You are Probably Wondering What I am Doing Here
How I Found Myself as a Writer: Later…The Secret Trick to Finding Your Calling
Hi, I am genuinely ecstatic that you took the time out of your life to check out my page and read what I have to say. With this being one of my first posts, I thought it is best to go ahead and give you a little background information and what I am doing here and, of course… why you should stick around and hang out for a while.
I started writing because I was beginning to notice a theme in my life… It began to feel like everywhere I went and everything I did there was subtle… and not so subtle signs that I needed to tell my story. To be fair, I have always been a writer… just for my own personal enjoyment. Mostly poetry that I have kept to only myself, and there was that soap opera my stepsister and I wrote when I was twelve…. Thousands of pages long. We worked on that thing forever. It was fun… I can’t imagine it was any good. Back to what I was saying…. This writing thing began to gnaw at me, not because it was something I wanted but because I was told this was what I needed to do. Little signs like out of nowhere, I would receive emails and ads on my phone for apps or websites about journaling, blogging, and book writing. Blog apps would find their way curiously onto my phone. I even ordered a book from Amazon, “The 100-Day Goal Journal” by John Lee Dumas. Inside the book, the example goals are to write a book. I started receiving spam texts about ghostwriting services to help me write my book (which I was not writing and had never planned to).
One day, while I cleaned my house, the Kelly Clarkson Show played in the background. Toward the show’s end, she walked to the camera and looked straight at me. Of course, I stopped and respectably gave her eye contact. Then she said something along the lines of “If you have been waiting for a sign, this is it, do it, go write that book.” I realize it’s an episode many people saw, but it grabbed me and hit me, and I instantly knew, “ok, this is it, this is what I have to do.”
For the longest time, I tried to push the call away. It wasn’t what I had planned. I didn’t want to write…that was never anything I thought about, and I wasn’t interested. I wanted to continue doing what I was doing, and writing would only get in my way. But the more I pushed it away, the stronger the nagging got. So, after Miss Clarkson looked me straight in the face and told ME it was time to knock it off and do this, I began looking into writing books and blogs. About a year later… Here I am!
Btw Here is a link to that Goal Journal on Amazon. It really is a great way to keep yourself accountable and break your goals down into tiny more manageable tasks. This way of doing it makes the larger goals seem almost effortless.
I’m still not sure if I am doing this right, and I feel awkward like it’s not my thing… but for some reason, it is. I am still trying to adjust to many people reading my words. Always, I have been a very private person, especially regarding my written word. Words I have always cherished them as a part of who I am deep inside and held on to the secrecy they were supposed to elude in. In addition to that, I have always kept my own emotions very hidden. Now my vulnerability is front and center as my mainly introverted self, attempts to share my life, words, secrets, and maybe even my emotions in the process, even my feelings…. But let’s not get too carried away.
You will notice that I don’t like sharing my own story, so I definitely don’t feel comfortable sharing someone else’s story. I think that it is not my story to tell, so I often will only speak briefly in terms of those around me. Unless I am collaborating with someone, and it is known that we will be writing about this person, other stories of another person are not mine to share. Maybe as things progress, I will take a different stance on this, but as of now, today, this is how I feel.
The Secret to Finding Your Calling
So now you have been so impatiently waiting to hear about the secret I have to share with you. Guess What? It is not a secret at all. Every one of us has that little voice in our head that tells us what is wrong and right. It’s called intuition, and the most important lesson you will ever learn is to follow it. Listen to it. It knows things that you don’t even know or understand that you know. Your logical mind tries to trick you into thinking that “gut feeling” or those “signs” you feel, hear and see everywhere aren’t your feelings. They can’t be because they don’t make sense, right!? If you slow down and listen to that all-knowingness inside, your life will take extraordinary turns.
When you live authentically to yourself, you will just know that what you are doing is what you are supposed to be doing.” But Rachael,” you say, “ I am broke and eating rice for dinner. How can this possibly be what I am meant to be doing!?” If it doesn’t feel wrong… you are only on the path you are supposed to be on, forging the way toward your actual destination. Our experiences help define us and if you feel you are living the way you are called to, let this be a part of your journey. …That’s my secret for the day.
As my words fill these pages, I sincerely hope that some of you will find inspiration, hope, and strength through me. I hope that what you need to help heal yourself and make yourself whole is found hidden somewhere within these pages. If you don’t, please schedule a call with me, and we can together do whatever we need to discover your purpose and help you become everything you are meant to be. Thanks for hanging out! Until later… I’ll keep ya posted.
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