Recently I have been going through a pretty major transition with one of my businesses. No, not NG Farrell, that one is awesome. Yes, the other one, my exterior cleaning company.

It has been a fairly exhausting process. Let me be perfectly honest, things that suck the life out of you are:

-       reading legal documents

-       filing with the corporate registry

-       a bad business partner

-       reading more legal documents after working out the specifics of the last set of legal documents but drafting new ones to reflect all the changes as a whole, but not displacing those initial objectives set out in another entirely different set of legal documents created at an earlier date

It has become clear in the past two weeks that while I might painfully learn what does not inspire me, through this, I can also discover new sources of inspiration.

I think that it is crucially important to remember what we live for, what ignites our curiosity and what is so worthwhile that we can’t wait to start each day.

This might seem a little elementary. It probably sounds terribly obvious.

What isn’t so easy is keeping these inspirations present, and well watered, so that they might fuel us in our daily living.

Here’s an example:

I am inspired by my brother, his methods are different from mine, and he dreams lofty. So I talk to him when I feel deflated.

I like to read about really smart ideas, so I flip through blogs and my favourite pages at least once a day.

You can’t say enough about sunshine and fresh air.

So my advice would be this. When you’re feeling low, take the pulse of your tried and true inspirations, then find a way to bring them back.

Don’t let yourself go another day without your passion. Your world needs it, and so do the rest of us!