If you’re going to start from scratch, you might as well actually start from scratch. What do you really want to be doing right now?
What gives you a spurt of energy? What thrills you? What makes you shiver and say, Whoa, that would be…
Are you doing it right now? If you’re not… why not? (And is your answer just an excuse? Many answers to this question are, so watch out for pointlessness and intentional justification.)
If you want to be doing it, if it makes you feel more alive, you should be doing it. Go ahead, try and argue with me. See how THAT makes you feel.
This urge, it’s an idea. It’s a thing you can mold in your hands. Make it into something you can spend your life working on — make it into your job. Make it into something that supports you. Make it into something that helps other people, something of value, something of meaning. Where is the meaning?
If you know the thing… and you find the meaning… now you’re getting somewhere.
Who do you know that needs help? Who do you know that would benefit from your knowledge or skill in doing that thing that gives you goosebumps? Why on earth can’t you spend your time serving those people with that skill, instead of doing something you feel lukewarm about?
Well? Out with it.
Megan Elizabeth Morris (aka MEM, Megan the M.) is a bonafide professional catalyst and adventurer. She's the Ideaschema instigator, orchestrator and autodidact, and you can find out more about her by clicking here.Got an idea? Something we haven't thought of? Whatever you're thinking, we want to hear it. Please feel free to leave comments or email us by clicking here.
