The Unmapped Path

This June 17th is… the ONE year anniversary of my Wildly Passionate life project. I have left it largely undocumented, spare a few blog posts and personal writings. However, I’m planning on splitting this egg open and hatching a beautiful piece of inspiration for the world. I plan on releasing it in sections, over the next year. Which you can purchase individually or, (given a moderate deal of interest) get it all printed out into a book for your shelves and coffee tables.

(I don’t know about you, but for me I connect so much more with ink on paper. The medium resonates so much stronger for me.)

This website has focused mainly on articles I thought would help the aspiring business woman. Or, more specifically, a woman wanting to be in control of her life’s decisions and the passionate work she puts out there. This book will be for those people, but expanded to include any human being wanting to walk their own forged path.

I want to inspire, nurture, and create a place of strength for people. Somewhere to draw that courage, power, guts to realize we were never meant to fit into a mold, and trying to do so has only caused us continued suffering and a sense of missing out. Missing out on what? Well, that’s for you to discover. This project is held deep to my heart, the ideas I will present have largely been kept to myself due to the acute lack of kindred souls. The Unmapped Path is one walked in solitude. Completely dependent on you and only you. This presents benefits and struggles of all kinds.

If you need a best friend, have been too fearful to dream, or don’t know why you feel so alone, this is for you. I’m here to show you how to counteract current culture’s “self hating” trap (a common and toxic one we often spread without knowing it). The notion that “you are your own worst enemy”. It isn’t so, and all you have to do is decide. Nobody can stop you. No one.

What I need you to do: Get interested. Check for updates and send in your stories. What path are you on? What stones (or boulders) are blocking your way? Where do you find strength?

This is for anyone! I have read so many books that get close to this message, but have just missed it or jumped right over it. This is the focus, the study, the anatomy of strength. That little spark inside of you that, by nature canNOT go out. Think you’re doomed to a fate out of your hands? You’ll need this just as much as I need to share it with you. Get ready!

I’d say the prospects of working for yourself, by yourself has some pretty heavy effects (good or bad) on your personal life. Often times, the fun parts are over emphasized and given more weight than they deserve. A monthly (or even weekly) review of your tolerance for self-employment side effects is a great investment… for yourself and your business. If it starts to feel less positive and more like a ball-and-chain following you around, you may need a quick break, or a refocus of your energy, towards efforts that feel more positive for you.

Here’s what I’ve noticed about the up sides to self-employment.

• I can pick which days I don’t want to work. I can spread my weekend ‘free days‘ throughout the week if each day is feeling too taxing. Or I can lump a few days together for me-time to do things I enjoy and reward myself for pursuing a very flexible lifestyle.
• Similar to the above, if you’re a night owl, you can work as late as you can bear. If you’re most productive in the mornings, you can get to bed early. One of the largest benefits I’ve had is in discovering my natural sleep-wake patterns and being able to stick to them.
• Entire creative control. No upper management to approve or disapprove your ideas and efforts. Fly as far out of the box as you can!
• Yes, I’m going to say it, you can work in your pajamas (or naked!)
• It provides for an ultra-portable life, in which all you need is your computer and an internet connection and you’re set. So if you love to travel or can’t stay in one place for long you can work wherever you want! Even at the beach if you really wanted to (I’m jealous if you can).
• No distractions from co-workers, bosses, memos or noisy office interference. I for one like a bit of white noise in order to focus, so I usually find some instrumental music, or open my window to the city. So you can work in dead silence or pumped as loud as your neighbors will bear.

In the next section I will discuss the downsides and hurdles to overcome while working for yourself, and how to perform a review of your personal interactions with self-employment. Stay tuned for part 2!

Related articles You May Find Interesting

• 12 Key Tips for Successfully Working Alone. (dancurtis.ca)
• Working Alone Sucks. Stop It! (c3sart.com)