How To Find Your Passion And
Struggles You Might Encounter
It seems that all we are
hearing these days is Follow your passion; Just live your dreams; It’s never
too late; or something along those lines.
Yet, no one seems to bother
with telling us how
to behave if we still haven’t discovered our passion, or it is
laying buried beneath our parents or society’s expectations of us. There’s no
doubt that once you decide to follow your true passion and know what you want,
you will become unstoppable in achieving great things.
However, the struggle most of
us face is not
knowing what that thing is for us, and we too often end up
switching from career to career only to become exhausted and hopeless and
feeling stuck in someone else’s dream.
From early on in our lives,
we weren’t programmed to make any decisions that are contradicting those of our
families, teachers or peers. We are so used to following certain
set of rules and programs,
that we rarely stop to think how we truly feel about these.
And, sadly, before you know
it, we are at work, doing something we are not sure how we feel about, or, even
worse, we realize that it is something we don’t enjoy doing at all.
How
to know if you are on the right path of following your passion?
If you are not sure of what
you are doing is leading to fulfilling your dreams and if you are truly living
your passion, here is a technique that will help you find some answers.
First of all, set aside some time to focus only on yourself.
Find a quiet place without any distractions. Take a piece of paper, if it will
help you focus easier, and be honest in answering following questions.
- Do
I feel excited about what I am doing?
- Is
the idea of improving my work the first thing that pops up in my mind in
the morning?
- Can
I easily motivate myself to work?
- Do
I need to find extra time to do it?
- Are
all the things I’m doing contributing to make my work better?
- Does
it seem like my time at work goes fast and I can get excited and motivated
easily?
- Do
I feel so immersed into my work that is seems like time has stopped, and I
can do it for more than 8 hours a day?
- Would
I still be doing the same thing if the money didn’t exist?
If the answers to most of these questions are yes, you are
lucky, because it points that you have found your true passion. If not, don’t
despair, there are a number of things you can do to get there. Before we get to
the process itself, let’s first answer the question why.
Why is finding
one’s passion such an important task?
We all probably know those people who never stopped to examine
their lives and choices they have made and they seem fine. Why bother then, you
might ask. The fact is, that we don’t know the struggles other people may be
going through, and sometimes they can seem perfectly happy, but struggle
severely on the inside.
Often times, people are not even aware of how unhappy and
unfulfilled they are. However, if we don’t want to wake up one day in our eighties and realize that we
wasted our entire life working for someone else’s dream and didn’t
have the courage to chase our own, we need to ask the unpleasant questions and
work towards finding our passion.
Moreover, working
on something that doesn’t inspire and motivate us can really make us miserable and
make our life an endless struggle to get up and get going when our entire being
is resisting even the thought of it.
Questions and
struggles you may encounter along the way.
Anyone who has ever found themselves on the road to
self-discovery, has had to deal with some, if not all of the following
struggles. Don’t worry you are not alone.
Struggle #1 I
feel bad when I see others who have already made it while I’m still trying.
It can be quite discouraging if you start comparing yourself to
others who are well on their way of fulfilling their dream. In order to stop
this struggle once and for all is to realize that we are all unique and have
special sets of talents and dreams. Therefore, we cannot be comparable to
others. Also, you need to remember that all of those others were at the beginning at some point too. Use their
stories as inspiration instead.
Struggle #2 It
seems I took longer to find my passion.
This is quite common among people to think that they are late
for something. Think of it this way – How do you think you got there? If it weren’t for all of
those past circumstances that lined up for you and took some time, you wouldn’t
even come to the realization of what it is that you want. Therefore, you were
right on time.
Struggle #3 I
don’t know where to start.
We tend to get overwhelmed when we try to think about our life
passion because it’s easier to have all the challenges and difficulties coming
to our minds, than seeing all the possibilities. And then we’ll just get stuck
and can’t figure out what to do first. No need to panic, as there is a way out. You will
learn a couple of actionable tips later on in the article.
Struggle #4
What if I have multiple interests?
Sometimes it happens that we can’t decide what our passion is
because we have more than one and we can’t decide. In this case, the above
questions can help, if you ask them for each of the interests you have.
Additionally, you can be creative
and find a way to combine all of those into a dream job.
Struggle #5
What if what I want to do doesn’t fit my parents’ expectations?
Whether we want to admit it or not, we all want to please our
parents to some degree. However, we need to realize that our parents ultimately want to see us happy
and well. Even if they don’t approve of our aspirations at
first, they will eventually when they see how happy and successful we are.
Struggle #6 Am
I too late to start over?
Although it can seem a bit daunting when you think of all the
hard work it would take to start at the beginning. That is why some people stay
at a familiar place no matter how miserable it makes them feel. It is never too late. Just look
how many people have started anew in their fifties and were still able to
fulfill their dreams. Moreover, once you discover your passion and start
working on it, things tend to gain momentum and everything happens so much
faster.
Actionable
on how to find your passion.
Finally, let’s talk about how we can actually discover our
passion. Although it might not be easy for everyone, it is worth the struggle.
Revisit things
you want to achieve when you were a child
We all knew who we were before society told us how to be.
Remember when you were a kid – you could play for hours and never get bored. In
those moments, the time simply seized to exist. Those are the memories you need
to recall, since that is where your passion lays. Remember who you were before
fears and other people’s hopes for you have scared you away from pursuing your
dreams.
Follow your
curiosity and allow yourself to explore
It doesn’t all need to happen in a moment of magical epiphany
for you. Allow yourself some time for trial and error before you it
crystallizes enough so that you can dedicate all of your attention to that one
goal.
Don’t worry to
start over as many times as it takes
Our thoughts and feelings can be misleading, and we might end up
in wrong positions more than once. Don’t be afraid to leave immediately as you
sense that it is not working for you. The sooner you leave an unwanted
position, the sooner you will find your true passion and purpose.
Don’t make
money your primary motivation
It can be difficult to resist the safe feeling that big paycheck
is giving us, yet it can be misleading. If we focus solely on the amount of
money we are getting at the moment on a job we don’t enjoy doing, we may miss
many opportunities to build our own dreams and earn so much more. Money is
great and can be used to do so much good, yet if we forget about it for some
time and dedicate our time to growing our talents and passion, we would soon be
able to achieve great success and money would come as a logical effect.
Limit the scope
according to your capability
Finally, when it comes to discovering your true passion,
focusing only on things that match your capabilities will have great impact.
There is no reason to stretch yourself too thin and look outside of yourself.
Your talents are all in you, and they just need a slight push and some training
in order to help you achieve your passion.
Finding one’s passion in life is important because this is how
we can motivate ourselves and become much happier in life. it’s ok if you still
haven’t figure out what your true passion is, just remember that you are not
alone and don’t give up on yourself! Things that worth having never come easy my
friend! I hope this piece of advice can guide you to your true calling!
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