Building self confidence at 30.

What do you want from life? How can you change course mid journey? What is self confidence? What does it mean to know your self?   

Someone once told me that you should know yourself by 30. Well it has been 4 long months since then, and I'm still a work in progress. Even the most well put together person is still a work in progress. Everyday we get the chance to find out who we are. But what if you don't know what to look for? How do You become confidant? 

Here is a break down of what I'm doing right now.

1) Find your passion

2) positive self talk

3) working out

4) giving back

5) find your routine

6) RED LIPSTICK

7) learn something new everyday

8) apply something new you learned to your life

9) change your perspective 

10) spread the wealth!

So to start this out we will dive right into number one

Find your passion, your why.

Finding the reason for your fire can be difficult, unless you look for the signs.

My passion was around me everywhere I turned, but life was so crazy, I just ignored it and moved on. Sound familiar? 

The truth, I have found there are signs everywhere. So here is a little assignment for you, grab a pen and some paper, I'll wait....

Go back one week find the recurring themes, ones that made you happy, ones that tugg at your heart strings, or even the ones that piss you off!

Once you complete that go back another week, then a month. From there you'll begin to connect the dots.

In my case it took 6 years. But I know now I want to help people. I hate diabetes. With a burning passion. It took my mom, it controlled our lives for 6 years. And I am on a path to help people realize that being healthy is a habit, or a learned behavior. 

Now you have your why or passion staring at you, so what do you do with it? What does it mean?

Here comes the OCD in me! 

Make a plan, set goals. 

I'll use myself for an example for now.

Looking at all of my themes in front of me I didn't know what todo with them. So to start I decided that I didn't want my moms suffering to happen to me or my family. So I started exercising and eating better. That's when the wheels turned for me. Not only did I want to help myself and my husband, I wanted to help others. I didn't want anyone else to have a hole in their heart like the one I have. And the second I had that epiphany it is as if the universe dropped me my new path. One of my friends had started a workout and nutrion program. I had heard about it through another blog I follow, and was always interested but was still a chicken. 

The moment I saw her say something in social media, I messaged her. And she got me to where I knew I belonged. I became a fitness and health coach, I have my own business that allows me to help others. I found my passion. I found Beachbody. 

So this week work on seeing your signs and figure out your why!  Next Wednesday we will keep the conversation going and talk about, talking to ourselves. Please leave a comment below and don't forget to subscribe to our litte blog! Your imput can help! 

Sweaty selfie! Xoxo EDowell