jobs – Patricia Elliott

What do you want to be when you grow up?

How many times did you hear this question when you were growing up? I bet it was more times than one could possibly count. This question often comes up again in a round about way when you hit mid-life, but this time, instead of everyone else asking you, you are asking yourself.

You look back on your life and re-evaluate all your decisions. Are you following your dreams? Are you where you thought you’d be by this point in your life? You hear people talk a lot about a mid-life crisis, and a lot of people do go through it in one way or another. It causes some to make some unsavory choices, especially in relationships. It causes others to become depressed as they think they are too old to make any positive life changes or to start a new career.

When I was younger, I made some bad course choices in high school which limited my ability to study certain jobs and/or trades, but every time I thought of something I would like to do, my mind always came back to writing. Writing. Writing. Writing. That was my passion. That was where my heart stayed. And anytime I think about shifting my current security career to something else, I keep going back to my writing. I want to make a career out of writing stories to share with the world.

So my advice to you is to follow your passion. If you don’t follow your passion, you will wish you did. We all have a passion that hits us hard and hits us young, and often times we think we can’t do anything with it because it’s too fanciful of a dream. But nothing is impossible if you work at it. Okay, maybe you can’t fly like Rogue from x-men, but you can certainly find ways to fly and fulfill your dreams. All it takes is planning, effort and determination to not give up when the going gets tough.

I just released my next novel, The Blues of Atlantis. It’s a story that I wrote over 5 years ago on Wattpad. Ironically enough, I had its sequel, “The Cowboy’s Heritage,” published first through BVS, but that one has since been pulled from publication and will be re-published shortly. I am hoping to have it released in October, depending on how smoothly things go this month.

I am following after my dreams, and I promise you that you can follow after yours. Think back really hard. What was it that you loved the most when you were younger? What did you dream of? Was it flying to the moon? Was it working with animals? Was it writing? Movie making? You have to live your passion or life just passes you by and you’ll look back wondering what could have been.

Don’t let that be you. If you have a story, write it! If you always loved to draw and create, do it! The only person stopping you is you.

For as long as there have been men, there have been myths. And as long as there have been myths, there have been dreamers. Dreamers who wonder what else is out there.

Nerina Winters is no different. She lives a fantasy life as a mermaid, putting on daily shows at the aquarium. Until one day, she finds herself sitting in the doctor’s office. The revelation of what’s ailing her reveals a family secret she isn’t supposed to know about until her thirtieth birthday.

But it’s too late. The secret is out. Now she’s on the run with a husband she no longer trusts, who harbors a secret of his own. Her husband quickly learns that secrets are perilous by nature.

Some swear by them.

Some die from them.

But who will live, and who will die?

And will they live long enough to find out?

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One of the most interesting things I’ve come across when it comes to someone’s passion is that whatever it is transports them to another world. When I stepped onto the ice—my sport of passion was ice hockey— it felt like I entered a whole other world. I was no longer me. I dawned a helmet and gear, like a gladiator, unafraid at the prospect of falling or being hit by another player. I became a whole other person, or maybe I become the part of me that was hidden deep down.

Passions are something that engulf our entire spirit, consumes our person. They make life worth living every day. They make your career come alive. Jobs are great in the sense that they allow you to have a roof over your head and food in your bellies, but they don’t feed you the desires of your heart unless you are following after what you are most passionate about.

Sometimes we spend ages trying to figure out what we want to do with our life, but usually one certain passion hits you when you are young. Me, I’ve always enjoyed writing ever since I was little. I’m not by any means popular, but I like following the ideas in my head and making them a reality on paper. My son, ever since he was little, had a passion for diseases. He used to go school and scare the teachers with his knowledge about them, and they’d be calling us, worried about him. My daughter loves science. My other son loves cooking and the idea of being a chef. He’s starting his first ever college course on becoming a chef today.

Do you know your passion? Can you think back to when you were younger and recall what it was that you enjoyed most? Are you doing that today or are you just going through the daily motions of a job you hate because you don’t think you have a choice?

Life is far too short to not live your dreams. Sometimes we think that we’re too old to go after something new. I turned 43 years old last year, having survived my fifth car accident and Covid, so I’ve spent a lot of time reflecting on who I am, and what I want to do with the rest of my life. I don’t have a fancy house or a fancy car. I am not worth millions of dollars, but there is one thing I do have and that I’m following after, my passion for the written word while doing security.

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