“How do you want to fill your days?”

What is the “ideal job” for you?

It is a difficult question to answer, especially for a multipotentialite with many interests and creative pursuits.

We have a million things we enjoy doing.

But where do we start?

How do you pick a job to dedicate your time to?

Try answering this question:

“How do you want to fill your days?”

You can’t be a famous blogger or an author if you don’t like writing.

You can’t be a coach or a presenter if you can’t hold a conversation.

Freelancing isn’t the right path if you hate communicating with clients.

It’s so easy to focus on the outcome, the glory, the fame.

But if you don’t enjoy the journey that gets you there, it’s not the best career choice for you.

When people think of their ideal job, they focus on the outcome, not the daily habits required to get there.

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To find a job that actually suits you, you need to identify what you’d be most excited about doing day-to-day and work backward into what that ideal job would be.

Here’s an exercise you can do:

Jot down the days (or moments in the day) that make you feel alive and describe what exactly happened that made them so enjoyable.

Pay attention to the smallest details.

It’s a great practical exercise that helped me figure out what brings me joy without having to force myself to think about it in one sitting.

I noticed that I’m the happiest when I work on something intellectually stimulating and meaningful to me (I can’t be doing something just because someone told me to). It has to be my decision.

I am a self-directed person, who works best in my flow - the deep sense of engagement.

This is an indication that self-employment is my calling.

I love words and self-expression in any form. So I write.

I also discovered that I enjoy deal-making ??

There's something about the ease and thrill of it that just comes naturally to me.

Ease is a sign of a flow. I need things to feel easy and flowy.

I’ve made some unconventional deals with businesses and media, that helped me grow my blogs quicker.

Below’s the recent deal I made with a big research company (I’ve pasted my email pitch below):

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