A realisation

So what is it that I do?

Well, first and foremost, no, wait, scrub that, hello I’m Lyndsay.  I do lots of things.  I’m pretty good at most of what I do.  I would say that I’m no master of anything but I love all that I do.  I could easily separate what defines me into two things.  Professional and personal.  Professionally, I’m a teacher and this was, initially, how I was going to introduce myself.  Yes, professionally I’m a teacher and I give it my all (well 95%) but that is just a tiny part of who I am.  It also makes me so unhappy.  Unhappy that I put in so much effort, time and love and it seems to go totally unappreciated, bar a few.  Unappreciated by the people that I work for, the students that I teach and the government.  It is with this that I wish to find my element.  And hence, exactly what made me decide that I need to find my element.  My element being the thing that I love to do the most, which it not “work” at all.  It’s a tricky one, as I mentioned earlier I am good at most things I turn my attention to.  I sew, crochet, make jewellery with beads, also wire and clay.  I practice Reiki (on myself and others), I have taught and still teach myself Spanish (I took my GCSE last summer and achieved an A* - strangely satisfying as I’m in my 30s and never achieved an A in my GCSEs when I was 16).  I’m always itching to find/experience something new.  Does that mean I haven’t yet found my element or I’m spreading myself too thinly?  I honestly don’t know the answer to these questions but what I do know, is that I will find out.

I recently attended a seminar which was aimed at women only.  As I researched it I was immediately drawn to the concept.  I love being a woman, how many of us don’t?  Yes, it’s hard at times but  I would not change being a woman.  Anyway, I digress, the seminar opened my eyes to how I can make my money work for me rather than me work for money.  A simple yet so effective concept.  Why hadn’t I thought about this before?  Whilst my money is working for me I can spend my time finding my element or indeed actually “doing” or “being in” something I love whilst my money is making money, if you see what I mean. 

Obstacle #1 I have very little money to play with. 

Apparently, there are lots of options available in which you use other people’s money.  I like the sound of this.  I don’t know much more than that this just, yet but when I find out I’ll let you know.

Obstacle # 2.  I am a teacher, ”yes” I hear you say “you’ve already said that”.  The full seminar which I want to attend is based around 3 days, 2 of which are on a weekend – ah! I will find a way to make this work, fingers crossed there will be one available to me during some holidays.  So for this to happen, I just need some patience.  That I have plenty of – I’m a teacher.

In the meantime I’m honing my skills in blogging, learning how I can get my blog to reach as many of you as possible who may be in a similar situation as me, making contact with as many business women in London (worldwide?) and just getting myself out there.  I’m ready for the change.