What's Your Passion?

It’s been five months (time really flies because I swear I have only been outta work for three months !!) since my last contract and I’m still trying to figure out my passion while looking for my next contract. I feel like this is the first time since…ever I’ve had time to figure out what I actually want to do with my life. The trending statement is always “follow your passion” or “do what you’re good at”. But what if you don’t know the answer to either of those questions. Piggybacking off of my last article, America trains you to grow up and get a job, not to follow your passion. It is also pretty f***ed up that this country expects or sets children up to feel like they should know what they want to do with their life at 18/19 years old knowing absolutely nothing and having very little life experiences. So at 27, I’m starting from scratch trying to figure all of that out.

I recently was blessed by the Nurse Travel Network with a free ticket to the Nurse Power Brunch during Essence weekend. I truly believe in everything happening for a reason and God placing you where you need to be in order to receive something. It was great to see that I wasn’t alone. So many nurses are not happy and burnt out with nursing at the bedside “post-covid”. There is so much anxiety that stems from nursing with it being such a high stress and high pressure career. Sure, I love the basics of the nursing profession: helping people, being able to make patients smile during the roughest times, job security, being able to impact someones life in a meaningful way, etc., but my therapist just revealed to me that I actually don’t enjoy it. I have been anxiety free since I’ve been unemployed and I’m moving to only one session a month. I do believe I enjoy nursing though, just not in the Med-Surge hospital bedside capacity and I never did. I listened to all my professors that stressed “do med-surge, get your experience, get a solid foundation…” and I did. I truly do not know if that is good advice or not. Times are changing and I don’t believe anyone should spend a single second doing something they know for a fact they don’t love. But this brunch showed me so many women that are DOING it and have been able to make the transition from the bedside to a business. Senator Katrina Robinson and Dr. Nicci were so real and relatable with the insight they gave all the attendees. I can find “life coaching” sometimes to be just bulls**t, but they Kept it “G” for me. Sometimes you can see where you want to end up, but just not know how you’re going to get there and they helped with that big middle chunk of WORK that needs to be put in for the outcome/life you want. Both speakers mentioned offer coaching and other services of which can be accessed via the link in their bios on Instagram: @senatorkatrinarobinson / https://katrinarobinson373.lpages.co/ and @thenursenicci. While I mention these two women being coaches, I will add that they made sure to emphasize vetting and researching whomever you choose to be your coach and/or mentor.

I will tell y’all right now I do not have all the answers, only the experiences, lessons, and f**k ups i’m in the process of learning. But a few of my takeaways from this brunch are to (1) invest in yourself, (2) do a self inventory on what you are good at and what you would need to outsource for your business because you don’t know what you don’t know, (3) be able to adapt to outside changes,  (4) move with integrity, and (5) Ask for help! I have struggled with that last one all my life !

And just a tidbit I gained from the last book I read (‘Big Magic’ by Elizabeth Gilbert), don’t be afraid to do something just because someone else is doing it or has done it. She states that when you can’t be original, be authentic as there are very few truly original ideas these days.

And that’s basically what G3 is all about -  moving in a Godly,Genuine, and Gangsta way with yourself, your life, and through the world.

As for as me keeping it G, I’ve been in a very “Im just living life” vibe money and savings be damned. I’m a Taurus and I can be just as productive as I can be lazy and LAZY is what I’ve been giving. Just moving through life very leisurely trying dig deep to discover what my passion is. With that being said, I think I’m ready to get back on the horse and just start.

Faith without works is dead and good luck to all of us still trying to figure this s**t out.

Keep it G,

G3