Did I just get back to the traditional path?

Evaluation of my decisions, Reflect on my term of traditional path.

I will start working at my friend’s shop to support their business operations in a few days. It will be a few months’ part-time role (as for now, but who knows in the future).

And I thought that I might share this with you since I’ve been talking about leaving the traditional path numerous times here on this platform.

I still consider myself to be on a non-traditional path regardless of making this decision. In my feelings, it feels like ‘No, I have not reverted to the same old path that I’ve left’

And I’ve always…. always respected people who find the traditional path to be working for their lives.

It’s like we all have different kinds of missions. Some are meant to forge a whole new path. Some might tweak what is already quite prevailing in society to make it work for their lives, and all of us have our own best parts to play in this humanity. No part is bigger or smaller than the others.

I’ve talked about feeling glad that I have walked away from the traditional path in my previous blog post. Honestly, I have reread this now, and I’m very surprised by how straightforward I was writing this, and it felt so true from my heart. I think it’s because I wrote from the truth inside my heart. Before, I would try to make things softer or avoid talking about certain things to not cause ‘any potential offence’ to others. But that blog post was so true and stirring inside my heart that I couldn’t hide anymore.

That feeling of gladness from walking away from my previous life is still here since I equate this part-time opportunity to make me able to continue walking on my soul's path. And for me, if I were to really go back to “traditional path”, it would equate me going back to living the exact same life as my previous life. A hard-working business professional trying to make it in a world where your work is your identity.

Which is not what I’m doing here.

I decided to take on this opportunity to help funnel the projects that I truly care about and the dreams that I had for a while.

Honestly, it’s because my soul projects weren’t at a stage that could sustain me financially and didn't reach a wide enough audience to sustain itself fully.

Speaking of money, the hot topic of forging your own path. I used to feel heavily anxious about not having a stable amount of money pop up in my bank account every single month. Obviously, it’s the biggest fear for many of us. And it makes many of us feel like we need to put off our desired life and our dreams in order to secure this stable amount of money every month.

And honestly, not long ago, my fear of not having income was still lingering from time to time.

But what is different now is that I think I can take action to cope with those feelings from the right place more.

Instead of feeling heavily anxious and trying to grab and pull ‘just any opportunity’ to make money to sustain myself, I became more mindful of my inner stage of being.

From my experiences of feeling compelled to take action or pursue my projects out of fear of not having money, I’ve realised that..

1) I try to appeal just any audience in the hope of getting money.

2) I tend to take the opportunity that doesn't resonate with my soul or the direction that my life is trying to bring me to.

I started to feel out of alignment with my inner self.

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And I mean I’m speaking from my experiences, your life situation might be different from mine. So take it as you wish. You might be like ‘ok, I need to do whatever to make money’ and that’s fine.

But I’m sharing this in case some people might be in a similar situation to me and might find my experiences work for them as well.

And I just want to shed light on one kind of truth within my heart. And Truth exists in millions of different forms. If I don’t share mine, I feel like I hold back myself from igniting the fire in other people’s hearts when they could have been inspired by this version of truth that I have.

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I realised that when I act from a place of lack or desperation—driven by needing money to survive—the things I create or the opportunities I pursue tend to smell like that same energy.

And I know that I can’t ignore that we still need money to sustain our lives. But I also don’t want it to be the only voice dictating what I should do with my life and restraining me from pursuing what has been a calling in my heart.

That’s why I keep asking myself how I can stay true to my soul’s path without feeling too limited by my financial situation, and at the same time, avoid becoming drained of the life force energy I need to pursue the projects that truly align with my heart. My priority is to still have much of my time to do my soul projects. This is my priority.

Until this opportunity came across. I consult with my heart multiple times (sit with it and sleep on it) if it feels aligned.

And that’s when I decided to take it. I don’t know how it’s gonna turn out.

But I trust in myself. I trust in my decision.

And I believe that there is no single right or wrong way to walk on our soul path. It’s not like if I make a single wrong turn, then I’ll be doomed for the rest of my life. I believe that our soul's path is operated by an intelligent force that is always changing, adapting, and fine-tuning our soul's path. Trying to guide us and allow us to walk on the highest timeline possible for our souls.

And at this point, I feel like my pathless path now isn’t trying to draw the line between what’ pathless paths or non-traditional paths vs traditional ones.

My pathless path now is about trying to make use of everything. Still, my priority is to be able to do the work from my heart.

It’s also about navigating through uncertainty. Even going back to the job can also be some people’s best case. It’s basically ‘be fluid’ with my life choices that allow me to be free, to explore the questions that I’m curious about, to do the things that I truly love, to paint the dream life on my canvas without fearing it will make a mess or fearing it not being perfect. Like a child who is allowed to explore their first canvas fully without feeling like needing to hold it back from making a mess. The view on my path now is like that, too.

It doesn’t matter if I work a part-time job, if I don’t work a part-time job, if I am an artist, if I am an author, if I am on my pathless path or not so pathless path.

It’s all who I am if I want to be. It’s all within me. Just explore possibilities. Different possibilities here on earth. In this lifetime.

Hope you find your own truths.

Mynch