HOW to find IT. (your passion)

Does this sound familiar to you?

Let me tell you a story.

Back a few short years ago, I moved into a wreck of a house that was a head to toe mess. I thought I could fix it but I was oh so very wrong. I was getting buried alive with home repairs and money woes and no skills to do anything about it.

This graduated into learning to work with tools. It was there that I was finally able to tinker on my house half decently. But I still fell short. We're talking toilets about to fall through the floor kinda short.

When a team knocked on my door one day and offered to help me fix my house alongside me, I nearly died. (this story needs to be in a book) A year later with many more skills underfoot, the house was sound, complete, beautiful! But so very empty.

No funds = no furnishings, right? WRONG. I started shopping the curb and making them into what I dreamed up.

This is when Funky Junk fired up. I hesitantly started to share what I was creating, wincing every time I clicked 'publish'.

But the response was actually favourable! Who knew a bunch of junk from the dump would be so well appreciated? I fell in LOVE. So as the blog grew, I put up ads to help pay my way for things I needed for all things blog.

My followers (you) encouraged me further, so I did more.  I started to build real things pulled from the air. Literally. No funds, no tools, few skills =  nothing, right? Wrong again. A friend encouraged me to use any tool he had so I had no excuse. So I built.

Magazines started knocking on my door even from my point and shoot pictures! So I knew then I needed to up the ante just a tad and go as pro as I possibly could on my limited budget. I saved up my blog funds and purchased my current camera.

And then a book deal came knocking. And a 2nd one... (still waiting)

If you were to ask me today what my passion is?

"Creating unique elements for my home out of reclaimed finds.... alongside photo shoots, building stuff, building blog posts, writing, submitting to magazines, and inspiring others through my trials. And I want to write a book book and publish ebooks."

See where I'm coming from? This is where I am today. But what about tomorrow? Or next year?

No idea. You see, if you had asked me what my passion was at the start of this story, I would have said "Motherhood." Because that's where I was and wasn't prepared for more. But as time went on, I met change face to face and we had a chat. And I knew as long as I somehow moved forward, I would eventually get 'somewhere else as well'.

All I know is, we write our own stories. I don't know what I'll be doing next year let alone tomorrow.

I just simply do what I love to do and allow the story to take place at it's own pace, in it's own way.

If you're anxious about finding your own passion, 

my advice to you would be this:

Do whatever it is you love and let your own story develop. Take chances, be brave, try new things constantly. Because the more you learn, the more you can do and your story will evolve.

Believe you have a purpose, give thanks, then take purposeful strides towards what you love. The rest will follow when you are ready and not a moment before. I promise. I could tell you stories that would shake your boots on how accurate this paragraph is.

And to prove my point?

Today my thoughts are on my friend Marian from Miss Mustard Seed as she treks to New York for an exciting opportunity.  A couple short years ago Marian had 75 followers. She took chances, followed her heart and was open to new opportunities. She now has a massive blog due to her hard work, is writing for publications AND a real  book book, and is off to New York! Wow! Congrats, friend!

Never say never. :)

Now go on and write that story!

All segments to A Week of Change are HERE.

Thank-you for allowing me to share your letter and who you are, Ronna.
Your question finished this series off perfectly.

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