♥ figure out what you love to do. and then find a way to get paid for it.

source.

when i was younger, i was constantly asked to ponder the question:

"what do i want to be when you grow up?," and while maybe

once upon a time i would have answered "an author,"

"leonardo dicaprio's wife" or the default 5th grade answer:

"a veterinarian," i can honestly say i am just as clueless today about what

i will end up doing with the rest of my life as i was back then.

part of me feels like this burning question is what will keep me searching my

whole life long, and for that reason, i cannot just come up with a cut and dried,

crystal clear answer. because if i answer it, and i know how i will be spending

my endless numbered days, then life would cease to hold the same glimmer

of promise and limitless horizons, and instead everything will be just as it is.

which, to me, sounds like an incredibly dull existence.

i often think that there is something i am meant to be doing that does not

exist yet, which is the reason why there are no schools designed to give me

a degree in whatever that is, and no fast track to becoming it. i am inspired

by those who have been able to do what they love and become successful at it,

like photographer, ryan marshall, who featured his

wife, cole's adorable pregnancy week after week

(read about it here!) on his blog pacing the panic room.

ryan recently pitched the idea for a new photo/ video series, called

"do what you love," to be featured as a web campaign for the new denim

1969 collection for the gap right on his blog. each monday, ryan will feature

fabulous women (dressed in gap denim, of course) who have each managed to

make it in life by following their dreams and doing what was in their heart.

see # 1 (an old friend and yoga instructor) and #2 (his wife, cole, again!) below,

and stay tuned for #3 this monday! i am already in love!