Stop living someone else's blueprint for your life

Are you living someone else's blueprint for your life? This is your story, you are the author and illustrator create something that you will be proud of.

Transcript

Hey everybody,

This is Elizabeth Cantu coming to you from Huntington Beach,

California.

This is episode numero dos and I am a registered nurse turned life coach here to provide messages for you to inspire,

Motivate,

And empower you to transform areas of your life in which you feel it's time for some change.

Alright,

So what do you say we get started?

So today what I'd like to talk about is fulfilling your dreams.

So are you living the blueprint that someone else has drawn up for you?

Is the life that you are headed towards right now someone else's blueprint for your life?

And if you don't know what I'm talking about,

Let me give you a little example.

So when you're younger,

Say your mom says to you,

Oh you'd be a really good doctor.

Your dad says,

I really want you to be a lawyer.

Or you know what,

Everybody in the family is an engineer so that's really what you need to be doing because you need to follow in everybody else's footsteps.

Wrong.

Okay,

I'm so sorry,

I do not mean to disappoint,

But do you know how many people end up changing their careers because they're fulfilling someone else's blueprint for themselves?

How many people do you know have now changed their entire career after years of being in a different career?

So anyway,

So I met this lady,

She's a personal trainer and she's now in her 50s and before that she was an accountant forever,

But she said to me,

You know what,

I've always loved fitness.

I've always loved fitness,

Everything about it and for the longest time my dad was an accountant and so I felt like I needed to follow in his footsteps and so they kind of groomed her to be an accountant,

But she never wanted to be an accountant,

She wanted to be in fitness.

So can you imagine,

She's 50 years old,

She's been working in the accounting business for 30 years.

So for 30 years of her life she's working as an accountant and so she tells me that she goes back and becomes a personal trainer and then goes to her dad and says,

Hey dad,

You know,

I'm really sorry,

I felt so bad because I wanted to change my career and he says to her,

You know what honey,

I don't care,

You know,

I just thought that it was something that you wanted to do because you told me,

But I would have completely supported you no matter what.

So had she just talked to her dad,

She probably wouldn't even have been in the accounting business.

So,

And that's another thing,

If you have somebody in your life,

If you have a spouse,

If you have,

You know,

And then your parents and they're telling you that you should do something or you're just assuming that you should take on that role,

You should probably ask them before you go completely out of your way and try to start building a career that you think is going to make them happy.

Remember,

This is your life.

This is your book.

You're the one that writes the story for your life.

You are the author and you are the illustrator of your life story.

So you better leave something behind that makes you proud for other people to read.

Make something interesting.

Create something magnificent.

So when someone picks that book up that says your name on it,

It's going to be something so amazing that they are just going to,

They're going to know that you made some kind of impact in this world and impact to the lives around you,

Something positive.

So don't fulfill someone else's blueprint for your life.

Write your own.

It's time to write your own story.

Okay.

I've seen this happen all too many times and I just felt like I really needed to share that message with you guys.

So you know what?

The time is now.

The time is now to take charge and you take control and you write that story for your life.

Okay.

All right,

Guys.

Thank you so much for tuning in.

I really appreciate all the support.

Please visit my website.

It's ElizabethACantu.

Com.

I also have a Facebook page that's linked to my website.

It's Elizabeth A Cantu,

Professional life coach.

Please like share comment,

You know,

With anybody that you know,

This message resonates with share it with them.

Okay,

Please do.

This is my vision and my goal is to be able to show people the greatness that lies within them that is beyond the reflection in the mirror.

All right.

Thank you so much,

Guys.

And have a wonderful day.

And this Elizabeth Cantu signing off.

Bye.

Reviews

Now it's my time to write my story no matter what happened in previous years.I am gonna make a magnificent and interesting story of mine. Thank u

Dear Elizabeth- thank you for your podcast. This simple, yet profound message resonates well with me. I have come from a family of professionals and I always felt a calling to express something unique which lead me off the mainstream track, and despite many obstacles, pain and heartache - every moment of the journey on my own path has been so fulfilling because it's been in alignment with my perceived purpose - to be at peace with myself, and to help others be at peace with themselves also (which I am doing through the promotion of kinder systems of health education). The message in this podcast and your poignant example of the 50 year old accountant, who decided that she will pursue a job that she loves, illustrates the benefits of being on purpose beautifully. Thanks for the reminder. I look forward to checking out your blog. Peace out - Bishan :) "always follow your own dreams as life is too short to be following other people's dreams" (www.bishansworld.wordpress.com)

Great energy, thank you.

She sounds like she may be one of the cutest human beings on earth. I really enjoyed the message and Nurse Cantu 😉🌈✨