Challenges: Up Close & Personal

Loren Mielke
Aug 28, 2017 · 4 min read

10 Day Blog Challenge: Day 1

I know writing’s good for me.

There’s a definite therapeutic aspect. I know from feedback I’ve received from those I’ve shared my musings with, that they are often gratefully received, synchronistically striking chords. I also know that all too often I drop the ball as far as consistently allocating time to write.

So when I came across Natalie’s 10 Day Freedom Plan Blog Challenge Day 1, I decided to take the commitment leap, and sign up, with this, my first one, being in response to this very challenge!

You can join here

Today’s brief: think deeply about a couple of challenges that I am currently facing, and share, in 200–250 words (I’ve failed dismally on this account, racked up just over 800 words!)
Natalie’s added challenge: step into being authentic and honest. Got this one covered. As a dear friend recently fed back to me, I tend to overshare!

To here goes….

Having traveled pretty far down the path of relocating to Israel as a divorced family, I resigned my job. With the decision not to go having been made in the last few weeks, I find myself still in South Africa, currently officially ‘unemployed’ without a monthly cash flow.

Challenge 1: Cash Flow Hurdle

This challenge has taken me back to my network marketing days, and introduction to Robert Kiyosaki. His teachings focus on the importance of building cash flow streams that are not reliant on a person actively exchanging their time for money. My current lack of cash flow is directly related to me having only an active source of income, where I’ve been exchanging my time to money.

I’ve always believed the current educational system does little to prepare or equip youth as far as wealth creation. It’s reignited a flame of passion about equipping youth with life skills that are essential to living fully, things like communication and conflict resolution skills, personal development, social responsibility, leadership as well as wealth creation.

Imagine a world where youth grow into empowered adults making decisions from a space of service as opposed to survival?

Challenge 2: Work

Having resigned, and not yet recommitted work wise, I find myself in a glorious space of possibility. There are times I do find it immensely overwhelming, as I have heaps of ideas as far as which direction to head.

For example,

  1. I’ve always been passionate about empowering others in the area of healthy living and making healthy eating, simple, easy and sustainable. What about starting my healthy cooking classes again?
  2. Then what about 1-on-1 healthy lifestyle consulting?
  3. How about hosting informative evenings that combine education and a great tasty healthy meal for participants?
  4. Then there’s healthy school lunches, what about looking into pricing and supplying these?
  5. How about a wholefood smoothy bar and kiosk concept, that could be work-shopped and perfected in one location, like a private school and franchised?
  6. How about starting a bulk buying club, to simplify and centralise healthy food shopping choices and save money.
  7. Then of course there’s my coaching training. What about stepping back into the world of coaching, helping people help themselves, and find their own answers and clarity within.
  8. Then there’s aligning with an organisation that shares my passion for business for good, as well as things like corporate democracy, creating exceptional value and developing staff.

And, and, and….

You see why at times it can become super overwhelming? Just way too many ideas and directions!

Then PAUSE for reflection…

I’ve recently been feeling like a butterfly at pupa or chrysalis stage.

I understand that in this stage, the caterpillar’s body literally digests itself, using the same digestive juices to break down the body to imaginal cells. Cells characterized by being completely undifferentiated.

They can become ANYTHING…

What an incredible example of pure potential. Of ultimate possibility!

That’s where it feels I am right now.

This whole experience has got me to dig deeper in terms of WHAT it is I want to do next, and WHY? And as I’ve been peeling away the layers, I’ve discovered WHAT I’ll be doing next, whatever job title I may assume, whatever role I may step into, whatever service I may offer, whatever sector I may play within, is all SUPERFICIAL to what I’m really looking for.

Through this experience I have come to learn that what is most important to me is….

Working with others who are passionate and committed to business to good, creating a work environment where a fat juicy smile of anticipation naturally spread across the faces of ALL those involved in the business cycle, from staff to customers to service providers!

And I’ve come to realise that I don’t care whose idea it is. I want to be a part of that vision, that mission. Setting an example of business for good, value and profitability, by BEING IT!

I want to serve in this mission!


For Day 2 of Blog Challenge click here.

10 Day Blog Challenge

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Loren Mielke

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Passionate about living consciously, connecting and contributing meaningfully

10 Day Blog Challenge

Showing up every day for 10 Days to do a blog challenge by The Suitcase Entrepreneur

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