Franklin Taggart's Unconventional Life Blog

  Happy Valentine's Day! Thoughts today about love and work. Getting away from the idea of loving what you do and focusing instead on loving THROUGH what you do. It's interesting when I change the focus of work from getting something out of it to delivering a better quality of life to people through it, it becomes much more satisfying and I get all I want from it. You? Those days when I'm burned out, it seems that those are the days when I'm looking to be fulfilled rather than being generous and looking for ways to give. One of the best mysteries is how in giving we receive. Is your work a transfer of love into your close circles, your community, and your world? What would it take to make it so? If you'd ever like to have a conversation with me, the best way to set it up is to use the contact form here: https://www.franklintaggart.com/p/about.html #lovethroughwork #higherpurpose #meaningfulwork

This is a legitimate concern that some people face. Honestly, I don't worry about it. In these cases, I encourage people to spend their time on activities they enjoy with people they enjoy and let that be enough. And I also don't think it's essential to know or name your creative calling. There are billions of people who live happily ever after without ever knowing.  The time I think it's helpful to investigate and find your creative calling are those times when you're burned out in your career, or that you have reached a very deep level of dissatisfaction with your path. Those are the times when exploring and naming your calling can be really enlightening. Your creative calling will be something you're energized by instead of depleted.  I appreciate you being with me for these Coffee Breaks and I'll see you again tomorrow!  #notknowing #dontworrybehappy #burnout

A couple of Devil's Advocates have written with questions about whether or not atheists, agnostics, and other spiritual skeptics have a creative calling. I believe they do and in this Coffee Break, I tell you why. Call it whatever you want, every human being is capable of their own unique kinds of creativity and each human being finds ways to express these unique gifts in ways that are meaningful, if only to themselves.  Religious and spiritual people have no corner on the creativity market. In fact, many of them curb their creative impulses in the name of "humility". I haven't met a person yet who doesn't have some form of a creative gift. And they can't help themselves but find ways to express it.  #creativecalling #atheistspirituality #makeadifference

Creative Calling is more than just talent. It's about more than choosing something to do or finding an enjoyable activity. And following your passion is misleading (that's a nicer way of saying that it's a load of doodoo.)  In this Coffee Break, Franklin Taggart talks about learning about how he put limits on his own calling that kept him from realizing its power. Your calling can be delivered in an infinite number of ways. Part of the enjoyment of discovery is experiencing the unlimited nature of your calling.  #creativecalling #selfdiscovery #careerpaths

You have a creative gift and calling. That doesn't especially mean that you have an artistic gift or calling. Creative and artistic aren't the same thing.  In this Coffee Break, Franklin Taggart talks about the distinction he discovered when his music career was disrupted by a health crisis.  #creativity #yourcreativegifts #lifepurpose