I’m not sure how many people who follow this blog did not meet me through Changing Course. If you’re a Club member or on Valerie Young’s newsletter list, you already know about the Outside The Job Box Career Expert and Small Business Idea Consultant Self-Study Course. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, click that link…but maybe wait until you finish reading this post!
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I recently took my sons to see The Day The Earth Stood Still. It was during my phase of “closing out 2008,” tying up the loose ends left dangling because we had Christmas celebrations early and were out of town from before Christmas until after New Year’s Day. We had been planning to see the movie over the Christmas holiday from school and were filled with anticipation by the time we saw it in early January. It disappointed me so much I wound up learning a lot.
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Since I have friends who read and think about and discuss sustainability in an environmental sense, I’ve started thinking about it in a business model sense. I ask questions about how long a business owner can maintain a business model without harming his or her personal or social environment. This is the idea of psychological sustainability or personal sustainability. A lot of “green” concepts can be applied to lifestyle choices, but be warned. I was certain I had put my laundry in the dryer last night and went to retrieve it this morning. It was sitting in the washer still damp. Turns out I had recycled an old memory of a previous time I dried my clothes!
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My older son said just last night that it doesn’t feel like Christmastime. I was surprised, because we had been in heavy traffic, looking for parking spaces at busy shopping centers, and waiting in long lines to buy things in crowded stores. Christmas lights are on many homes and businesses, and people have dressed their SUVs and minivans as Rudolph. I asked what he meant.
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I joined the Fast Track Your Dream program (now called the Changing Course Club) in January 2007, nearly two years ago. I had been following Valerie Young’s Changing Course newsletter for quite a while. I almost signed up for the first group she trained to be Outside-The-Box Career Consultants. But I backed out. I didn’t want to spend the money. I joined Fast Track instead to learn more about Valerie’s approach by experiencing it. Two years later, I finally made the real choice.
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My plan to return to posting this blog on Fridays ran into my busy schedule. Friday I was on a field trip with my younger son’s class, then taking him to the pre-test session for Tae Kwon Do before rushing to try to see part of my older son’s soccer game. Saturday we had the belt test, then another soccer game, followed by my younger son’s family birthday dinner. Although my schedule was packed full and time for my business seemed squeezed out, I found myself On The Twisting Road anyway.
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Thanksgiving was this week so I’ve been hearing all sorts of versions of the “original” Thanksgiving feast – you know, the one in Plymouth in 1621. No one on earth was ever thankful or had a feast before that one… right?
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I think I found another good test to tell if something is more than an interest and possibly a passion. Two different people in the last couple of weeks had similar questions, and when I heard each of them… I got excited!
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There is a key to making a living by pursuing your passion. It’s a secret that has amazing and wondrous power. But it kind of sucks.
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On Saturday I accompanied my older son to a preview event at the nearby University of North Texas. It’s one of the options he’s considering so he wanted to learn about the programs they offer. He filtered all the information through the high school senior’s lens, the one that wonders if there’s an easier degree or a more enjoyable campus. He was interested but not impressed. I heard everything as a person who loves personal development and creative career opportunities so I was excited.
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