How to Identify Your Passion
Have you ever been that person who felt unsure of what they wanted most out of life? Do you ever feel lost or unenthused? Are you trying to find your passion and struggling with where to begin? If you answered yes to any part of these questions, then today’s post is for you.
If you’re here today, chances are you’ve got questions, or you’ve heard questions like these before:
“What is a passion?”
“Why is passion important?”
“Do I really need passion in my life?”
Passion can be defined as a very “strong feeling of enthusiasm or excitement for something or about doing something” (The Britannica Dictionary)
Some people are passionate about singing. Some are passionate about cooking, dancing or playing instruments or sports. Some people are passionate about learning or making a noticeable change in the world around them. Some people know that passion they have deep down in their heart, and others are less passionate about life or maybe unaware. Wherever you are on the spectrum of passion, it’s useful to know that passion can be developed by design.
How is passion developed, you ask? Simple.
Practice perpetuates passion.
Pick something you enjoy. Anything. Watching movies, listening to music, observing large crowds of people from a distance. Set aside time to enjoy this activity, and make it a priority to better understand what it is about the experience you enjoy most.
Maybe in your heart you’re searching for joy, interpersonal connection, an inspiration or a muse. Maybe that one activity you enjoy might spark your curiosity, and lead you to something you never even realised you might be passionate about. Maybe you’ll find nothing, and in your search for passion, you’ll discover that you’ve simply become passionate about enjoying life on your own terms.
Sometimes, if we’re not careful, we begin to buy into this idea that passion is some lofty out of reach thing we must aspire to, when in reality it doesn’t need to be. If you’re that person who is feeling down on their luck today because they haven’t found their passion, pull yourself together. Start doing the things you know you enjoy, and see where it takes you.
Why sink when you can SWIM?
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