Here's another school of thought too...

Hi,

Thank you--I'm flattered that you asked.

You wrote:
> A while back on one of the post
> Boyd, you said something about not
> knowing what to do or not having
> found what you wanted to do ...

Last night what I want to do finally jelled. I was easily able to write a mini business plan this morning, and I feel centered and calm about it, unlike the conflicted and angry way I've been in the past. It's not ultra-grandiose like the other plans I've made and I see how the parts link together.

You wrote:
> I
> wonder if you know what you want
> to do and are resistant for some
> reason in doing it?

Up until now I haven't known what I wanted to do. I assumed most people were like that and only the lucky few knew (like, say, Jodie Foster) knew what they wanted to do from a very young age. Maybe somewhere in my head I knew what I wanted to do but I created conflicts within myself that kept me from knowing what I knew.

You wrote:
> Barbara Sher,an author on finding what
> you love, thinks most people know what
> they want to do but minimize it's importance
> or they feel they don't have the
> "skills"
> to do it...

She may well be right, I always assumed most people were like me but that was just an assumption.

You wrote:
> By the way her suggestion is to "do
> what ever
> that is" and "to hell with what
> people think."

I'm glad to hear that because there are some things I wanted to do that I was afraid to do because of what people might think. But they can be done at a later date when the timing is right.

You wrote:
> she suggests you take one step at the time.
> Her reasoning is that if you're remotely
> interested in this thing then intuitively
> this
> is what you should be doing...

That sounds right to me--follow your intuition and creep up on what you should be doing.

Thank you very much for the question, I only hope what I write helps people and doesn't confuse the issues or throw people off track. I have good intentions about what I post, but you know the old saying about good intentions......

Best,

- Boyd