Week 9- Disciple Leadership

This has been an interesting week.  I've had the opportunity to travel to Italy with my family.  This is a beautiful place and I would love to have more time here. However, this experience has caused me to question what my dream job is.  For the last 14 years I have talked about being a tour guide and traveling the world, seeing new places, experiencing new cultures, and teaching people about these places.  Now I’m not sure if what I originally pictured as my dream job is a possibility.  Not because that type of work doesn’t happen but more that my personality doesn’t fit within that structure. 

I got to Italy and am nervous to explore on my own.  I haven’t learned any Italian so communicating is difficult.  I haven’t done any research of what to go see or what’s available.  Basically, I just got here and didn’t know what to do.  Really bad planning on my part.  I can’t do that in a job.  Is this behavior typical of me in just a personal setting or will I be like this in a business setting?  Or should I change my dream job to fit more of my personality?  I can always do tours of places that I am familiar with- like where I live now.  Or I can build up slowly- start with places that I can at least speak the language. 

There were two questions that I need to answer for myself that I picked up from reading A field Guide for the Hero’s Journey.  At the end of Ch 1 we are asked “How could feeling sorry for yourself prevent you from setting out on a quest?” I need to look at this and see how I need to change to be able to be comfortable to go out on my own.  I need to learn to go on adventures! Take chances!  Step out of my comfort zone a little bit.  Learn how to do things on my own. As I do that, I know that I can eventually get to my initial dream job.

This also leads me to the second question.  At the beginning of Ch 2, we are reminded to “Know thyself… search out who you are, and then you will be equipped to discover your heroic calling”.  I need to answer the question of who I am before I can really move forward in my dreams. Until I do that I can’t really determine if what my dream job is will be something that I will be happy doing.