Your best stuff
How many years does it take to find your stuff? That stuff that feels like it’s yours, that’s an expression of your true self and as much a part of you as your personality. It’s what you do, it’s what you were meant to do.
Once you find your stuff, be it a job, a creative pursuit, or a role in life, how often will you do it? How interested are you in doing it? How high of a priority does it have over all the other stuff that you do, that isn’t yours? The stuff you do because you have to, or because it’s easy, or because it helps pay the bills, or because it’s what others expect from you.
Once you find your stuff, how do you get good at it? Is it important enough to get good at? Do you have enough time to get good at it?
What about the best stuff that you do… how often does that see the light of day? How often do you do your stuff in such a way that it truly feels like it’s the best stuff you’ve done?
How did you get there? How can you stay there?
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Interesting post. I ‘found my stuff’ through writing novels. I love creating stories that matter to people – because reading a novel is such an intense experience, like reading someone’s mind through a page. Every time I read good writing it makes me want to go and write.
November 4th, 2009 at 12:12 am
Personally, I found “my stuff” through a lot of trail and error. Now that I’ve found it, however, it has taken over at least 50% of my life, with every action motivated by “my stuff”.