My Magic Bytes

Find it and give it a purpose!

Originally published in my newsletter: Magicbytes

It was my daughter’s 6th birthday party. My husband and I made the party arrangements all week. When we finished decorating the party hall in the unicorn theme, it was already 11 pm.

The following morning, I woke up and surprised myself by making my signature sandwiches to all the 30+ guests in addition to my husband’s southwest chipotle salad and Domino’s pizza. It was a brunch event.

The celebration began, and guests were coming in one by one. I was busy shaking hands, hugging, catching up, and conversing from where we last left.

Can you guess what mommies make best in addition to babies? Mommy jokes 😉

I was so in the moment having a ball when my husband interrupted to talk to me in private.

He said in a rather casual tone: “Hey, looks like everyone is having a great time. Can you please continue to entertain the guests while I take care of serving food, organising the stuff, and taking pictures? You know I can’t do the talks, and you are best at it.”

My mind interpreted: “Please be yourself and do what you do best. Do not stop having fun. The mundane tasks are all on me.”

Something clicked inside me. It was my moment of truth.

I felt amazed to be recognised for my inherent skills. To know that being myself was enough! Even to others.

You are enough. You are so enough, it is unbelievable how enough you are — Sierra Boggess.

The quest to find my passion revealed my wishlist

In the last few years, the recurring haunting question in my mind was: “How do I find my passion?”

The question inevitably branched out to several others like:

• What can I do for the rest of my life without getting bored?
• What can keep me in “my zone” and let the energy flow within me non-stop?
• What do I naturally do well? What do people around me notice about me?
• What keeps me awake at night?
• What can I do for free because it is so important to me? What is the problem I want to solve for good?

My primary roadblock was not having an answer. But, having more than one to the questions above.

For starters, I applied the “Elimination” method to get rid of what I didn’t want in my life. To my surprise, this exercise also revealed my wishlist.

• I can’t continue living in a foreign country. I yearned to go back home and live close to family.
• I was afraid of becoming a victim of the monotonous routine. I wanted more vigour and zeal in my day-to-day living.
• I couldn’t imagine working on my IT job until retirement. I wished to switch directions in my career and become my boss.
• The thought of limiting my life to my family and friends shrunk my living potential. I wanted to give back a part of my heart and soul to the community, whatever I decided to do.

I figured I got stuck at the “Self Actualization” phase of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. where he points out, “What a man can be, he must be.”

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life -Abraham Maslow.

I wanted to unlock my fullest potential and live a life with greater meaning.

The Serendipity of my passion

Six months back, I started to read and write again on Medium. I shared my life experiences in words.

I was amazed how writing has the added advantage of expressing free-flowing thoughts with no interruptions.

Tell the story once and share it with everyone else in the world.

No wonder my love for talking has taken a back seat by my insatiable appetite to write.

Writing kicks me to my zone in no time, and I only find love everywhere I see.

There is no drop in my energy or enthusiasm in my need to bring life to the words in me.

The appreciation and comments, I receive on my stories keep me going. It helps me realise my potential to keep entertaining the readers with my unique ideas and perspectives through my true stories.

I feel immensely grateful to bring my natural ability to the spotlight.

It is fascinating to unlock the readers’ hearts and minds to new possibilities. Through my writing!

I am so blessed to have found my village of like-minded writer souls who support me wholeheartedly. There is no greater force than the power of community, I admit.

The story of My newsletter

My passion finally dawned on my sparkling mind in a dimly lit room as I wrote a guest post to the coffee times newsletter.

I wondered what-if I could create a weekly newsletter targeted to my specific audience. My whole heart lit up in an instant.

It was the answer to all my questions!

When you find your purpose, it is like your heart has been set alight with passion. You know it absolutely, without any doubt -Rhonda Byrne.

Writing to touch peoples’ lives with love, kindness, hope, and laughter will enable me to live a fulfilled life. And I can do it forever with nothing but intense joy and love.

I can never have enough of writing. It is the path I choose to give back to the world, a part of my heart and soul!

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you -Oprah Winfrey.

What is your passion? How did you find it?

Please share it in the comments.

This post will be incomplete without the special mention of Coffee Challenge 3, which kickstarted my newsletter journey.

Thank you, Winston and all the lovely editors of coffee times: Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles, Yana Bostongirl, Marrisa W., Vincent Van Patten, Dr. Preeti Singh, Drashti Shroff.

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