Have you found your passion in life?

Solomon Pleasant

Passion. Your calling. Whatever you wish to label it, it's pretty important.

According the Deloitte Shift Index, 80% of people are dissatisfied in their jobs. The majority of people I know are unhappy in their current professional position, or are at best, ambivalent towards their job. It strikes me that very few people have the time to figure out, find and pursue their passion due to so many work, family and private commitments. It's certainly appears very sad to imagine that many people never truly find out what they love, and as a result, never develop any possible related talent they may have.

It strikes me that precious few of us ever get to do what we love when we want, which is due to the way the economy and the world functions. We are probably all guilty of wasting endless hours on social media, perhaps drinking alcohol or just wasting time idly.

What's your passion? Have you found it? How did you find it? Have your ever attempted monetizing your passion so you could do it all day long?

eamonnq

No

Solomon Pleasant

eamonnq wrote: »

No

I had hoped for a better response what I started this thread

5rtytry56

And your passion OP is mainly





the keyboard warrior

Stheno

I really enjoy what I work at and have a hobby which is a passion

I'm also lucky to have a lovely oh

BorneTobyWilde

No. On a recent trip back to my home planet it dawned on me that
there but be more to life than this.
Too many people go through the motions and in a blink of an eye a day becomes a year, too often we let things that we can do something about control us. I know I do.
I still don't know what passion in life means. Just to be happy and confident and secure would be my passion.

retro:electro

No. I hate my job. Nobody likes to see me coming and I got spat on last week.
But I'm going back to college next week so onwards and upwards.

Solomon Pleasant

anna080 wrote: »

No. I hate my job. Nobody likes to see me coming and I got spat on last week.
But I'm going back to college next week so onwards and upwards.

That sounds horrible!

Best of luck with education.

TG1

I found it in horses, tried to make a career out of it, that didn't work due to me not being good enough and the money being impractical.
I then made a career out of something I hate in order to afford to keep a horse as a hobby, but now I spend so much time working I don't have time for her.
Lose lose at the moment but hopefully the work life balance will improve soon and I can get back to doting on her.... Not a happy or inspirational story, but sometimes following your passion just doesn't work.

SCOOP 64

Stheno wrote: »

I really enjoy what I work at and have a hobby which is a passion

I'm also lucky to have a lovely oh

You have all you need in life, Oh' and of course money, have you got lots of money , if so you have it made.

KungPao

I don't have a passion.

I am pretty much dead inside.

hairyslug

I think so, I gave up my job a while back, something that I had been working in for 15 odd years, started working for myself, doing something I feel passionate about, but it it doesn't pay the bills, I'll go back to a regular job.

SCOOP 64

anna080 wrote: »

No. I hate my job. Nobody likes to see me coming and I got spat on last week.
But I'm going back to college next week so onwards and upwards.

Spat on in work ?

Donald Trump

I have a definite predilection for gee

Is that what you mean?

The Backwards Man

Passion is what we get on a rainy day.

wally1990

anna080 wrote: »

No. I hate my job. Nobody likes to see me coming and I got spat on last week.
But I'm going back to college next week so onwards and upwards.

Guessing here :
Ticket warden?
Clamp cars?

PirateShampoo

I thought I found a passion, but it turns out my Meth habit is just your run of the mill addiction.

Stheno

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

You have all you need in life, Oh' and of course money, have you got lots of money , if so you have it made.

I earn enough to provide for now and the dutiee

Donald Trump

anna080 wrote: »

No. I hate my job. Nobody likes to see me coming and I got spat on last week.
But I'm going back to college next week so onwards and upwards.

Is that you Dickie Rock?

Cutie 3.14

wally1990 wrote: »

Guessing here :
Ticket warden?
Clamp cars?

Healthcare Assistant is my guess

Royale with Cheese

I like my job as far as jobs go, and it pays fairly well all things considered, but its a job and that's all it is. If you can figure out how to get paid for something you're truly passionate about then fair play, but I'm fairly happy to keep doing something I'm ok with purely to make money. Over time I plan to work less and work out what exactly it is I should be doing with my remaining years on this planet, because I definitely don't want it to be working 37.5 hours a week until I'm 70.

