Brainstorming

Remember that really long expedition into my inner thoughts a couple posts ago called, "My Thoughts on the TJ-Ed Conference"? Well, it's time to revisit it. Groan if you will, but this is my blog and I'll do what I want with it. In my post I mentioned a goal I made. I'll post it again here:

"By the 24th of October I will brainstorm (put some serious thought into) my life's mission (because I never have before), by defining things that I am interested in and the things that truly give me joy. "

Now, don't misunderstand me here. I don't expect to be able to define my life's mission in two weeks flat. I expect it will take a lifetime to define, hence "life's" mission. :) But I do intend to analyze my life at it's current stage and see if it can give me any clues to the direction that I'm headed. The lens I've chosen to look through is my interests and the the things that give me real joy. I feel like if I can define a few things under each of those categories, I will have a better understanding of where to go next.

Things I am Interested In (aka My Likes)
Canning
Sewing
Reading
History (all kinds, but especially American History from the colonies until WWII)
Socializing
Writing
Talking
Learning
Record Keeping (i.e. family history, blogging, writing in my journal, etc.)
Sports
Music
Planning parties (birthdays, showers, book group, holiday, you name it and I'll think of a way to throw a party for it.)
Thinking
My Kids
Gardening (in theory, I'll let you know when I actually have my own garden that's bigger than a flower box)
Dancing (all kinds, but especially country swing and ballet)
Cooking
Traveling to New Places (actually, I'm not that excited about the actual traveling, maybe I should just say new places)
People

Things That Give Me Joy
Making People Happy (not like, 'ok are you happy now get off my back' happy, but really genuinely happy)
My Family
Creating Something
Feeling that I made a difference
Working Hard
Reading
Learning
My Religion
Seeing my kids do something I taught them (at least the good things)
Trying something new and succeeding



I'm sure there are more things I can ad to both lists, but right now both kids are awake and screaming for my attention and focusing is getting a little difficult. So this is all for now, but I will be revisiting this again soon.