![]() Maybe your passion is skiing, knitting, coaching, volunteering or journalism. This is a belief I feel all of us can share. It will be revealed to you as you continue your journey in life. Only you will (someday) know what this is, in due time. Whether that comes from the daily job that permits you to put the proverbial “bread on the table” for your family or whether it’s an outlet that you seek to enliven and enrich your life - your inner chi - is entirely dependent on the plan for your life. One of my core beliefs is that we find purposeful, meaningful activities that we focus our time and effort on, in order to bring value to the lives of others and ourselves. What I am is a person who has lived in the world and learned the hard way that living without enthusiasm is a recipe for unhappiness and mediocrity. You lose by depriving yourself of furthering the all-important desire of doing what you love. You may “win” in one area, but you lose in another. It’s like the version of your own, personal zero sum game. Unless that something you’re good at is ALSO coupled with activities and hobbies that you do love, then that is a mundane life just begging to be besieged with problems and worries. Because when you really think about it - who the hell wants to do something that they don’t enjoy, just because they’re “good at it”? They’d never truly want that for their children. When we dive deeper, we find that “don’t pursue your passion” is advice that would never be followed by the very same people who dispense it. The Meaning of Living Out Your PassionĪs I’ve written about previously, the Internet is littered with blog posts and articles on why not pursuing your passion is a wise course of action. I started this article with a title that offers you an alternative to wasting your time. Otherwise, everything else I have to offer in this piece is a waste of your time. If you don’t have these things, honestly, just stop reading right now.īy all means, please read my other stories! Or find something that might make you more comfortable. Like anything worth working toward, this requires effort, which first begins with a believing mindset backed by a strong desire. I can tell you with the utmost confidence, from my personal experience, that living your passion, while still being wise enough to pay the bills and answer all of the “real world’s” demands is possible. Or are you still wondering whether a life of doing what you love, while supporting yourself and your family, is possible? Where are you on the scale of living out your dream? Are you watching time go by? Waiting for your “big shot?” Have you made your move? In other words, have you started on your quest of doing what you want? What you love.
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