I am wanting to setup my own workplace but I feel it's my HSP which denies this reality. It helps me to lose focus and to never encourage myself to create focus!
As a follow up to my initial post..
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"You are a communicator".
I started chatting with someone i met recently.
She had seen me make my speech as best man at my friends wedding. She told me that everyone in the room thought my speech was outstanding with many saying that I should do it as a job and, it was the best speech they had ever heard!
Most of these people were of a certain age which meant that they had seen many weddings in their lifetime.
I am not saying this to be big headed, it's just that it makes me so proud and happy to be able to say all this.
This lady worked for many years in recruitment and currently acts as a kind of "facilitator",
"a coach", "a reminder". She would describe herself as all these things and none of them :)
When she said I was a communicator it struck a chord within. Something about her and something about me made this feel so right.
Over the last few months I have been battling within about what path to take, a choice of two now. And I have chosen not to go down the medical path.
Andy, I sooo deeply empathize with the frustration you expressed. I share in it, too. Heightened sensitivity is a bittersweet gift. Kinda like the lottery winner, who has just WON millions... but now also OWES millions (in taxes). It's smart to pay the taxes, and enjoy the gift :-)
So, how do we "pay the taxes" on our HSP trait? Self-care. For some HSPs, self-care will lead to self-employment. This, of course, is not a magic wand that makes every uncomfortable thing vanish. But avoidance isn't the right reason pursue self-employment anyway. I view it as a powerful way to express myself in the world. And I love the idea and process of it so much that I just want to do it all the time... to the exclusion of having something/someone else eat up all my time. This site. The writing and speaking and coaching I do with Sensitives feels very much like being in love. I'm starry-eyed and so filled with Hope about what can be, but it gets me through the hard and dry times. (And, trust me, I encounter Hard and Dry more often than I'd like.)
So, my hope for you, Andy, is that you become seized by something you love so much... something that has you so captivated and impassioned... attending to it is not a chore, but a Deep Delight. I hope you fall in love. And work from that place.
Warmly,
Erika
Aug 24, 2009 Rating
Find focus by: Luz
As an HSP you have the potential for great focus -- but because you are an HSP, you are easily stimulated by your environment and memories and thoughts. You are affected by many different things. It takes patience, energy, effort, and good influences to find your path(s).
