I can't believe I built all this by myself! I love SBI!
Who am I? Where do I really want to be? What do I love to do? Well, aren't those the questions of the year? A more appropriate question might be "Who was I and what did I love to do?"
As you search to find yourself, and what it is you love to do, you may find the task harder than you thought it would be. Watch a child and how they do things. Kids can color and create for hours and hours. Give them an empty box and see what they do with it. They don't even need any suggestions. An empty box and some crayons or paint instantly turns into an ice cream truck or a royal castle! Self discovery often begins with a review of our past. Can you remember what thrilled you as a child? Like many people you've probably forgotten what brought you joy and excitement each day. Children instinctively just "know" what they love. We quickly forget what makes us happy as we grow into adults. External influences eventually diminish the thought of actually doing what we love to do. Why does this happen to us? Sometimes it takes a little rediscovery to get back to what we loved to do as a child. For example, when I was a child, I created things out of anything I could get my hands on. I took bars of soap and carved animals and little figures out of them. I paper mached balloon after balloon to make clown faces and doll heads. I turned countless boxes into all sorts of forts and whatnot. I learned to latch hook, string shells to make necklaces and color like a pro. Well, didn't every little girl who grew up in my world want to be a an artist? I thought so. Or, could it have been a clue to who I really am?
I did have an educator's influence on me growing up. I played school countless afternoons in my Dad's classroom at the blackboard waiting to go home after we were both finished with school for the day. My Dad was a Special Education Teacher for 40 years. When I finially got to my last few years of high school I started to think about what I wanted to be when I grew up. (I am still waiting to grow up.) I saw the kind of life my father had provided for his family and I wanted "that". So I started going to college to be a Special Education Teacher. I am still trying to figure out why I didn't go right to art.... After a year or so I had the creative bug nibbling at me. I couldn't get away from it. One of my college professors said, and I quote," Creativity has you, you don't have it...." So I changed my major to Art Education. I never say I have to go to work, I always say I have to go to school today and teach "my" kids art. This is also who I am. I did grow taller (not up) to be the mother of three and a wife of 1. My children are quite young and I truely enjoy every ounce of them. I try to nurture the creative side in them everyday as well. I've found recently, through that I was so busy helping everybody else be creative I forgot about me! I love to create, get my hands dirty too, not just tell people how to do it. Yes, everyday life and it's interuptions can damage our happiness. Our experiences tend to mold us into the person we are today. By the way, that isn't necessarily who we were meant to be.
Have You ever Longed to Be Able to do Something You are Passionate About or Truly Loved as a Child?Maybe it's some form of art; painting, drawing, crafting, dancing, or singing. Or you found bliss while sitting in the woods hunting or in a boat fishing. Maybe you enjoyed building things or, taking things apart and putting them back together. Or, were you the mathematical genius in the class? Did you love to play school and teach real or imaginary children?
Childhood is innocence. As children we accept our true essence without question and pursue it daily in our real and imaginary play. It is life and life's external influences that re-route us away from what we love to do. We are too quickly discouraged from the pursuit of happiness. You may find your niche by reviewing your past or, maybe you have a talent right now that you would love to share with the world. Self discovery doesn't always mean a whole lot of soul searching. Maybe you know right now what it is you would love to do! You just never thought you could make a living sharing that talent.
The Common SBI Thread
It is apparent in many happy, successful, adults that there is often a common thread. Most extremely successful people really love doing what they do. They live their work. They strive to be better and better at it. They never dread going to work and are always thinking about new ways to improve. They simply love the work.
They "live to work" not "work to live."
America's most famous billionaire, Malcolm Forbes, reflected this same belief, that you should do what you love to do to be successful, in several of his statements:
"Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful." "When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness."
"The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy."
These quotes from Malcolm Forbes pretty much sum up the importance of doing what you love to do.
Everyone should pursue what they love to do. Then work at doing what they love. I have found this through SBI.
It's never too late to rediscover your childhood passions. It's certainly never too late to start getting some satisfaction and enjoyment out of life. If only for your own pleasure, you should pursue what you love to do. Find your niche and go for it!
Whatever it is you feel you would love to do, just do it. Take an art, singing, dancing, literature, accounting, computer, home decorating ,or mechanic class. Invest in yourself and your happiness. You may find that through pursuing what you love, you will find your best work. Find your niche and share your knowledge, passion, or talent with others. You will see yourself become confident and successful at what you love to do.
I found that my favorite thing to do is to be a wife, a mom, a teacher and simply create! Moms are usually very talented in more than a few areas; art, organization, accounting, negotiating, and decorating are just a few that come to mind.
My favorite task is giving homemade gifts. At the same time I NEED to be creative. I have to do something creative everyday. Otherwise my household has a very unhappy mommy. Believe me, no one wants that! I found something that I was knowledgeable about, and that I loved to do, and decided to share that knowledge with others through SBI. I knew that what I had to offer could be of value to others. I didn't have any idea how to begin to share my ideas with the world. I am not tech savy and had very little knowledge of site building, internet marketing, or even how to express myself. Then I stumbled upon Site Build It ( SBI ), and that was the beginning of a lovely relationship. I took them (SBI) up on their free trial offer to see for myself if it could be so easy.
The rest is history! SBI does all the essential work for me behind the scenes. All I have to do is concentrate on research, writing, creating and building content rich pages! That's why so many SBI sites are in the top 1% of all sites on the internet.
SBI puts as much into making my work a success as I do! SBI has taught me everything I need to know to build a content rich as well as a high ranking website.
The greatest part is that I actually have fun sharing my ideas and projects. And, I enjoy researching and finding more craft projects and homemade gift giving tips for myself and others.
Sometimes, it seems like I can't pull myself away from my work. That's because I love it, I am passionate about it, and I believe in it! Enthusiasm is contagious. If I can get others excited about creating and homemade gift giving, then I am happy.
I'm working at home, making extra income and I'm lovin' it! Well, isn't that what I've been trying to tell you? Work at what you love to do with help from SBI.I'm not the only one, though. There are lots of people sharing their ideas and having fun doing it!
Other SBI member testimonials "My online success means so much more to me than money. The fulfillment I feel in my own life and the example I'm setting for my kids far outweighs the dollars (although dollars will always be welcome!). ;-) My boys are growing up with the knowledge that they really can achieve their dreams if they're willing to have faith in themselves and take action in their lives. Then all it takes is some dedication and hard work, which is easy to muster when you're doing something you love! ... Oh yeah, and SBI! of course. ." "I was pleasantly surprised to see my site traffic increasing, albeit slowly. I was thinking to myself, even if I didn't make any money out of this site, it would have been an accomplishment for me to have built a site with whatever little time I had ." "The freedom of time and choice that we have been given through our SiteBuildIt! business have meant so much to us at this time and for that I thank you and your team."
"I dug into the SBI! Action Guide that came as part of the SBI! purchase. It was written in a very down to earth manner that even I could understand. It was prepared in a step by step manner which made it very easy to follow. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't "easy" - to the contrary - this was going to take some work, but the good news is I understood it all and each step was do-able ." From why I love SBI to The Best Homemade Gift Ideas home page
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