Ask The When I Grow Up Coach How can I just accept what I love already ( make it my career) - When I Grow Up

Ask The When I Grow Up Coach How can I just accept what I love already ( make it my career) - When I Grow Up In Ask the When I Grow Up Coach, I pick a question thats been thrown my way that I think would be universally helpful for creative career changers. This is a question I got from one of my  Career Campers at the end of the course, and Ive tucked it away for a rainy day. Todays that rainy day!   First, I just wanna say THANK YOU.  I know I was a doubter in the beginningbutyou were right. I SO didnt want to end Career Camp  without something real in hand. And I havent!!!! I  was just going back over everything from the beginning, and so now 2 things happened: 1. Im totally sick of looking at myself 2. I probably badgered myself into just Love What I Love Already. When I do that, I notice all the synchronicities which have showed up in my life! But how do I really embrace what I love to do and start taking action on it? -Career Camper R. When I first decided to become a life coach, I resisted it with every cell of my being, R. Life coaches were hippies! Who read crystals! And didnt shave their armpits! And while theres nothing wrong with that, it so wasnt me and I didnt want people to think it was. I didnt want it so much that I put life coaching out of my mind, even though it intrigued me, excited me, and seemed like the sweet spot of my skill set, experience, passions and lifestyle goals. It took months before I circled back around to the idea and allowed myself to ask: What If? What If I became a life coach? What If I became a life coach for those who  also didnt wanna work with a hippy-dippy crystal reader (not that theres anything wrong with that)? What If I branded and presented myself in a way thatd make  me proud? I also asked, What If I Didnt? What If I Didnt  help creative people through their career transitions? What If I Didnt allow myself to start doing the thing that I can possibly be as passionate about as performing? What If I Didnt  pursue this crazy entrepreneurial dream and just resigned myself to being an office drone? With questions like that, the answer became clear. I like to call it my oh crapballs moment.   Believe me: life woulda been easier if I just  wanted to be a lawyer or accountant or executive assistant. But I couldnt help it! I got excited about envisioning myself as The When I Grow Up Coach, and I had to accept that I just love what I love, as you so eloquently said, R.! If we actually all embrace our passions, dreams and/or personality traits to begin with, wed all find exactly what were looking for (and Id be out of a job! Ha!). But if its tough to do that, Id start by coming out of hiding in a way that doesnt feel  so scary. For me, it was signing up for a life coaching certification and taking classes with other future coaches.  Then it was talking to others about my after-work activities and longer-term career dreams.  Then it was taking on clients and launching my site. All in baby steps! So, what can  you do, R., to dive deeper into doing/learning what you love? I know its especially tough if its not aligned with your current reputation, but that makes it even more important! Have a question you want me to answer in an upcoming post?  Send it to me  via my Contact form. Have any help to give to Career Camper R.? Leave it in the comments! *** Registration for Career Camp opens next month! Sign up for early access + special goodies here.