So I guess the answer is no.

worded

TG1 wrote: »

I found it in horses, tried to make a career out of it, that didn't work due to me not being good enough and the money being impractical.
I then made a career out of something I hate in order to afford to keep a horse as a hobby, but now I spend so much time working I don't have time for her.
Lose lose at the moment but hopefully the work life balance will improve soon and I can get back to doting on her.... Not a happy or inspirational story, but sometimes following your passion just doesn't work.

Can you volunteer and work with horses ? Sorry to hear this ....
Perhaps there is some way in some country that this could work out ?
I've no idea about horses

My own passion?
I'm a bit lost at the moment but I'm sure I will find out eventually

TheFarrier

TG1 wrote: »

I found it in horses, tried to make a career out of it, that didn't work due to me not being good enough and the money being impractical.
I then made a career out of something I hate in order to afford to keep a horse as a hobby, but now I spend so much time working I don't have time for her.
Lose lose at the moment but hopefully the work life balance will improve soon and I can get back to doting on her.... Not a happy or inspirational story, but sometimes following your passion just doesn't work.

I found it in horses aswell.

Made it my full time job.

I'm 4 days into a week long holiday and I genuinely can't wait to get back to work.

Carry

An unfulfilled passion or calling is always a dream. Following that dream keeps us going, but the nature of dreams is that when they come true it's rarely the same as in our imagination.

And then there is talent and opportunity. Say, you dream to be an actor and believe that your are great, because all the parents applauded you when you played the donkey in the school nativity play, and go on to performance school (or whatever it's called). Doing the real stuff you find out that your dream is unfeasible because beyond being a donkey you have no talent whatsoever, just a "passion".
If you don't acknowledge your lack of talent you might find out the hard way that you can't eat a passion.

A lot of people are quite happy to go on with their tedious tasks to support a family which can be quite satisfying in itself if you are compensated with a supporting and maybe even happy family life.
Others find ways to follow their passions in form of hobbies or voluntary work.
And some even don't have passions or callings just want a nice comfortable life without all the excitement and disappointments.

I fulfilled my passions to an extend. I do what I always wanted to do and finally earn a living with it. But it took a long time and I payed a high price for it. Sometimes I'm not sure if it was worth it.

As a side note: As a very young girl I wanted to be first a dancer then a rock star. So I went to ballet classes and to guitar classes. I failed in both miserably. Not a touch of talent ...

But I tried and learned. That's what life is about.

eamonnq

Solomon Pleasant wrote: »

I had hoped for a better response what I started this thread

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall not be disappointed.

Ezekiel 05:09

Solomon Pleasant

eamonnq wrote: »

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall not be disappointed.

Ezekiel 05:09

Expect nothing and receive nothing - Me

Klonker

No I haven't found my passion and while I don't hate my job, I'm far from passionate about it and I don't think I'm very good at it either. I'm only 29 and I can't imagine spending the guts of another 40 years sitting at my desk.

I don't feel like I have any burning passions, maybe I'm just lazy and won't enjoy any work. I'm also a very cautious, risk adverse person and I have great job security and paid decently for the role I perform so I don't think I'd have the balls to take a risk even if I were to find my passion, maybe trying to follow/find my passions in my spare time is the way to go for me.

Your Face

I like doing nothing in particular so I doubt I could do that for financial gain.

valoren

Not a work passion but I found it in my hobby for sure.
Been playing Golf since I was a teenager. Don't play as much as I'd like to but for me it is a passion.

I'm mid-30's now and when I drive to say, the driving range where I know I'll soon be hitting golf balls for an hour or so, it makes me feel excited for whatever reason. I can only describe it as the feeling you get as a kid on Christmas morning going downstairs to see what is under the tree. Long may that feeling continue.

Paul Bertholy's poem sums it up.

Golf is happiness for

Happiness is achievement.

