'this is me'? :

[peter108]

Hi Rollthered

best tip, have endless amounts of courage, and don't have second thoughts. That's the minds way of saying "see I told you that is wasn't for you".
The real fact of the matter is that we are not what we do. It took me a long time to work that one out, something like 30 years in one profession. Despite reaching the highest position that I could aspire to in that field I eventually realized one day after a lot of soul searching that I was not my career I was more than that, in-fact I was unlimited potential. I don't like using the 'I AM ' statement because what ever follows it is a self limiting and creates contraction, unless it's 'I AM THAT WHICH IS" which is the ultimate truth.
So go for it with all your heart. Be brave and fly.
But remember you are so much more than you could possibly ever imagine in your wildest dreams.

Best wishes and good luck

Peter

[rollthered]

  thanks Peter- it gives courage to hear of others who have jumped from the train too...

thanks for your kind words of support and encouragement...does hit home to me

athnionn chiarog chiarog eile

  for those irish lovers amongst you

[anna]

Hi Rollthered

I was doing a particular job, which I enjoyed but there were elements that were not quite me. Due to factors out of my control I had to give it all up. At the time it felt very scary, as I knew this path, it was a comfort zone.
  Then one morning I woke up and just knew what I really wanted to do, all around me thought I was off my rocker, as it was not conventional, but to me it felt right. Then the path opened one  step lead to another and to another. When looking back I am so pleased my comfort zone door was closed as it shed light on a new bright path, and I have to say I have enjoyed and still am enjoying every step. This path has no set way, has known limit and is full of surprises.
 
I want to leave you with a quote from one of Paul’s books

‘Come to the edge, he said
They said, we are afraid,
Come to the edge he said
They came
He pushed them and they flew.

Guillaume Apollinaire

Enjoy your break for the border, and May you find a land where borders no longer existed.

Namaste

Anna

[rollthered]

wow

blowing me away....

powerful Anna....deepest gratitude..I was moved by your words

I think I had a look as I digested them like my  little smiley friend 'Boggle Eyes' beside me here .... as I felt something 'clicking'

I was only helped understand the meaning of namaste the other day...Thank you for shining your light my way

[anna]

Your welcome