Your passion?

[AlFa]

I've been thinking about this alot lately and it seems that a bunch of other people here are as well.

What is your passion? Have you found the 1 job or career that you know will make you happy for the rest of your life? If so, how did you come to that realization and when? If not, do you think you'll ever be able to find a career that makes you happy?

I was thinking back to when I was in h.s. and I can't remember ever seriously thinking about what I would "be" when I got older. In fact, I can hardly remember EVER thinking about what I would be when I got older. There are so many things that I think would be pretty cool to do for a while, but there is nothing I've found so far that really "trips my trigger".

Aside from maybe being a demolitions expert or a CIA undercover op, I can't really think of anything that is interesting enough to keep me happy for 30-40 years.

So, have you found your "passion" or are you still looking and if so, what are you doing to find it?

[wordsmith]

Oh, man, we should talk, AlFa!

[and1grad]

I think I've found mine in Environmental Science, mostly air & water. I realized it when I would keep talking to my roommates about what we were learning in class even tho they couldnt give half a damn. I also recognized it b/c I had seen how others who had found their passion acted.

[AsraiL]

You actually raise a good question in my mind - not whether or not I've found my passion, but rather, why do we need to find something that "trips our trigger(s)"?

Why is it that we always assume we need to find "the one thing" in life that will make us happy, that will define who we are? Why can't we be happy doing one thing for awhile, and when we get bored of it, then moving on to something else? I have this need to find my "destiny," but now I'm beginning to wonder if it's fragmented.

...But in answer to your question, no, I haven't found "it" yet. I definitely know that I'm in the wrong place, but my problem is I don't know where the right one is, so I don't know where to begin. :neutral:

[Sus122079]

I love to draw and paint; I've done art since I was 5. Unfortunately, ever since I graduated from college and entered the real world with all of its 9-5 corporate suckiness, I've kind of lost my inspiration. I am always jealous of those few lucky souls who are able to make a living through expressing their creativity....why can't I do that?!? WHY CAN'T I WIN THE LOTTERY?!?

AHHHHHHHHHH!!!

:frustrate

[lynseymay]

I hear ya about finding your passion. My passion is the weather. I've always loved the weather ever since I was a kid. And I had the opportunity to go to grad school, but being the dumbass that I am I decided to stay. But I haven't given up on the idea of getting my PhD in meteorology as I'm too damn stubborn to give up on my passions in life!

[bigboom]

my passion is pro sports...but im not making it there anytime soon so i still havent found my passion. :(

[paiger81]

I would love, love, love!!!! to own my own bookstore. I would call it Perfect Paiges, I have the whole set up in my mind. But at this stage in the game I can't afford it.

[wordsmith]

I have too many passions. It makes it hard to narrow down into one overriding ambition. Something always feels left out.

[cheshrcarol]

Travelling is my passion. If I won the lottery all I would do is travel. I'd start with Europe, and then eventually do the entire world...except maybe Antarctica or the North Pole.

I don't really think that your passion has to be your profession. When I was high school I considered being a foreign correspondant for a newspaper or a travel writer, but I realized that's not really what I want to be doing. My mother's passion in life is music, she is a professional musician, but it's not how she makes a living. She works a regular 9-5 job, and nights and weekends she's a musician.

[wordsmith]

I, too, have wondered if your passion need be your employment. I think in many cases...as I'm discovering, no less...it can take your passion and turn it into just a job. Blah.

[stonemonkey]

Originally posted by cheshrcarol
Travelling is my passion. If I won the lottery all I would do is travel.

jeez, carol, you took the words right out of my mouth (or keyboard, as it were...) is this the twilight zone, are you actually me in a parallel universe? (...connected by a messageboard under and under the guise of someone living in another country...)

dream job would be travel writing, or even travel tv show hosting, like those lonely planet style shows, i don't know if you guys get pilot guides. <sigh> time and money, that's all i need and i'm outta here, into the big, wide world.

the other dream jobs are astronaut and FBI agent. barring that, i wanna be a research scientist at a major university or company.

[cheshrcarol]

are you actually me in a parallel universe?LOL, a male Australian-Chinese version of myself....that would be interesting!

[Sesamebabe]

this is similar to my other post about your SO already having found their passion...
I myself used to love retail but the bad pay and weekend hours drove me out. I always loved volunteer work, but again, terrible pay or no pay. I need something that I love that will actually pay the bills. Maybe at some point I can attempt retail again but a much higher end sector, but for now I will try to grow my internet engraved gifts store into a self sustaining business. I figure I will give it 2 more years - and after that, I don't know what I am going to do...