133: Writer Sees Meaning in Indirect Path to Her Dream

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Entrepreneur, Turningpoints, Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Career, Education, Inspirational, Inspiring, Entrepreneurs

5 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2015

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Christina DeBusk dreamed of writing, even as she enjoyed her 15 year career in law enforcement. A recent opportunity to move cross-country from Michigan to California was the perfect time to make that dream a reality. She has been writing full-time ever since, looking to add motivational speaking to her portfolio soon. In law enforcement, “Sometimes you're dealing with people right when they’re in their pit of despair. It took me awhile to see how writing could fit into my desire to help. That changed when people read some of my writing and would say, "I really needed to read that today!"

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0:00.0	Hello, world.
0:11.0	Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love, number 133.
0:16.1	I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison.
0:18.7	Every day, I interview someone from around the world who has discovered her talents to do work
0:24.1	she loves to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.
0:29.5	Today, I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Christina Dubusk.
0:33.8	Christina, welcome.
0:35.2	Thank you.
0:36.1	Are you using your talents doing work that you love?
0:39.3	Absolutely.
0:40.6	All righty then.
0:42.3	Although she spent the first 15 years of her career in law enforcement,
0:47.0	Christina had always dreamed of writing for a living.
0:50.9	So when she was given the opportunity to move cross-country from Michigan to California,
0:55.7	she decided it was the perfect time to make that dream a reality, and she's been writing
1:00.6	full-time ever since. Now she's in the process of pursuing her next lifelong dream,
1:06.4	motivational speaking, allowing her to finally live the life she's always wanted to live, just
1:12.1	like she wants you to do too. Christina, that's a brief summary of your career up to date, up to now.
1:18.1	So tell us what you're involved in right now that has you excited and motivated.
1:23.9	Sure. Right now, I'm doing a lot of pieces for my writing clients. For instance, I'm working on a feature
1:30.2	article for chiropractic economics, and it's been a lot of fun because I've got to interview some CEOs of
1:36.4	different companies, and I'm learning that there's a lot more out there that I never knew existed,
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