Embracing Personal Transformation and Finding Your Purpose

TRANSFORMATION CAN BE BEAUTIFUL BUT SCARY. ✨ I’m currently in the process of getting my Transformational Life Coaching Certification, and it’s one of the most eye-opening processes I’ve ever gone through, especially as I do the exercises on myself. ✨ While my reason for embarking on this certification journey isn’t necessarily to become a life coach, but more to better help the students in my blog school, the truth is it’s got me thinking A LOT about my higher purpose (which, by the way, we all have). ✨ One challenge that comes up again and again is trying to tune out the voices that have influenced you your whole life -- your family, friends, teachers, society, the media -- to really uncover who you are meant to be. ✨ I am not the same person I was in 2011 when I started Jessie on a Journey, and while I’ve adapted over time through what I write about, I am still working to uncover my true gifts and what *truly* brings me joy, and how I can weave them into my solo female travel brand. (I’ve got SO MANY NOTES, which is exciting but also daunting). ✨ Asking myself questions like “What did you love to do as a child?” (creative writing, singing, dancing, acting, soccer) and “What did you want to be when you grow up?” (err, according to my journal an alien) show how creative -- and strange -- I was. ✨ It’s can be a bit sad to think about how this carefree side often gets dimmed as we grow older, but also powerful to realize we have the control to change things and make our lives *anything* we want them to be. ✨ Photo of Central Park as it transforms from fall to winter, sitting beautifully in that in-between state. 😉 #BeyondTheGuidebook #DontWonderWhatIf #SetOffOnYourJourney ___ * * * #ImOnAJourneyMyself #EmbraceTheJourney #ImOnAJourney #ImOnAJourneyYall #creativity_love #creativityeveryday #creativityloves💕#Keepittoyourself #PositivelyPresent #positively #newyearnewyou #newyearnewyou2019 #selfgrowthjourney #selfgrowth🌱#embracechange #embracechanges #ShesWanderful #MyLifeOOO #centralparknyc #centralparknewyork #centralparknyc❤️