Passions – Dawn Lupul

September 20, 2019

Be Who You Want to Be – Planning

Sit, think, and figure it out. You can’t get there if you don’t know where you are going! *Photo Credit: Dawn Kay*

Would you ask a 16 year old to plan your life for you? Are you in a career now that you decided on many years ago that doesn’t satisfy you? Are you afraid to leave because you have invested so much time into it that you are scared to walk away?

Some people suffer for years because they are following a path that was laid out long ago that no longer resonates with them. Maybe it never did, but they were encouraged to go into a certain line of work by others, usually family.

Yes, we all need to be productive in life, but don’t you envy the people who make a living doing what they are passionate about? Don’t you wish you could wake up every day, excited and anticipating all that is to come?

September 19, 2019

Be Who You Want To Be – Decisions

I walked this beach in Puerto Rico for hours and hours. I finally found what I was looking for

No fooling around with this one – this is perhaps the most important thing that you can do to realize your dreams.

First, you must know what your dreams are!

Spend some time thinking about what your ideal day looks like. From personal experience, I know that having no structure and no goals wasn’t fulfilling to me. I used to think that wandering around on an island all day was going to satisfy me, but then I did it and it wasn’t true.

When we can only think of wanting to have less to do in life, it means that we need a break. We are struggling to accommodate the pressures we put on ourselves. Take a look at where you can ease the commitments you have and give yourself some much needed relaxation.

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019

So, What Do You Do?

I used to do this. Now I do something else. Same me, different role *Photo Credit: MrWillWong.com*

Hi, I’m Dawn. I’m a writer and an entrepreneur. What do you do?

Every time we meet someone new, one of the first things we do is categorize who we think they are by what they do for a living. We form judgments based on the ideas we have in our minds about what different professions look like.

If I tell you I am a writer, you have your impressions of what that means to you. It probably has nothing to do with me at all, but it gives you a starting place to try to understand who I am.

If I said I was a gambler and I make money betting sports, your conclusions about me would be different. I am still the same person, but the veil you see me through has changed.

What we do shouldn’t define who we are, but in this society it does. We deem others as more or less worthy by the occupation they perform.