Introducing myself and my journal: Learning to trust my inner voice
Apr 28, 2022
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About Me:
I'm kjas, and I am a 30-year-old entrepreneur, woman who would like to make a mark on the world. Women's issues in particular is a passion of mine, though I have never presued a career in the area.
I grew up in the United States with the idea that I would go to college and graduate with a degree and then get a corporate job, work my way to the top and live happily ever after. Well I have done a few of those things. I acquired the degree, got a job, switched jobs for more money and have been slowly working my way up to the top in the course of 8 years. The problem is the happily ever after part.
From the moment I graduated from college, I felt like I wasn't being true to myself. I was taking positions and choosing work based on what my friends and sometimes what my family though was appropriate. Even more true, I have selected jobs, friends, cities in which I've lived, etc. based on the "American" ideal or someone else's idea of what I should be doing and what was going to make me happy and fufilled. All the while I was forgetting to actually listen to my inner voice and discover what would make me happy and how to apply my God-given gifts to the world.
It has taken me this long to realize that sick feeling in my stomach that I get every time I move to a city I don't want to be in or took a position that I knew would rob me of my passion rather than enhance it, is not just nerves. It is instead my inner tuition telling me I wasn't being true to myself and that it was time to really seek out what I am passionate about.
So this is where I am starting. I don't have a clue what it is I really want to do or how I can make a contribution to the world, but I am determined to figure it out. I have often wished I was one of those people who had a talent so obvious it would be undeniable. But alas, I am not and that is OK with me.
I'm a seeker, a traveler, a listener, a writer, a teacher, a counselor, I have so much empathy, I believe in education, especially for women and children, I want to be at a higher level of consciousness, I want to see the world. I want to see the world's people thrive and have a chance. I want to run my own business and help women in business.
These are the thoughts that have run through my head non-stop in the last 2-3 years. I cannot deny them any longer. There are so many things I want to do and share with the world in hopes of finding happiness in helping others. Now on to the journey of making them happen.
To whom ever is out there reading this, thanks for reading my rant!
My Passions:
Women's issues, Education, Health/nutrition, fitness, spirituality
My Challenges:
not trusting/believing in myself, fear, bordem
My Vision for the Future:
To do work that is fufilling to my soul on a daily basis
My Areas of Expertise:
writing, cardiac pacemakers, traveling, speaking