Stop chasing your passions and purpose!
As I am talking to women signing up for the Career Clarity Success Team, I am hearing the same story. One that I hear all the time. A story that used to be mine.
“I don’t have any passions.”
“I’m afraid I’m one of those people who doesn’t have a purpose.”
“I hate my job, but what else would I do?”
Sound familiar?
We put such a huge emphasis on finding our passions and purpose that it becomes this big elusive thing we are searching for. Then we get stressed that we don’t have any passions or have a purpose and start freaking out about that and then we have convinced ourselves that we better just stay where we are because it is safer there. That is how people end up stuck in jobs they hate for 5 years, 10 years, or even lifetimes.
Depressing right?
Mel Robbins introduced me to the concept of following your energy instead of searching for your passions and I love it! What makes you feel buzzy and excited and lit up? Is it volunteering at an animal shelter on the weekends? Is it gardening? Is it teaching Sunday School?
So here is a really easy way you can do this starting today! Over the next week, make a list of every time you notice an uptick in energy. Seriously, every single thing. Going to yoga, lunch with a mentor, whatever it is. Write it down. And I also want you to keep a list of everything that brings your energy down, going to your weekly team meeting, happy hour with coworkers. Write down all the drags. After a week of energy tracking you can look at your list and notice themes. Let’s say your energy is up when working with teams and down when you are doing things independently, ok that is good data.
What else can you draw from your energy list? How can you put more energy into the things that energize you? How aligned is your career to those high energy items? Now we have something to work with!
This is just one of the tools that can help give you information and start opening your mind to what would be exciting to you. We go way deeper into this tool and so many others in the Career Clarity Success Team. If you are interested in my FREE energy tracker or joining the Career Clarity Success Team, email claire@clairesellers.com!
