What do you want?

Getting clear about what you want: Admitting you have the desire to write (or sing, crochet, open a pet shop or whatever desires live deep in your heart)

The first step on my journey was admitting that I wanted something different than the life my choices had created. My life isn’t bad. In fact, it is far from it. I am so blessed and grateful for all that I have, but there also came a point when I had to admit to myself that I had buried a lot of my desires out of fear. When I was finally able to admit to myself that I had desires that I had been long out of touch with, I had to figure out what they were. This may not be a problem that many of you have, but if it is, these are some questions that helped me discover my desires and therefore helped me set my new goals.

1. What would you do if you could do anything? Another popular way of putting this is, “What would you do if you knew you could not fail?”

2. What would you absolutely NOT want to do?

The first question was hard for me, but once I was able to be honest with myself, I was able to discover some interests I had. The second question was a little easier for me.

The good news is if you want to do something, you can. You absolutely can. That doesn’t mean that it won’t be hard, but it just takes one step and then another. The first step is becoming clear about what you want.

One of the things I want to do in life is to write, and if you want to write, guess what? You get to! I get to! Many people get to skip this step because life hasn’t buried their desires, but for me, admitting I what I wanted was the first step.