Do what you love and leave the guilt behind.
Everything I do — for my business, for my clients, for myself — is passion driven. Do what you love, with a grateful open heart, and find a way to get paid for it. The dream! Celebrate going to work, “Love Your Mondays,” fill your days with the people and things that light you up. I have been blessed to find this path and even more to share it.
Yet this path is not one without judgement — from myself and others. Doing what I love is the easy part these days. The innate knowing that I could not go back to the roles before: the careers, the businesses, the relationships. No part of me wishes I could change it. So why do I allow the opinions and bias of others to alter my own self love within this role? My own self pride and self awareness that I am living my right livelihood, my dharma? Whether I work 20 or 80 hours a week (and I have done both), my passion and purpose are met. Whether “they” (the strong voices both outside and inside of me) think that is enough isn’t really my concern. I know how hard I work, how I have been in a steady grind mode, how burned out I have been. That is not a measure of my success these days: work smarter, not harder, and let it be easy are my mantras. I am enough, but more than all, I most definitely DO enough.
When I set aside the guild over the productivity on some days over others, or over taking necessary healing personal time, or the laundry list of all I “should” do, I am exactly where I want to be. Shamelessly. Expansively. Full of hope and wonder, creation and curiosity, a desire to explore all that’s possible. And that is the only voice I need.
Build your life around your heart without the restraint or guilt of judgement. It is a path forever worth taking.
You don’t need anyone’s affection or approval in order to be good enough. When someone rejects or abandons or judges you, it isn’t actually about you. It’s about them and their own insecurities, limitations, and needs, and you don’t have to internalize that. Your worth isn’t contingent upon other people’s acceptance of you — it’s something inherent. You exist, and therefore, you matter. You’re allowed to voice your thoughts and feelings. You’re allowed to assert your needs and take up space. You’re allowed to hold onto the truth that who you are is exactly enough. And you’re allowed to remove anyone from your life who makes you feel otherwise. — Daniell Koepke
