Ken Janke continued to be our guide in helping each of us to determine the story of our life in the second installment of Story.Lab. He will be posting his slides online to help all the participants think through the questions raised and even more importantly broaden the discussion to a wider circle of people.
Here are this week's slides:
Ken showed the trailer to a documentary called Darius Goes West. Take a look. It's a wonderful example of a person not only writing their story, but LIVING their story!
Looking forward to continuing the conversation!
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I shared my thoughts about Friday's gathering on my blog
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Jack and I briefly talked after last week's story.lab discussion and I was expressing my thoughts about actually finding your passion. During the luncheon, Ken wanted to make sure that a passion does not have to be a non-profit type of ideology, but I still struggle to find anyone's passion without the premise of giving back or "making the world a better place". I'm having an issue with this because I find my passion to be quite selfish in comparison. Maybe I shouldn't be comparing myself to others, but I can't help it. I find myself trying to contort my passion into something that would be meaningful to others and not just myself. In turn, it's almost as if I can't get past step 1 in this series of discussions. I can follow along, but can't seem to place myself into the thoughts.
Side note, I love actually taking that step back to evaluate where my life is headed. I'm at a bit of bend in the road, so this is a great time for new self-discovery, to make changes and to start anew. Good stuff thus far...
Becky, everyone's dreams and passions are unique. I think your passion around photography is a great one! My belief is that you can maintain your passion for photography and not necessarily have it overlap with your career (although if it does that’s GREAT too!) I think other folks out there feel that it’s important to have your passion and career be one in the same. As I’ve said before, this has been a discussion I have been having for decades. I don’t think there is a ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ answer. It's fantastic that we have this time on Friday to spark our thinking and dialog. I encourage you to share your thoughts. In my experience, when I am open to discussion and dialog I have always learned something in the process. I will forward this post to Ken so he can join the conversation as well. Keep working on it. This is great stuff to think about.
I am really getting a lot out of our story.lab discussions these past few weeks. They have helped me look at some of the changes that have happened in my life over the last year from a different lens, which has been both helpful and healing. I would like to blend my interests and dreams with what I do career-wise, but I have not figured out all the details to make that happen (yet). Our discussions have helped spark new ideas and my creative wheels are turning. One thing I know for sure, what I become is of much greater interest and importance to me than what I get or what I do to earn an income. I want to grow as a person and take an active role in writing my story.
I've been puzzling over that values keyword... I think it might be (community) inclusion. In work teams, in the community, etc., I value diverse opinions & partners & what I can learn from others & how the whole is greater than the sum of its parts (inclusion as more than diversity, as inclusion would mean equal involvement as well). Still pondering though...
Becky & Jack, for me it's a matter of intention/values alignment rather than what we're actually doing. There's that great parable of 3 stone masons; each was asked what he was doing. 1st: I'm laying stones. 2nd: I'm building the best wall I can build. 3rd: I'm building a cathedral in which the whole village can worship together. They're all right & it's all a matter of perspective & intention behind the work... Which is the "best" answer? I'm not sure.
Jeff, that "becoming" is such a great way to live! I really like that construct.
See you on Friday!!
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