Live outside of the EXPECTED

Have you ever just stopped, looked around and wonder; WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE? What have I become and why I have I stayed so long. Many times we believe that this is the life and this is all that life has for us. WRONG! We haven’t begun to live our best days, because we are so content with living these expected days. The expected life! Days of doing the safe, the normal, and the expected. Like going on the same vacation every year and calling yourself adventurous. Unexpected street signJust think about it; 95% of you reading this are working a job that was expected, living on safe terms, and doing nothing out of the norm (social norm that is). Existing in a world based on norms and man-made paths; constantly ignoring that need to wake up and make a change. We have become the robots that are expected to take over the workplace any many of our jobs. We have been programmed to believe that this is the life. WAKE UP! Shake things up and live the life that is not expected and one that places you right in the midst of fear. The fear that reveals true purpose and potential. Stay woke and live ready for the unexpected.

We followed the path and many of us ignore our passions. We fell into the trap of college, graduate, grad school, work, work, work, and retire. Now reread that. I’ll wait………OK. Nowhere in the plan is there room for living or for doing the unexpected. Living against expected terms. Most of us have followed the normal plan of life and placed ourselves stuck in careers that have depleted our happiness and provided us more sorrow than required. We forgot that work will consume about 75% of your life, so why not work somewhere magical. Instead we turned in our passions for briefcases and fancy jobs titles, which now places us in the land of the miserable and expected. STOP! 17556-the-unexpectedYou hear the alarm clock ringing and don’t you dare put it on snooze. That button that seems quiet the noise doesn’t exist anymore. Listen to the noise and move accordingly. The time to notice what you are doing with your life is now?

Begin to ask yourself:

Is my current career my original career of interest?

What is stopping me from leaving this place of discomfort?

What is my true passion?

Am I completely happy with where I am right in life?

Does this expected life lead to somewhere I want to go?

Am I empowered to be creative and do things my way?

Am I learning skills that will advance me to the next level?

Do you love or just like your current life?

How are you maximizing the conditions that lead to success and to a life unexpected?

This is just the surface of issues that are causing us to be unsure of why we are here.

We have to place what the expectations are and live based on our own personal expectations. The goal is to stop allowing others to put their agendas first and for you to live base solely off of your own. Do what you want to do and LOVE IT! End the constant questioning of why have you come and why is this the life you have to experience. Remember YOU DON’T. Nothing is final unless you make it that way. Planning doesn’t just end with PLAN A; sometimes you need B, C and D to get to the place you want to be. the-unexpectedAsk yourself; what has your job done for you lately. Stop rolling around in the ball of confusion and get back to living your life without questions and the expected.

Jump out of the expected and into the unexpected. That is when life begins to happen.

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