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How I Stay Tuned to My Heart’s Desire

Do we know what we want?

“Tuned in For Real” Designed by Author (Carmellita) in Canva

“My life doesn’t look how I want it to look,” I said aloud. “And I’m not talking about aesthetics. I guess it’s a feeling too. I don’t feel like myself. I’m not miserable per se. It’s just….” I paused.

“Not what you want?” Roslyn asked.

I nodded my head. “I mean, I have a lot to be grateful for. It’s just that after attending one funeral after another.” I took a deep breath my heart was so heavy. “Got me thinking. Really got me thinking.”

Those were the words I told my bestie a few days before I began my Year of Redirecting in 2020. The journey took a year and a half. During those 18 months, I made a mental shift that transformed how I navigate my life and see my world.

Before my Year of Redirecting, I made myself available to everyone and everything but me. If someone needed or wanted something, I made myself available.

I have since discovered that I was running around being a superhero because I wasn’t tuned in to what I wanted. Being a superhero permitted me to put all my dreams and goals on the back burner of my life.

At one point, nearly two years, I was working from home as a ghostwriter and simultaneously bumping a baby on…