Job/Life/Choice: If you love what you're doing now, how did you arrive at it?

If you love what you’re doing now, how did you arrive at it?

Did it take you years of self-talk to get you out of self-doubt, conventional jobs, loss of face with friends, or your parents’ values?

When did you make peace with that choice?

Anything goes here.. career, motherhood, childhood dreams, changing career field, becoming a clown..