My Life Purpose???

For the last few months I have become overly frustrated. I am frustrated because I have realized that I have spent all this money getting a Bachelors degree and I have yet to use it in a career. Today I found a video on You Tube entitled "How to Know Your Life Purpose in 5 Minutes..." It really was an inspiring video.

Adam Leipzig, the speaker, said that he went to a reunion at Yale and about 80% of the people at the reunion had still not discovered their life purpose. He said that the 20% of those who knew their life purpose could answer 5 simple questions.

• Who are you?
• What do you love to do?
• Who do you do it for?
• What do those people want or need?
• How does what you do benefit or change those people as a result?

So I thought about those questions for a moment. Here is what I come up with.

I am Kaitlin. I love to research about education, nutritional health, and  general wellness. I do it for myself first, my family and friends second. These people all need to know the truth about the current educational and nutritional system and the lies we as a society have been told. I want to uncover these truths to improve their quality of life. If they follow the advice I give more than likely they will gain outstanding health and wellness as well as an improved quality of life through knowledge and application. 

 

Here's the fun part. Now, that I understand this is what I love to do how do I apply it in my life to make it a career? Who will hire me for my knowledge and research skills? Do I need to start my own business? How do I do that with insufficient income? If I do start a business how do I incorporate my ideas to help others? I've thought about becoming a Health and Life Coach and there are online schools out there to enhance my skills but I can't afford them and they don't accept financial aid. Where do I go from here?

 

I would love to here your comments on this issue. 

What is Congress Thinking?

An Email from FeedingAmerica.com

"Earlier this week, the House of Representatives decided to proceed with the Farm Bill by splitting it into two separate pieces of legislation—a farm only bill, which would cover agriculture programs, and a nutrition bill. Today, the House passed the agriculture only bill. It remains to be seen what will happen with the nutrition bill, which would fund critical anti-hunger programs like SNAP and TEFAP.

What does this mean? It means passing a strong Farm Bill that ensures hungry Americans continue to have access to programs that help them put food on the table will be even more difficult. We expect this split is going to result in deeper cuts and harmful policy changes to SNAP when the nutrition portion of the bill is brought to the floor. That’s not right.

Lost amidst the partisan politics and political maneuverings is the fact that nearly 50 million Americans struggle with hunger, and a Farm Bill that doesn’t adequately fund programs like SNAP ignores and undermines that important fact. In short, it will lead to lost meals for struggling families.

What happens next is unclear. What we do know is the fight continues and we’ll need your help even more. In the meantime, we must keep the pressure on Congress. You can share your views by sending an e-mail to let your Members of Congress know that they must protect and strengthen anti-hunger programs as this process continues."

Check out these videos of people who need these programs.



For those of you that don't know my family is on SNAP benefits and I work 40 hours a week. This day and time we are still under the poverty level. I hate the way people judge those who are on SNAP. Please help by calling or emailing your members of Congress and letting them know that these programs are needed.


 

Dreams???

So lately I have been having strange dreams.

I have dreamed of new jobs for DH and I that provide financial increase in a rather large amount; that could definitely be a blessing right now.

I've also dreamed of reuniting with an old friend, of which I am not sure that I am willing to reunite with because reuniting may cause hard feelings or could result in something unexpected that would also cause problems. 

If anyone knows anything about dreams and how to interpret them please let me know. I found a website that had some information on it about the meanings of dreams but I'm not sure what to believe. I often take dreams very seriously and very literally.

 

Work Stuff

Tonight, I arrived at work and about 30 minutes after being there a couple walks in. The woman is really nice she books the room without question. The man with her complains about the rate. My hands are tied when it comes to the rate. I give them a discount as they requested and he is still complaining. I check them in then check in another couple. A few minutes later both couples go to their room. The guy with the first couple comes down after about 10 minutes complaining about the room temperature. He talks to me like I can control it. I know he probably thinks I have more control than I do but unfortunately my hands are tied. Empowerment is not something that my manager believes in. Therefore, I responded, "Sir, unfortunately there is nothing I can do about that other than speak to my manager about it. I will speak to him though." He responds, "Please do because that's just not good business right there." It really frustrates me when people come to me about things out of my control. I want to help them and solve all their problems, but that is often not something I can do.

What are you to do when your hands are tied at work; your manager doesn't take suggestions from employees; and your consumers are upset with you because they think you can change the system?