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What Do You Pay Attention To?
Your answer can help you find your purpose
“For anyone trying to discern what to do with their life: pay attention to what you pay attention to. That’s pretty much all the info you need.” — Amy Krouse Rosenthal
I first heard the above quote a few weeks ago while listening to Austin Kleon’s Steal Like An Artist audiobook trilogy on my drive home one day.
For whatever reason, Rosenthal’s words stood out to me, and they’ve stuck with me ever since. Her words have drifted through my mind several times, including this morning.
I was sitting on the floor in front of my vision board when I heard the words, Pay attention to what you pay attention to. I stopped for a moment, realizing that something had just become obvious to me that I’d never noticed before.
My vision board is a mixture of both pictures and quotes, and it represents the life I dream of living. I try to sit down in front of it every morning before I start writing, because it reminds me why I’m writing and inspires me to keep writing in order to create this life for myself.
Gazing at this dream collage for a few minutes every morning has become routine, but this morning…
