Me

I've been doing a lot of soul-searching - which in nothing new - but it seems to have a greater sense of importance lately.

This year, it feels, I have become/am becoming the truest version of myself.
Each evolution is better than the next, but this year it really felt like I have found/am finding my purpose, my "calling."

It feels like every decision I've made and every path I have taken has culminated into this, right here.

While that is always true, it feels like the struggles of those past Jessica's have all been worth it to now feel the most whole and complete and self-knowing Jessica.

I feel like Ihave a deeper confidence in myself than ever before. I know who I am and I know my purpose and I feel strongly that I am doing what I am meant to do - or at least I have confidence in myself that I know what i stand for, what I believe in and what motivates me. On a general, day-to-day basis.

But yet, a huge part of who I am is never content to settle for the status-quo; always striving for the next adventure, always striving to learn and grow.

And I have been feeling a huge amount of restlessness (another huge part of who I am) and a need to stretch my legs, if you will, in my professional journey.

Becoming involved with TEDxMtHood has been one of the greatest decisions of my life and I believe very strongly that this endeavor has been a catalyst in my becoming my truest self.

I feel like I just came alive in my role and association with TEDx ....



I have decided I am ready to take a next step in my career path but of course now it feels like I'm going backwards again, frozen at the crossroads of figuring out what next steps to take. My interests are so varied and I could do so many different things - what do I want? where do I want to go?

I have an advantage this time around, though. I have learned so much about myself in the past two years - both personally and professionally - and I am glad I use that self-knowledge to make educated decisions about what steps to take next.

For instance, I know I need to work with people. I need to motivate and help them in their own personal development.

I am not interested in sales marketing or social media as a center of my career.

I need purpose and respect and appreciation, and I need to be challenged consistently and inspired to learn and grow.

I also need to arrange, schedule, facilitate, and organize systems. I need to be able to problem solve and find solutions from chaos.

In this search for figuring out what I should do and what career path I should take, I have been taking "personality quizzes" - again, this is nothing new as I have always loved this, but it is for the grander goal of helping me understand my strengths and how that correlates to work happiness.


Here are some of the results I have acquired: