Thinking

I've been doing a lot of thinking lately, a lot of thinking about my career and where I want it to go.  I have prayed.  I have asked the universe to help me.  I have even tried to follow "The Secret" ways of getting what you want in like (or at least as I remember how to follow it).  I have spent time asking God and the universe for signs to guide me in the right direction.  I have literally said, out loud, what it is that I want out of my career.  I am starting to wonder if I am getting signs and starting to see them, but dear is getting in my way.  Being fearful, is not how to life a radiant life!

I was watching an episode of "Chopped", on the Food Channel, one night and I remember hearing one of the chefs talking about deciding to become a chef.  He basically said, he knew that he wanted to be a chef when cooking was all that he thought about.  That really resonated with me.  Here I am trying to figure out where to take my career, and here is this guy talking about choosing a career based on thinking about an area all the time.  What is it that I think about all the time?

I constantly think about creating all the time.  I really believe that I would be happy in a career in the craft industry, but I don't think I could make money at it.  I have said, out loud, that I would love to be an art teacher in our town's public school system.  I would love to use creative crafts to teach kids different things.  I'm not exactly sure how or what I would teach, but I would love to have the opportunity to work with the art department and other teachers, such as history and math, to create lesson plans.  Of course, I would be happy to do this in any school system, but it would be perfect for it to be in my town and it would be perfect if part of my benefit package included full day preschool and full day kindergarten.

I have also thought that it would be fun to work with Create Artisan Studios, a friend's creative studio, to teach classes.  She has asked me to teach some classes, but my fear of being in front of people and my fear of failure is holding me back.  I really want to do that.  I would love to do that a couple of nights a week instead of working in a nursing home. I don't want to be afraid to follow my dreams and passions.  I feel like this may be the opportunity and one of the signs that I asked for.  How do I take it?  What if I fail?  What if no one is interested?

I have started a pinterest folder to set aside ideas for potential classes.  What would I like to teach?  I can see a basic knitting class, a basic quilting class, a english paper piecing class, jewelry classes, rubber stamping, scrapbooking, journaling, and maybe some embroidery.  It is still in the fore front of my mind, and I am continuing to try to get over my fears.

One of my friends mentioned that I should read "The Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron.  I have "The Creative Life" and "The Right To Write" by that author, and have looked at "The Artist's Way".  Maybe it's time I actually get the book as well as the workbook and read it.  I should see if the library has it before I spend the money on the book.

I honestly believe, if I can figure out how to make money being creative, I will be happy to work.  I guess my newest idea is trying to actually figure out how to make money being creative, and maybe being a social work very, very per diem.  That will be living a radiant life for me!

How do you live a radiant life?

Amy

Welcome!

Welcome to my newest blog. I had a really hard time deciding to start a new blog. I have been contemplating what I want to do with the rest of my life. I've come to the conclusion that I no longer want to be a traditional social worker. I've felt this way for a long time, but its been really hard trying to decide what I want to actually do. I think I may have figured it out!

As one of my friends put it, "is there anything calling out to you?"  I've been trying to figure out the answer to that question for a long time. There have been lots of things calling out to me, but how can I incorporate them all?  Well, I may have found a way. 

I'm thinking that I need to teach people how to live a radiant life. What, exactly does that mean?  Honestly, I think I'm still trying to figure it all out, but for me, I believe it means allowing the light in your heart and soul to shine!

I believe that through different alternative modalities such as nutrition, creativity, journaling, mind/body work, as well as others, you can get that light that may just be the tiniest glow or it may even have lost its glow, to shine brightly again. I believe that creativity in any form brings out some good and positive in us. I believe that good nutrition, not the standard American diet, impacts us mind, body,and soul. I believe that you need to figure out what feeds that light that shines within each of us and feed it so that it continues to glow brightly. 

I am hoping that I can share on this blog, the things that I learn about feeding ones mind, body, and spirit. In time, I'm hoping that I can learn enough to actually make this my career path and not have to live the rat race of the medical model of social work. 

Wish me luck on my journey and I hope you all decide to follow along and experience your own journey to a more radiant life!