I’m a Strange Breed
// 8.14.09 // Filed under: Thriving
All my life I’ve been borderline obsessed with discovering myself. I’ve always had this feeling that there was something big! and amazing! and wonderful! waiting for me. I’ve always thought I was meant for something larger than life.
I accepted long ago that I am not going to be the next Madonna or Julia Roberts. But I’ve had the good fortune to be able to experiment with many different careers and roles in life. And I continue to reinvent myself, to reach for the brass ring that I know is waiting for me.
I used to envy people who discovered their passion early in life and ambitiously drove toward success. That’s the kind of person I see myself as, but my life hasn’t worked out that way. I waffle, search, dip my toe in, then change direction. As I explore, I learn.
Here’s what I’ve learned about myself: I’m a girl who enjoys dinner and a movie more than a night on the town clubbing. Someone who needs quiet time – a lot of it. Someone who prefers to be alone, yet recognizes the need for social interaction and forces herself to participate in outings. I prefer Twitter to phone calls. I like to eat and I like to exercise. I’m not the Mom that likes getting down on the floor or playing imagination games, but set me and my kids up with a board game or video game and we’re good for hours. I like Disney Channel and tween pop stars more than most tweens. I’m the girl who prefers her laptop and TV to hiking and camping. The girl who hides behind a camera, yet loves being in the spotlight.
I’m a strange breed, indeed.
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Your first paragraph sums me up completely. I dream of being on Oprah b/c I did something/ have some certain knowledge/ am important somehow. What “it” is, I have no idea! And now, at 41, I wonder, am I ever going to figure it out? I feel like I have all this unrealized potential & yet, most days, I can barely get done the minimum necessary. *sigh*
Yet, I think most people don’t ponder these questions much. They live w/o examining their life. And there is something special about those of us who do explore & continue to discover new things about ourselves.
I love that you know yourself well, even if you aren’t sure how that translates into your claim to fame.
Lori at Spinning Yellow´s last blog ..Right Where I Belong
Great post we all have moments like that. We are happy with our lives but never want to settle. We just have to keep challenging ourselvers and finding out what makes us happy.
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I prefer texting to talking…so I feel ya there! Hey I love all of your great advice on the Saturday Sharefest column. I don’t do giveaways, but the tips you gave really made a lot of sense.
Happy Saturday Sharefest!
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Nothing I just read seems strange at all…
You sound like a multi-faceted person, which is a good thing.
I’m so glad you mentioned the need for quiet time, I think this something that is so often “overlooked” this days. We’re all so busy rushing around getting everything done that we need to, that we forget to take time to just chill out.
There’s been studies done proving that “chill time” is essential to overall happiness, also a key ingredient to personal growth. So keep doing it and don’t feel bad about it.
Beautiful layout, btw.
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Hi! I agree ~ life has been more about the journey than any particular destination, it seems, and I enjoy getting there, but always there are new things to discover, books to read, places to go, and the never-ending quest for quiet.
LOL, we’re twins! Well, except I’m totally not in to pop culture and could care less about pop stars and tween actors; heck, I’m not big into celebs and celeb news at all for that matter.
Have a great day and nice weekend with your family ~ Sandy
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Shannon, I forgot to tell you–thanks to the EXCELLENT SEO tips I’ve learned from you at SITS Saturday Sharefest and my experience writing at Trend Hunter Magazine, a post I wrote last week ranked high enough in the search engines to get recognized by an LA Times writer who quoted a full paragraph from my post for her blog. Also, I tweaked my blogs’ html codes so that my post titles come in front of my blog title…huge difference when it comes to SEO!
Hugs ~ Sandy
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I totally understand your breed b/c I am just the same. Came over from SITS to say hello and tell you that I have really been enjoying your Sharefest posts every weekend.
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I’ve always lived by the motto that it is not the destination that is important, it is how you get there that counts.
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We are all in a strange breed. Domesticated and breed. Not a broodling will never be the same.
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I am happy to hear when people find their passion in life as I know quiet well it can be a difficult task to accomplish. But for those who have not yet discover it, then it the journey there that you will always treasure.
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Not so strange. I see a lot of myself in your posts. Maybe it’s a Jersey thing? Keep doing what you’re doing.
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Wow! You seriously could have been writing about me there. lol.
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some of the most interesting people in life never realise what they want to do. Go with the flow
I think the people who really know what they want to do are the strange ones
I have to say I like searching for my passion, it has taught me a lot about myself.
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I don’t think you are strange at all. As a matter of fact, I think it is wonderful that you know who you are now and you appreciate the fact that “this” is who you are which is ok. More people need to get themselves all figured out.
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I think mostly everyone thinks they are going to be someting but that changes becuase life it self doesn’t allow us to be. Theres always something else.
I look at it as if I am taking time to find my passion. People who have found it early in life may be wrong about it.
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I know EXACTLY what you mean.
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We generally pass through all types of moments in life. Sometimes we feel happy and wanna settle while other times it keeps on changing.
First of all…. I love your blog.
I have poked around the site numerous times and I find myself always thinking the same thing…… “you took the words right out my mouth”
This post sums up how I feel about my life, and where I’m at within it. I have “dipped my toe” many times, always feeling like there is something huge waiting to be discovered.
Keep up the awesome work…. you are an exceptional writer and person from what I can “capture’ from your posts.
I lOVE your blog…. LOVE!!!!
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we are one in the same except that i don’t like excerise…
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Wow this post reminded me of myself so much. I don’t always have the desire to be around people and have to force myself to do things with others, I do love my laptop, and hate camping, I love quiet, wow the list goes on……and one thing I do love -design -I still don’t know what I’m suppose to do with it. I flitter and I flutter and it nothing seems to fall in place like I think its supposed to. But I’m hoping someday I’ll figure out what I’m supposed to be doing with myself.