Accomplishing Our Purpose, On Purpose

The statue above has been my mood for a couple of days now. Is it your mood as well when it comes to your purpose? Currently, I’m reading The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason. If you haven’t read it, PLEASE DO! The story that I just finished is called, ” Seven Cures For A Lean Purse.” As I read these cures, I noticed that it was a replica of how to get in tune with your personal finances. It reminded me of Dave Ramsey, Suze Orman, Tony Robbins, Warren Buffet, all of the greats who have had the opportunity to become wealthy. But, there was a section in the book that spoke on accomplishing your purpose.

Now…

We often hear or have heard to trust the process, but how do you do that on purpose or with our purpose? There comes a time when we feel like we have our lives figured out to a T and we know what we will become and how we will benefit from it. It’s funny, my mom just said today if you want to make God laugh, make plans. We learn so many things and can be passionate about all of them, but still have trouble seeking what it is we are not only good at, but can do that will make us money and we won’t get bored. Or, is that just me?

When I was a senior in highschool, my father told me to take up accounting because it made $60,000 a year at that time. I wanted no parts of it. I was afraid because I wasn’t the best at math in school. I got a C. He told me, if you can count your money, you can be an accountant. Well, I wanted to help people. I loved giving advice and writing. First, it went to being working in Human Services, which was my first major at community college, I got wind of psychology and fell in LOVE! Then, I wanted to be a shrink and diagnose people mainly because the people in my household were crazy, lol. Then, I wrote my first book after a very bad break up that led to more break ups. I wanted to tell that story and I did. Now, thirteen years later, I develop this passion for personal finance. I noticed my current and previous roles were in the financial services industry. I did collections, customer service for student loans, collected on credit cards and now working with accounts who have six figures and will call about being charged twice for an item on their card. I mean, I get it, it’s their money. I’ve become fascinated with my journey of becoming debt free and personal finance. Crunching numbers, budgeting and figuring out where money goes, is enjoyable to me. Now, I find myself wishing I would have majored in accounting, lol.

How do we accomplish our purpose on purpose, if we are still trying to fine tune what it is? Granted, we learn through trial and error, this job, that job, this opportunity, that opportunity. What will stick that is ours and ours alone? At least the talent portion of it and wanting to do it. They say, if you love what you do, then it’s never a job. No matter if you know your purpose or you are still fine tuning it, keep at it and be the best at whatever it is you are doing. Excel in that job, career or entrepreneur on purpose until your purpose finds you!

Fear of writing, do you have it? IWSG Blog Hop

Good morning readers! 

 

 

It’s the first wednesday of the month and it’s that time for Insecure Writers Support Group Blog hop by my buddy, Alex! If you would love to be involved check out the details here.  Alex is cool. I am glad to be apart of this blog hop.

Today I want to talk about the fear of writing. There are many writers who will not write because they are afraid of the outcome. This was me once upon a time. But, I eventually said to myself, ” I will not know of my work is good unless I write.” So, I started to write a little at a time then I gradually got better. When I published my 1st novel, I was on edge. A couple days went by and NO reviews. By the third day, I had 6 reviews. Most of them were good and some of them were bad. None the less, it was progress. I was no longer afraid to write. Of course this happened with every other novel that I wrote as well! What can I say, I am a work in progress. I did my best and as a writer it is all that you can do.

Why are YOU afraid? 

Fear likes to show its ugly head in all parts of life. For a new writer it shows up even more. You start to think:

1. What if they don’t like my cover?

2. What if my writing is not mature enough for its audience?

3. What if the story makes no sense?

If all of that happens, so what? There will always be someone who will not like your work. You can not please anyone. Readers of this blog and my fellow writers in this group, you will be okay! You have to start somewhere so why not start now. I know that new things can bring overwhelms and anxiety, trust me, I have been there, but it will also bring a feeling of accomplishment.

Once you have conquered your fear…

When you have finished that big project that did not seem possible, a feeling of calm will consume you. I mean, you will be ready to celebrate and throw up and the same time. LOL…I know it sounds funny, but once you have something published, the show is not over. You have to promote, market, and now let the world read what was once an idea in your head. This can be scary, but it is more therapeutic and fun too. Embrace the fact that you have done something that many only wished of doing. I would be rich if I had a dime for people who have said that they always wanted to publish something. But, you do it, and you did it well! Congrats to you! Never let the fear of writing stop you from even starting! Keep writing and you will always have support and a cheerleader in your corner. I am only a blog, a tweet, or a Facebook page away! Now, go write as if your life depends on it, because, basically it does!