Okay, here’s The Famous Ashley Grant’s deep thoughts that have bubbled up all month and resulted in this post on this last day of the first month of this new year…
I know I want to be able to help people- truly help people. I want to enjoy my life with my husband. I want to be a traveling writer and photographer. NOTE- I did NOT say a travel writer or a travel photographer. I’ve learned that I don’t want to be a travel writer or travel photographer because I want to actually be able to enjoy the things I see and experience. There IS a difference. Traveling while writing and taking pictures is VERY different from traveling to a place with the sole intention of taking pictures of the place and writing about the place. Sure, I want to do some of that, but my main focus is the writing and taking pictures while traveling…
I also know that I have to make a certain amount of money each month to survive. My struggle as of late has been to combine all my wants into a career that will fulfill each of my wants while also satisfying that bottom line number that I have to meet.
I have felt so lost lately and so frustrated and I’m just not sure what my next step is.
How can I write and take pictures while traveling and make enough money to survive but also help people along the way?
I want to be able to give money to someone in need, buy a cup of coffee for a stranger any time the mood strikes, pay someone’s rent one month that really deserves a break, give a gift card for a mani-pedi to a mom that never takes care of herself, give a massage certificate to a hard worker I know stands on their feet all day…I have a heart filled with the desire to give, but a financial situation causing me to worry more about my own needs than those of others.
I know exactly how much money I need to be making to pay all of my bills on time every month, get myself out of debt and start saving for retirement, but every time I have a moment to myself…my mind wanders to how much I want to give to others. How do I get it all? How do I find a way to give when I keep needing to receive?
I continue to seek my answer…
