Finding Myself
It has taken me years to finally give up on the search to find the one career path that suits me. Not because I’ve actually found it, but because I finally realized I never will.
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I don’t have memories growing up dreaming about what I would be one day. I grew up in Southern California, so I guess I had the dream to be famous. But, it wasn’t an actual goal. I went into teaching as my major in college because I knew it was something I could do and that I was good with kids. It was never a dream, though. I really wanted to be a psychologist, but couldn’t afford all the schooling. Becoming a teacher was more of a way to support myself. That is why, when we had our son, it was easy to step away and stay home.
Choosing to stay home wasn’t easy in the literal sense, though. Not because I it was my dream job. Don’t get me wrong, I loved my team and the kids I taught. Leaving, however, was tough because I am a doer and go-getter, not because I was walking away from a dream. Leaving felt like I lost a piece of myself instead of walking away from a dream job.
I have ebbed and flowed throughout the years since choosing to stay home with my boys. I have dappled in photography, teaching preschool, leading Bible studies, blogging, writing, podcasting, home design, gardening, and hobby farming. I went after some for monetary value trying to find a way to make a little extra cash while doing something that brought me joy. The other things I did because they filled my cup. Either way, you can look at that list and think, “This girl is all over the place!” And you’d be right.
Either way, you can look at that list and think, “This girl is all over the place!” And you’d be right.
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My skills and interests will never be limited to the scope of just one job; just one thing. I will never be content with the knowledge of just one trade. I love that I love so many things. I found freedom in being and becoming who I am in any given season. I thrive on learning new things, new ways of doing things, or new ways of thinking. I love finding new passions and sharing them with others. What a gift!
I think the way we live in our world today is doing us a disservice. We become pigeon-holed into one way of living, doing, earning, striving never fully becoming who God created us to be. We have so much more to offer the world, yet we exhaust ourselves in one way of life.
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If I could challenge you to one thing, it would be to spread your wings. Step out and do something different; learn something new. Give yourself permission to do the thing you’ve been thinking about but haven’t had time. Do the thing that scares you or that you know you will fail or make mistakes before you succeed. Get out there and do the thing that you know will make other people wonder why and then blow them away. I know you’ve got some good stuff this world needs stuffed way down inside. Let it out and find the gift of the freedom to live wholly in who and what you are created to be.
Love you.
Mean it.
Meg