MAY 19, 2019 BY CASSANDRA JOHNSON
Embarking on a path that is more about your passions is scary. Too often, we’ve been led to believe that feelings, desire and the drive for a calling is not what pays the bills or ensures a stable life, by any means. We might have been led to believe that we’re strange or even indecisive when all that is really happening is the perpetual getting back around to what really drives us. When the thoughts are, “isn’t there more” and “is this the life I really want”, then we can actually be thankful to all that is mighty that our persistent curiosity refuses to be stifled. You don’t ever want to be confused into losing this.
Compromising a couple of dreams for present security is not dire and I pause, because I don’t know if any of this is true for you, but it is a scenario with which I am all too familiar. I am describing me, so I don’t necessarily want to put this on others, but if you can identify, I am happy to be in good company. I know that all too often, it is the supposed order of the larger world beckoning us to fall in line.
However,
I have to take note that the larger world’s modern technology and on demand
access to certain principles have also helped fuel my focus. The nearly universal
access to social media platforms like YouTube has been a blessing. Though social
networks can be formidable with negativity, it has also provided the opportunity
to connect to enhanced ideas and greater intentions. Many of the entrepreneurs and
free thinkers I follow, (in addition to the books I’ve read and currently read)
have reopened my tired eyes. The positive thinkers and generous achievers know
the formula for being true to yourself, good to others and constantly striving
to be better day by day. The formula is not always perfect (for anyone) but the
right knowledge and intentions do help in staying grounded and again taking us forward
to where we really need to be.
I don’t have to readily dissolve every grain available but
putting together a lot of the ideas have gotten me back to some universal
truths. I realize I am not going to be satisfied until I try all the paths along
which my dreams are winding.
I plan on spending the rest of my time here, checking in on
my progress. I welcome it. I continue etching out time to write, translate,
travel and add in more activities as I go. One of the steps to drowning out the
so-called order of stability has been growing my life as a freelance translator.
I’m now happy to be translating and regularly taking part in events hosted by
the National Capital Area Translators Association.
I go to my premiere stock trading meeting next week. (I’ll see if my practice reading the market is paying off as much as I feel it is. So far, I’ve made an extremely modest profit.) Following that meeting, I will attend an eCommerce, eFreedom (see update) event with my colleague. We are aware that one of the big pieces helping us focus more on community and our passions is reaching financial freedom. (I have no problem being obsessed with that goal as it translates into more time to do more of what matters to me.) There is family. There is volunteering. There are friends. There is travel. There is the global community. There is bliss on the other side of our efforts and along the proper path as well.
There are many challenges but let them not be issues simply
for the sake of being a part of an ill fate, but rather let them be challenges
for the sake of growing past limitations. Propel us all towards our meaningful goals.
Let us not retreat into respective acceptable corners of stability with our
respective creature comforts. Let us yell out through our actions of being true
to ourselves and especially don’t let us be tricked because we are quite competent
at our everyday non-passions.
Now that I’ve committed to this in writing and posting, I likewise
challenge myself not to ride it out in the comfort zone. I have to also note when
that comfort zone is cleverly disguised as familiar obstacles. (“Why is a known hell
preferable to an unknown heaven?”)
It is going to be okay. It will be for me and for everyone
that feels this way. We need to work that balance of not being too critical as
well (of ourselves or others). It is only natural that the voices showing the
path to what is deemed clear and normal are all too easy to find. This is why
they are considered “normal” and they easily lay us upon the route of the least
resistance. It’s easy to get sidetracked.
The future is the question to be answered. My current (aka
past) goals are highlighted by my continued intentions to step outside the box.
We can help others by being true to our callings and though it may take us off the beaten track (a little or a lot), we can be forever grateful that our nagging dreaming feelings just won’t let us go.
Presently, I am happy to be participating and exploring a
lot of what I only previously wondered about and I’m equally happy that I’ve
taken some interesting chances with my adventures. Though I’ve been holding
back, I’m glad to be putting myself out there both physically and mentally. The
daring times have taught me the most about myself and what matters.
Like my post below (if
you’d like😊) and share me – @riskysafetravels.com
I hope you find some useful
and/or interesting information in the archives as well.
Yours truly,
Cassandra Johnson, blogger (riskysafetravels.com), volunteer, freelance translator, writer and aspiring swing trader
Update: eFreedom is something I do not recommend at all. It was a very costly and time-consuming experience and I would not want anyone to experience this as well. While I will spend money learning from entrepreneurs and teachers in various industries who are experts, this is one I would not revisit. It is very important that we make sure our sources are reputable and I want to let you know to do your due diligence.
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