05Feb 2018 by Sarah Booth No Comments
This I Know to Be True

This I Know to Be True

Here’s what I’ve noticed: Everyone’s talking about 10-step plans to change your life, make a ton of money, and travel the world.Everyone’s talking about “side-gigs” and “following your passion.”Everyone’s talking about doing what you’re “meant” to do. But no one seems to be talking about what we can do to make doing what we’re meant to do NORMAL.No one seems to be pointing out WHY we aren’t already doing work that matters.No one seems to be pointing out WHAT we need to understand to do that.No one seems to be pointing out HOW we get there. Here’s what I know to be true: Fish will grow as large as their limits allow.So, put a fish with ENORMOUS potentialinto a t-tiny fishbowl, and he might just stay a t-tiny fella -…
Read More
01Feb 2018 by Sarah Booth No Comments
The NEW What’s Next

The NEW What’s Next

Life has no map. No encyclopedia, dictionary, or even an index. Here we are, out here making this up as we go along. Like we know what we’re doing. We do what everyone else is doing. The way it’s always been done. Following people like they know more than us. Like they know what they’re doing. That’s cool if you’ve got rich, happy, successful people to model. But how many rich, happy, successful people do you know? We’re doing it wrong. I don’t mind being cliché: our model for life is literally the definition of insanity.   Remember when you were little and you could be anything, then somebody showed you how? Just kidding. That never happened. Nope. We got a story: “Be good, get good grades, get into a good…
Read More
25Jan 2018 by Sarah Booth No Comments

Life’s a Journey: Why You Need a Guide

They say 30 is the hardest year of your life. That is false. It’s waking up every birthday and realizing everything’s exactly the same as the year before. I remember sitting straight up in bed the morning I turned 31 thinking, “Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip!” “My ship is sinking!!!” I was acutely aware: I’d quit so many jobs my resume looked like it was printed on Swiss cheese. My bank account was as bare Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard And I wasn’t doing the ONE THING I wanted more than anything: making a difference. FINALLY I decide to look for help in a place where most people wouldn’t be caught dead ...or alive: The Self-Help Section. You might feel like self-help books are lame-o. I get it, I felt like that too… at first… Listen,…
Read More
22Jan 2018 by Sarah Booth 2 Comments

The (REAL) Reason You Want to Do Work That Matters

You feel it too, don't you? That little voice saying, "You were meant for more." Exactly 10 years ago, I remember thinking, "You didn't go to school 4 years to do this." - I was a college graduate folding t-shirts at a store I knew marked their merch up 1000%, but only paid me $5.25 an hour. Miserable... Handing over my youth and energy for someone else's dream. First job I ever said, "Wellllllp. I quit." There's a reason you feel like you're meant for more. There's a reason you want to do work that matters Remember Maslow's triangle-y Hierarchy of Needs from Psych101? Basically, humans have psychological and biological needs. Once we've attained the very basics: food and shelter Then we need: to feel physical safety and economic security…
Read More