FS Extra 👣 Reconnect with what lights you up inside

Published: Sun, 05/31/26

Updated: Sun, 05/31/26

The things you love doing may be trying to tell you something.

If you only read one thing today make it this

Have you ever been so absorbed in something that you completely lost track of time?

Hours pass. Your mind feels clear. Your energy feels different. You are not forcing yourself through the experience. You are simply there, fully engaged and fully alive.

Those moments are easy to dismiss because life is busy. There are bills to pay, responsibilities to manage and endless demands competing for our attention.

Yet what if those moments are trying to tell you something important?

What makes you come alive?

Many people spend years becoming highly skilled at doing what they have to do while slowly losing touch with what they love to do.

The result is not always dramatic. It often shows up as a quiet feeling that something is missing. Life works on the outside, yet feels a little flat on the inside.

Discover why the things that naturally attract you may deserve far more attention than you currently give them.

See why doing what you love matters more than you think

Sometimes the activities we are drawn towards are not random hobbies or distractions. They can be clues. They can reveal strengths, passions and directions we have not fully explored.

It's important to give yourself permission to experiment. To dabble. To play. To try things without demanding immediate results. Personal growth is often less about having all the answers and more about creating enough space to hear yourself think.

Today's article also includes a wonderful Alan Watts video called Do What You Love. His message is simple, thought provoking and perhaps more relevant today than ever before.

Find your way back to what energises you

When you regularly make time for activities that energise you, something interesting happens. Your enthusiasm grows. Your creativity expands. You bring more of yourself into your relationships, your work and your everyday life.

You stop merely getting through your days and begin engaging with them.

If life has started to feel a little repetitive lately, this article may provide exactly the reminder you need.

Perhaps the next step in your personal growth journey is not about doing more. Perhaps it is about reconnecting with something you have loved all along.

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See you again soon.

Thea Westra Signature Someone else might need this today!

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