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2 Steps to Finding Your Passion
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This statement is plastered somewhere in every suburban home in America. โฃ
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Heck, maybe you had it on the wall of your bedroom or maybe you saw it yesterday on a planner at target. โฃ
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This saying is ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ!โฃ
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But let's call a spade a spade....๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐. โฃ
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๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด!?!โฃ
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HOW do you find what you're passionate about so that you can follow those ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด, ๐ฏ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐? โฃ
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That's exactly what we're talking about today.
๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
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"๐๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐'๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต!"โฃ
โฃGreat! You are so lucky!โฃ
And this is still for you! โฃ
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โฃMaybe you know what you love... ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป'๐ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐. โฃ
โฃMaybe you adored it once... ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐'๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐. โฃ
โฃOr maybe it was once so easy... ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐.โฃ
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This is for those who need to ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป โฃ
AND start to ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ it. โฃ
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1) Get in State
Do not skip this step!
Get your blood flowing! Do some jumping jacks! Hate burpees? Me, too! Do 3 of them.
Seriously, Nicole?
Seriously.
When we move our body and our blood starts flowing, our mind actually starts to change. We can think clearer and find happiness more easily.
Think I'm full of B.S.? Do high knees for a minute and tell me that you don't have the mental clarity to come up with 4 extra choice words to say to me.
Move your body for at least one minute before you sit down to start...
2) Write a list
Nicole, you've got to be kidding me! You're telling me that all I need to do is make a freaking list in order to "find my passion"!
Well, yes!
Get out a sheet of paper and write this down at the top:
I get excited when I...
Then set a timer for 30 minutes and write!
Write anything and everything that comes to mind (with zero judgement, by the way).
Here's why the 30 minute timer is important. Your conscious mind is going to be right there in the drivers seat for the first, like, 15 minutes. It's going to think of everything that is "the right answer" or that "you've rehearsed in your head". Aka the things that you started thinking of when you read the above statement "I get excited when".
But this super magical thing happens about 15 minutes in... your unconscious mind gets up and it will waterfall out things that you haven't thought about in years. Some things it says you might have never thought about. I mean, this sh*t's pretty cool.
Write it all down for an entire 30 minutes.
3) Star it. Age it.
After your 30 minutes are up, read through your list. As you read, star any activities that stand out in a positive way. You might start 10, you might start 40, you might star 5. There are no right "star numbers" here.
Then, next to each starred item, write the last time you did this activity.
I've had clients do this exercise and they were like I've NEVER done this or I did this last when I was 2 years old! Great! We are gathering clarity right now for the next step. It's important to see in writing when the last time was we let ourselves do something that made us come alive.
4) Pick one
Of your starred and age defined list of passionate activities, which one makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up? Which one makes your heart beat just a tiny bit (or a lot a bit) faster?
Circle it and plan it into your week.
Yes, this week.
Make space for the thing that makes you come alive! Clearly your body is trying to tell you that it need to follow it!
However, theres a huge caveat with this one.... don't pick the easy one!
You know, the one you've done a million times, you could probably do it in your sleep.
Instead, pick one that is filled with new-ness and excitement and is majorly outside of your comfort zone.
The reason?
If you pick the one that has lost its magic, you will not be filled up with magic. I mean that's pretty obvious right? We like to pick the ones that are familiar because we know we can succeed at it.
So pick that one where there's a good chance you'll fail.
Do this thing. Today, tomorrow, in three days, doesn't matter but do it this week while this exercise is still fresh and you're a little hyped on the whole "follow your dreams" bit.
Maybe you'll buy a target planner this week, who knows!
Talk to you soon,
P.S. Wanting to learn more about 1:1 coaching?
Send me an email at hello@lifecoachbaker.com and we can set up your free discovery call!