How I Rediscovered My Curiosity & Started Living With Intention

We all know that in life, we constantly undergo setbacks. But it’s how we respond to these setbacks that determine if we are going to spiral downwards, stay stagnate or grow and develop.

You see, 2015 was one of the toughest years of my life, for a variety of reasons. An important relationship of mine crumpled, my health wasn’t where it should have been for a seemingly spritely 25 year old, I was miserable at my job and perhaps most importantly — I was berating myself for not having a passion, a clear defined purpose.

Essentially, I had flipped on the autopilot switch and left it running. I was a drone that had been programmed to react to life, instead of living it with intention.

At the time however, I didn’t take ownership for this. I blamed circumstance for my situation. I believed I was doing all the right things. I went to college, got a degree, landed a cozy desk job and found a steady girlfriend.

Yet, when these things didn’t result in fulfillment I was left wondering where the hell I went wrong. Wasn’t this what I was suppose to do? Wasn’t it what most people do?

What I didn’t realize at the time, was that I was basically settling for what I thought I deserved. I was operating under a fixed mindset, rather than a growth mindset. I had lost that desire to explore, and the desire to follow my curiosity to see where it would take me.

But then I woke up.

It was like a freezing cold bucket of water was thrown on my face, and I began to view the world — and mostly importantly — myself, in a different way.

So following the realization that many facets of my life had to change stat, I got to work with taking action and living life with more intention.

I still didn’t know my purpose, but I did know one thing; I was done allowing life to happen to me instead of for me.

So I began taking guitar lessons, I joined Toastmasters and began to go once a week to explore public speaking; I joined an online community centered around entrepreneurship; I formed a mastermind group with successful entrepreneurs and began meeting with them once a week; I started listening to educational podcasts everyday to feed my mind, and I even hired a nutritionist to get my health back in check.

Don’t be fooled (I’m not), I definitely don’t have it all figured out, but I don’t pretend to. I still work a desk job at the moment, I still have so many things I want to explore, and still have many limiting beliefs to overcome. Hell, if you would have told me 3 years ago I would be exploring writing as a passion, I would have laughed in your face. Yet here I am.

So what’s the point of me telling you all this?

One of my primary missions for my writing is to be a voice of comfort, to let my readers know that their not alone in their frustration or their journey to discover who they really are.

As I continue to write posts I will consistently encourage you to embrace your curiosity, and explore anything and everything that may intrigue you. You never know where it may lead you!