I loved this!

I’ve been focussing on these same themes this year.

Who am I? What’s my purpose? Who am I meant to be, and how different is it to now? And what do I want be when I grow up?

I thought my ‘purpose’ was one thing. I’ve dedicated a quarter of my life to it (basically half of my adult life). I built a business and a career from it. Everyone would say how I was living the dream, congratulating me on ‘following my bliss’.

I’ve come to realise it was just a stepping stone. So I closed the business. Now I’m considering other options.

This conditioning to stay in the ‘safe lane’ is so strong in our culture... I’ve been tempted to go and lock myself in the gilded cage, because it would be easier.

But even others who share your ideas around this stuff thought I was crazy for stepping away, because to them my work was ‘liberating’ and ‘purposeful’.

It’s so ingrained in us all to succumb to others’ expectations.

Thanks for posting this reminder
😊🙏🏽☯️

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