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Hello from New York City my Daily Lover!
I've been reading Steven Pressfield's new book "Turning Pro" .
It's a follow up to his AMAZING book "The War of Art".
In this book Pressfield talks about "shadow" careers. That is to say, things we do that are not our true calling. We get a lot of certainty out of our shadow careers, but not true fulfillment.
Imagine the artist who chose the corporate route instead. Or the writer who chose to be an attorney. Or the healer who chose to become an insurance agent. Or the entrepreneur who took the 9 to 5 because it was a more certain path.
The shadow career is a false expression of who we really are. It's what I'll call our "fate". That is to say - the way our life will turn out based on the circumstances of our life from birth. Fate is letting your life be defined by your conditions and by fear.
Fate is not destiny. Destiny is something you create. Destiny has a calling to it. And a beckoning out into the unknown. Our job in life - if we want to be happy, is to step into our destiny, into our calling.
For a long time in my life, I knew I was a writer. I was creative. I had creative dreams. But what did I do? I went into the service of others as a manager in the music business. And I created so much anxiety and unexpressed creative energy that I almost killed myself with drugs trying to cover it up. It was only though an act of GRACE that I was saved from my fate.
And I've been on my destiny path for a few years now. It started out terrifying. And it's still scary, but not as much.
Part of living your destiny and not your shadow career is being able to LIVE in and with uncertainty. It's about trusting The Uni-verse to have your back. It's about realizing you have a gift and your job is to GIVE that gift to the world. It's about doing what's right, rather than what's easy. It's about turning PRO and showing up whether you are inspired or not.
It's about doing it every day. And making a difference in the lives of others. There is still a part of my life that is in the "shadow career" tier. I wrote about it a little bit last week - and that is my screen writing career. It's something I have wanted to step into for a while now and I'm setting up 2013 so I can create that practice for myself, right after I finish my Hay House book. I know this is my next step - it's scary and yet I will take the step because it's too painful not to.
I can't write another blog or book without being able to express this other side of myself. It feels like part of me isn't living. And so I'm creating my life to be able to make this change and step more into my destiny.
What about you? Are you living in your shadow career? Are you bound by fate or creating your destiny?
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Love,
Mastin
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