How A German Postcard Pushed Me Over The Edge
I’ve talked about starting a blog since 2011. Yep, that’s seven years of TALKING about starting a blog. For years I talked about it and the ideas I had for it and the hope I had it would (and I still hope this) become something to inspire and empower others. But here I was seven years later still talking about it.
Until one of my student employees brought me a postcard from her winter break abroad in Germany. She knew of my love for snail mail, so she picked a card out she didn’t quite understand but she knew it had something to do with money and working. Little did she know it was what would light a fire under my butt. And bless her for it.
Roughly translated it says, “One look at my financial statement only allows one conclusion: I have made my hobby into a profession.” And it hit me, this was not at all accurate about my full-time job. What was I doing with my life that my profession didn’t feel like a hobby? (Full disclosure: I’m very open with my supervisor and my director about my desire to bring more creativity into my day job.)
It was time I find a hobby and if it became my profession I wouldn’t notice. It would still feel like a hobby.
So here I am doing a very ungraceful swan dive over the edge of building a hobby. I created this space here on the world wide web to share the things I love with you. I hope Just X’s And O’s becomes a resource for you in all areas of your life.
Tell me: What ah-ha moment have you experienced? How long did it take you to make the leap?
Cheers to being vulnerable,
Lindsae
