20 Signs You’re an Awakening Professional

I don’t think work is merely a way to pay your bills.

I personally think work is often “your life’s work.”

It is how we leave our mark in the world. It’s how we spend the majority of our time in our adult lives. It is the thing we do (and think about) most of the hours in a given week and it should not be discounted or viewed as separate from the rest of our lives.

And for many, it’s the way in which we awaken to our true authentic selves.

Knowing what you don’t want to do and discovering what really fulfills you is what I call an “Awakening Professional.”

You can find meaning in all work, of course, as long as it still lines up with your personality, your values and your gifts. But many of you are looking for something more than just “work.”

So how can you tell if you are an Awakening Professional?

Here are 20 signs you are an Awakening Professional:

1. You would do the work for free if somehow your bills were magically paid.

2. You want your work to feel meaningful.

3. You want to reach people. You may not know how, but you know it’s about more than just you.

4. You are feeling a connection to the planet and suspect that even small decisions affect the whole.

5. You take a step and feel like things are falling apart, you fall apart, only to discover a day later the problem is fixed and you fell apart for nothing.

6. Something small, a really small step, feels HUGE and scary and you don’t know why.

7. You have the feeling you should being doing something else. You don’t seem able to ignore it, no matter how hard you try.

8. You’re not entirely sure where this voice or new drive is coming from. It’s you but it’s so calm and firm about it.

9. There are many times when you think “It would be so much easier if I just did something else.”

10. You feel you are being asked to leave something you know how to do for something you have no idea how to do.

11. You have this feeling that you just have to trust it will work out, even when you don’t know HOW it will work out.

12. You often hit the “snooze” button on this career dream but it comes back again and again.

13. You may think “A saner person would’ve given up by now!” at many points in the journey.

14. You begin to feel that unless you are using your gifts, you will not be fulfilled.

15. It becomes increasingly important to understand your gifts and embrace them.

16. You feel the desire to clean up your life by skipping conversations with gossip, embracing a clean way of eating (perhaps conscious eating), and surrounding yourself with positive people.

17. You want to share your knowledge in some way with the world.

18. You REALLY want to help people.

19. Your drive won’t let up. You pursue it wholeheartedly in every spare moment you can.

20. You seek quiet and begin to respect your own inner guidance over the input of everyone else.

Does this sound like you? Are you an Awakening/Awakened Professional? If so, Welcome Aboard! It can be a bumpy ride but well worth it.

XOXO,