The Time is Never Right...or is it?

My daughter came up to me while I was whisking up a batter and asked "Mom, are you a professional?" I thought...humm...what does it take to be a professional? Is it a Diploma? I definately don't have a Diploma, unless Make-Up Artist I, Bilingual Executive Secretary or Small and Medium Business Administration Specialist count......

When you reach mid-life something happens...for men it's wanting to be 20, wanting to have affairs, getting a convertible sports car, taking up a new sport (and body for that matter) and trying/wanting to feel wanted and young (and pretend they still have hair on their heads!) for women it's totally the opposite.....we have the need to feel accomplished, to fulfill ourselves, and/or our lives with things that matter....we need to feel like we are in this life with a purpose and we want to do meaningful things that we will be remembered by when we row away to greener pastures.

During a conversation with a friend a couple of days ago, I was telling her about wanting to go back to school to earn a degree. I said I'm debating between Nutrition and Cooking....Cooking I said is my real passion, it makes me happy, but in my struggle with weight-control I thought Nutrition could be a good balance to combine my passion for cooking with something that could lead to a healthier way of cooking (right?)

My friend asked me if a Diploma would make my cooking any better? Her question left me thinking, and I've been still thinking about it since last week. Cooking is a passion, it's an art, you feel in in your stomach, your heart, your head, it's a rush that is constantly pushing you to create, innovate and leaves you wanting more and more.

When I cook I feel I am the master of my life, I feel like I have everything under control and that nobody can beat me. Although I know I have tons to learn, I know I have what it takes.

I have to battle my own fears. My wanting to obtain a Diploma is really only my fear holding me back from achieving my full potential. My fear of failure is what is postponing my creations.

I created this blog because I know there must be some women out there, who have put their passions on hold based on fear.

I am hoping that I will find other women who are in the same boat, and that together we will discover a way of breaking through the fear and become the best we can be in whatever our passion is.

The Time is Never Right..or is it? We have to make it right. Now.