Posts Tagged ‘know what you love’

When raising the title question of the book Why Not Do What You Love? in conversations, I have continually been amazed to hear this Frequently Stated Reaction (FSR) over and over.  It is simply:  “But I don’t know what I love!”

Why would this be true for so many?  What do my blog readers think?  Here are some of my conclusions and I hope to have some comments as responses.

1.One reason might be that members of your family of origin never noticed or applauded your natural tendencies to engage in certain activities which you did love.  Bereft of encouragement to do things differently than what your family may have valued, you may have buried your awareness of your preferences and instead sought approval in the activities that generated their attentions.

2. If you, like me,  are of a certain age, the culturally conforming 50’s  taught  that only certain professions were OK for men and for women.  Typically women were expected to stay home and manage the home life and the family, and men were expected to get a job that brought home the bacon.  That’s pretty much the way it was.  And the residue of that early expectation still exists Read the rest of this entry »