A New Journey Begins

 Have you ever had a passion to do something that made your heart sing, but it didn’t make enough money to sustain you yet? I found myself in this position.

    After many years in a career that I loved at first until about 10 years ago (Aviation), I assessed the toll that it had taken on me and the distance I always had to be from my family. I needed to continue to work to maintain certain financial obligations so switching careers wasn’t really an option for me if I wanted to maintain my current income level. All the while at the same time, I was working on my dream to be an author and filmmaker during my days off.

    I wanted to find work near my home, but I knew that gainful employment, with the skill set that I have would take me 2 ½ hours away. I ended up being hired by the Navy about 45 minutes away. It was a wonderful experience as I attended their nine-month training program. I had the opportunity to meet some outstanding people that will be friends for life.

    Although I was making far below what I was used to, it was a steady job that brought in an income that I was grateful for. Even so all the while this dream of becoming a full-time author and filmmaker never left me, I would do what I have always done and worked it part-time. Every morning, I would pray and ask God to open doors of opportunity for me to be able to work it full-time, making a better income than I ever had.

    Fast forward to January 5^th, 2022. I was released from the program. In my heart, I already had a sense it was coming and started a project that would mitigate (my YouTube channel). As I now have all the time in the world to work on my own projects and learn many new things, I am completely invigorated! In the last 30 days, I have had to learn Canva, Adobe Premiere Pro, Shopify, how to create and edit my own videos, filmmaking, podcasting, Book bolt, how to create my own low-content books, etc. I feel that I am living the life that I want and the income that I desire will not only come but will exceed my expectations. It has been an exciting time.

    If you have a dream, and you are working a job that you dislike or even hate, pray. Things may not happen the way that you would like, but it is okay. It is simply a means to an expected end, and you start to live in a way that is more aligned with who you were created to be.

    In closing, no matter where our journey takes us, we still live in the backdrop of that which is eternal. Proverbs 16:9 (NIV) says: In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.

-John