A Body in Motion, Stays in Motion

Alright- so I am starting to make some more headway in the finding a job to make some money front!  I started training at "The Field" last night; they probably won't have many shifts for me until the back patio opens (It snowed last night, so that might not happen anytime soon.)

Also, I have a job interview this week for a part time admin. position at a company that does late stage pharmaceutical research/testing, but I would be at their marketing division in Boston.  It sounds like a pretty interesting job because they want me to do editing, proofreading, and powerpoint- as well as administrative tasks.  It's also part time with flexible hours and not too tough to get to...so I'm hoping this works out!

I'll be back with a job update after that interview, which will be Thursday...if that doesn't work out, I might have to go back to full-time office work through a temp agency (gasp)!  I have high hopes for this though!

Anywho- the point of this post is finding a Purpose, Goal, or Dream:

What I'm doing to figure out something that I want to maybe do (vague right?):
So, I haven't dove (dived?) into anything off the high diving board, while doing flips yet.  I've been sticking my feet in the water a little bit to try a few things out though.

Doing things that I like/enjoy might help lead to some sort of concrete goal or towards some kind of dream.  So, I've tried a few things:

• Taking Singing Lessons: I've always really enjoyed singing and have spent many nights in Faneuil Hall singing Karaoke (mostly Taylor Swift).  So, I've started taking singing lessons, and last Monday was my first class!  Not sure that this will lead anywhere, but maybe someday I'll be in some kind of band...
• Making Pickles:  I've always enjoyed making things- and I've decided to try my hand at pickles.  The costs for equipment are very low (like 35$ for the boiling water canner and utensils) and potentially sell them at the Farmer's Market this summer- big maybe- I still have to find out Massachusetts regulations for this kind of stuff and am getting ahead of myself (I tend to do that.)
• But, I made some refrigerator pickles (these are not canned, but just pickles that you put in the fridge after making- they only last about a month) with my Aunt last week when I was in Vermont, and they are very easy to make and came out great- Yum!
• My roommate is interested in Jam (Jamming!) and we ordered the canner yesterday and are going to share it once it arrives! 
• Jamming and Pickling has to be done very precisely, due to bacteria- so I'm a little nervous about that part.
• Kickstarter Video:  I haven't worked on this yet, but I'm now committed to making a Kickstarter video for the Quack-a-Dile, a toy that I had a prototype made for last year.  I was pretty iffy on whether I was going to pursue the idea further, as the manufacturing costs are a bit high, but I think it's worth moving forward on.  Once the video is made, I'll put a link on the blog.

That's all I've really done so far, which doesn't feel like much- I am reading a self help book called "Getting Past OK: The Self-Help Book for People Who Don't Need Help," by Richard Brodie.  It might end up being helpful, but I'm not done with it yet.  

I'm on "Part III: The Pursuit of Happiness," which pertains to this post.  One statement he makes in this section makes a lot of sense to me- It's in regards to finding a life purpose:

     "The kind of life purpose I'm talking about is something that we're all fulfilling already;

      it's just that we may be doing it very inefficiently.  I want you to become conscious of 

      what that purpose is- the part of your life that you really like, the core of what it's all 

      about for you- so you can use all your intellectual and creative abilities to come up
      with ways to have more of it.  And if you're like me, it won't just be a little more-
      it will be a lot more."

I just got to this statement yesterday, but it reinforces what I'm already doing, which is adding more stuff I already like to my life- singing, making things, ect.  Granted, I did read a bunch of blogs and googled "finding a purpose in life," "finding a dream" and read of bunch of posts and advice online the day I quit my job (I was freaking out after all) and came across similar advice there. Reading those other blogs inspired me to come back and write about this "Journey" or whatever it is that I'm on- haha. One of those other blogs that's pretty cool is : The 30 Year Old Ninja http://30yearoldninja.com/   His story is pretty darn inspiring!

I think I'm doing an alright job, but I worry about losing steam on finding my purpose or dream-  

It would be so easy to fall back on my old pattern of  just going to work, watching tv, and going out with friends and not really doing much else. 

But, even as I'm scared of falling back on old patterns, I still have forward momentum (as well as the recent memory of how I wasn't happy in that pattern). We ordered the canner, I made pickles, I went to my second singing lesson, and I've kept blogging-  all Forward Momentum.

Today I plan to buy a date book- and to schedule practice time for singing and to schedule time to write a script for the Kickstarter video.  

As physics says :  A Body in Motion Stays in Motion, and a Body at Rest Stays at Rest.  I believe that as long as I keep pushing towards figuring this stuff out and stay "in motion"- I will get somewhere with this!