Who Are You?

Someone once asked me, “Amber, who are you when you remove all the titles you’ve been given?” I had no idea how to answer that question. I had realized I had no idea who I was. Mom, wife,Trainer, entrepreneur…I thought those titles identified who I was. I recently realized those are all things I do in life, not who I was. What made me who I was, was HOW I did those things. I’m ambitious. I, Amber Crawford, am an ambitionist. I mom hard, I wife hard, I train hard, I boss hard. I like to take risks in life. I have a strong desire to achieve greatness in all that I do and I never settle for mediocrity. I go at all tasks in life with all I got. Which puts alot of perspective on why I take on so much in life as well as why I feel so defeated when I fail. It took me 35 years to realize what I do is not who I am, but HOW I do it is a direct result of who I am. And let me tell you, when you realize who you are….it brings alot of things that you struggle with in life into focus. You’ll figure out where your passion lies and what path to take to ignite it. You’ll know what opportunities to run at and which to run from. You know how to examine your life and what to adjust to make it something you’re proud of. I think we can all agree that’s a common goal among us. A life that you cannot wait to wake up and live. But if you do not know who you are, you will meander through life doing things that aren’t meant for you and wondering where your happiness went. It is ok to say no to things that don’t bring you joy. I encourage you to delve deep into your soul and find out who you are at it’s core. Look past all the things you do in life and look a little closer at how you do them. That’s where you’ll find who you are. Are you an ambitionist like myself? Or are you a nurturer, constantly putting others before yourself and sensitive to others’ thoughts & feelings. Knowing exactly who you are can help you determine what actions to take in every day life and understand your reactions when things don’t turn out as planned. Who are you without the titles?