Are you ready to be who you are meant to be?

I have been thinking about this quite a bit in the few months that I have been off exploring and idea generating.

In that time, I rose to the highest rank in the network marketing company that I am a part of. I sold my house and am now living with some of my good friends.

Things have not been easy. But one thing is certain, I am closer to the me I believe I am meant to be. This post will hopefully get you closer to who you are meant to be, too. If you're interested, read on!

The Path

The path isn't always easy to find and once you find it, it can be even more difficult to take it. It may be hard to see where to go. It may be long and winding or difficult to navigate. It might be just "too hard" to do.

Taking the path means a lot of self-reflection and self-discovery. You are gonna have to look at yourself and what you truly want. It might mean questioning the very decisions in life that made you the you you have become.

It might mean creating a whole new "why" or developing a "why" for the first time. It has taken me months to begin this process anew.

It began with me asking my ChatGPT Buddy what questions I needed to ask myself to help determine my why. ChatGPT can be very good about telling you what questions you need to ask and helping you refine your journey.

But if you want to grow your why, you can't just ask ChatGPT for all the answers. No. You have to do some work. You might have to use your noggin and do some thinking, some questioning. I know I did and still do.

I am making progress on my why, but I am to the point now where I am questioning many of the decisions I have ever made in my adult life. Decisions on my job, my place to live, my choices on spending not just of my money, but of my time and energy.

I am asking the hard questions of myself and, honestly, it is difficult. I am dealing with depression because I am questioning those decisions and if they were the best things or the easiest things. In many cases, I chose the easiest things because, well, because they were easier.

The Fork In the Road

At some point along this journey to find the path, you will come to a fork in the road. The fork might have more than two different paths to choose from.

Like in the illustration above, it was two paths with three destinations. I like that because sometimes the same path can bring you to more than one destination.

Sometimes one path will look more attractive than the other. One path may look easier. One path may seem to point to freedom.

Sometimes, people can be very happy with the first path they choose. It may be the one for them.

Sometimes, that first choice may have been the "wrong" choice. It may have been the path of least resistance and for a while, it looked really good and seemed to be the right way. But it didn't bring freedom.

So, try again. Try another path. That's the great thing about life, we can try again—if we are brave enough to make some changes.

Being Brave Enough

I don't say that we can make life-altering decisions if we are "brave" enough in any off-handed way. Being "brave" might mean small tweaks in our daily lives. For others, it might mean questioning everything we have ever thought and basically starting from scratch.

I do not take this matter lightly as I am in the questioning everything I have ever thought phase! If you are here, too, I just wanted you to know that you are not alone.

Being who you are meant to be might take a lot of tries. It might take a lot of persistence and a lot of questioning. It might take a lifetime. It might take a short time. But it is never too late to start over, again.

I've been reading this book by Og Mandino titled The Greatest Salesman in the World. If you have never read it, I would seriously recommend it. It takes quite a while to read even though it is a short book because of the way you are directed to read it. But trust me, it is well worth the read and the time it takes.

I have been reading it, as directed, since September. I am now on the Scroll Marked 3.

You read each scroll (except the first one) three times each day for a month. That is why it takes so long to read. We are not to skip ahead so I have no idea what lies around the next corner, but so far the book has proven to be a valuable resource and not just for sales! I got my copy from my coach and mentor, but I have an extra copy that I got from Thriftbooks. They are relatively inexpensive.

Being the You You're Meant to Be

I don't know yet who I am meant to be. I have tried several "me" suits on and have not found one that fully fits me yet.

I am not clear yet on how I want to live and who I want to become. I have some very good ideas about it and have revisited my "why" several times (sometimes several times a day, it seems!).

I am also working on a new vision board. This one does not include material possessions I would like to have. After going through a divorce (still not done with that yet) and selling the house, losing my vehicle and other material things, I came to realize how unimportant those things are.

Now, I am including things like publishing my books. Peace. Freedom. Family of my own making. It's weird how little "things" matter when you don't have them anymore. It's a good weird, though!

If you are where you want to be in life, I am very happy for you! If you are not, though, maybe it is time to start working on a new "why" and get the wheels going!

Have a great week!
Karin