Where to begin? Well, let's use a mantra of mine as a jumping off place:

'There is nothing more worth working for than finding out why something excites you.' 

This phrase came to me recently as a way of reminding myself how I want to make choices in my life. Choices about how to spend my time, who to spend it with, what I want to accomplish, why and how I want to feel each day as I go about it. Living a life guided by a feeling of excitement doesn't have to mean spending your time frivolously or jumping on every whim as soon as it comes along. It means noticing when an idea or experience sparks that little extra bit of curiosity or feeling of aliveness, and then following that feeling a bit deeper to find out more. You never know where it will lead. Growing up I was raised as a self-directed learner, or what is known as an unschooler, which allowed me to be guided by what brings joy and listen to what feels good be at the heart of what has led me throughout the whole of my life and brought me to where I am today.

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