Allowing Space for Your Life’s Work

In my last post I wrote about crafting your life’s work. The article was written to awaken readers that have a strong sense their careers were meant to make a lasting impression. A comment on that post from Suerae Stein prompted me to write a follow up article on what to do if you are not ready yet to launch a career path aimed at fulfilling your life’s work.

Maybe you are in one of the following situations:

• You don’t know what your life’s mission (purpose) is yet.
• You are committed to another job for a certain time that doesn’t relate to your life’s mission.
• You are not financial able to start your own business or current job.
• You already own a business that doesn’t relate to your core mission but are financial dependent on the income it produces.
• You have small children at home and don’t have as much time as you would like to devote to your life’s work.

It’s OK. The best thing is to start where you are now. Here’s some ideas to get you moving in the right direction. Most of these ideas are low or no cost and won’t take a tremendous amount of time.

• Know what your life mission is and outline ways to achieve that mission. This can take a bit of soul searching and/or coaching to discover. 
• Downscale your lifestyle so you can begin sooner. Analyze how you can cut back and save money.
• Take classes and/or become certified in your profession, 
•  Start a blog about the topic you are interested in making a difference. Plan on writing at least once a week and start getting your blog some exposure.
•  If you haven’t yet, start a Twitter account and Facebook account in your name. Post information, articles and promote your blog posts relating to your life’s work. This will establish you as expert in your given topic.
•  Begin networking with people in your field.

The most important thing is to get started.

“The maxim ‘Nothing but perfection’ may be spelled ‘Paralysis.”  Winston Churchill

Your career may evolve into something you never imagined but unless you start somewhere, with a goal in mind, nothing will ever happen. Make a commitment to create the career/business of your dreams. Considering how many years are spent working wouldn’t you love to do something you are proud of and love doing?

 Do you have any other ideas on what you can do to get started? Please leave a comment below. 

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