Part 14:
Once you’ve created your self-inventory and before we move on to Step #2 of The Rightful Placement Process, I think it would be very beneficial to engage in an interim exercise that will assist you in moving closer to identifying your rightful placement (if you’re not sure what it is already).
Try the following mental exercise, which was originally presented in my self-published book, Playground Instruction for the Growing Adult. I would like for you to:
“reflect upon that thing that you always go back to . . . the thing that you enjoy doing and can spend countless hours, online or on TV, watching other people do without it ever getting old. You ultimately love it and can get lost in it. Look at that thing the non-naysayers have given you compliments on doing and told you that you’re good at and that you have a natural knack for. They even tell you that they wished that very thing came as easily for them as it does for you. It’s that thing (you know the one) that you can’t escape and don’t want to escape from. It’s that thing that you might see now as a hobby; but, if you really used your resourcefulness and ingenuity, you could probably find a way to package, market, and then sell it to those people who enjoy the same thing but don’t want to or know how to bring that thing into fruition for themselves. However, you’d do it even if you could never get paid for it, but monetizing it would be the cherry on top of the cake. You would even do it if no one else appreciated it because you love doing it so much and it personally means the world to you. The opportunity cost of spending your time doing it instead of something else is low because you’re going to do it no matter what. Look at the thing you’ve been talented in doing from your childhood. When you reflect upon that thing, you realize that you may not have had all the appropriate resources to carry it out; but because you love it so much, you find a way to do it anyway with the little resources available to you. Maybe you even overcame a lot of obstacles to do it and sacrificed a lot; but because you love it so much, it was well worth the effort. It’s that thing that drives you . . . that you can’t wait to get up at 5 a.m. to do because it wakes you up early in the morning. Or, it keeps you up late at night. Perhaps, it even prevents you from getting a good night’s sleep because your mind keeps churning at night thinking about all the possibilities of doing it and all the ideas that derive from its processes. You mentally and physically feel at your best while doing it; and consequently, your self-esteem and confidence skyrocket. You experience joy from it and would share it with the world if you could, and so you’ll try. You have so many ideas running through your head about it and they’re never exhausted because it’s something you’re passionate about and can do for the long-haul . . . for the long term . . . forever.”
“Okay, the exercise you just participated in was designed to assist you in identifying your love interest. When you went into reflection mode as I instructed, did you think of the word or words you could insert in place of every ‘the thing,’ ‘that thing,’ and ‘it’ you read in the preceding italicized text? Go ahead and reread it repeatedly for context. Have you identified your love interest yet? If not, take a break and come back to this exercise at a later date. Try it again and see what you come up with. On the other hand, if you have identified what you love, then what are you doing or going to do about it?”
Well, here’s a response to that question. Let me suggest that we continue on with Step #2 of The Rightful Placement Process.
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