The father of achievement is motivation

The mother is encouragement.

The fine golf swing is truly achievement

Man may lie, cheat, and steal for gain.

But, these will never gain the golf swing

To gain the golf swing man must work.

Yet it is work without toil

It is exercise without the boredom.

It is intoxication without the hangover

It is stimulation without the pills.

It is failure yet its successes shine even more brightly

It is frustration yet it nourishes patience.

It irritates yet its soothing is far greater

It is futility yet it nurtures hope.

It is defeating yet it generates courage

It is humbling yet it ennobles the human spirit.

It is dignity yet it rejects arrogance

Its price is high yet its rewards are richer

Some say it's a boy's pastime yet it builds men

It is a buffer for the stresses of today's living.

It cleanses the mind and rejuvenates the body

It is these things and many more.

For those of us who know it and love it

Golf is truly happiness

Tell me how

I don't think so. Not yet. But, I've enjoyed a large part of my working life and have taken 2 career breaks, each of about a year, one when I was 25 and the second, now, when I'm 38 during which I do feel I'm exploring what's right for me. If nothing else, I'll feel positive that I at least tried to find what was my passion.

The break at 25 resulted in a career tweak if not an outright change and I suspect at least the same when I return to work late next year. Hopefully.

Burial.

"Money, hoes and clothes all a n*gga knows".

At one point my passion was trying to make as much money as possible and trying to ride as many hot women as possible. But as soon as I turned like 21 I grew tired of both and realised that having tonnes of money isn't the be all and end all, and women aren't worth the effort I used to put in.

Staying in shape/the gym/running is a passion I guess. I love the discipline of having a fixed exercise programme, training 6 days a week, sometimes twice a day and eating clean for 6 days a week. I love the feeling of sheer pain you get from running that bit longer than you thought you could, or doing a few more rounds on the bag or doing a few more reps. In a weird way I love punishing my body. Exercise obviously makes you look great but mentally it does the trick and has such good spin off effects.

Outside of that I always felt that I am here to impart knowledge and to guide people. Be it teaching in a classroom or whatever. I'm still very young but I do see myself lecturing down the road. I'll probably have to go back to college for that. I'll definitely have to suss my passion out to do that. I've done the whole "life coach" thing casually for a while too, and although a lot of people thing it's stupid and a scam, it's amazing how much of a demand there is for it and how easy it is to make a change in someone once you have the credentials yourself.

topper75

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Spat on in work ?

Punk band guitarist can seem like a glamorous lifestyle from the outside.

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Learn how to become the grey haired old man.

HeidiHeidi

I found my passion (sailing) about 15 or 20 years ago, and soon after found a niche in my job that is flexible enough and pays enough to facilitate a very nice lifestyle based around a very time-consuming and quite expensive hobby.

The places I've been, people I've met and experiences I've had through sailing have been fantastic, and I consider myself very lucky indeed to have the lifestyle I currently have! Long may it last!!!

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Sleepy

Something I frequently think about OP. I'm 37 and never really found my passion (sex doesn't count, right?). While I don't hate my job, I sort of sleep-walked into it rather than pursued it and after 8 years in a very undefined role, I have no idea where to even start in looking for a change.

It probably doesn't help that I'm in IT where most plateau at the 50-60k salary level and almost all the options to break that plateau involve people management rather than technical ability and that's an area I have little talent (and even less interest) in. Any change of tack would involve further education and/or a step back in salary and as the primary breadwinner for our family, that's not an option for me so I'll plod along and see what happens. My teenage self would find my current life something to scorn at and would probably quote the line "a pig, in a cage, on anti-biotics" from Radiohead's "Fitter Happier" to describe it.

I'll be encouraging my kids to take some time out before starting college and hope beyond hope that they'll discover a passion that they have the talent to make a living from, or at least, a passion that they can afford to indulge with a job they don't hate.

Trotters

no. But I keep looking. Life is for enjoying and each day, One day at a time.

smurfjed

Climbing through a blanket of cloud yesterday into a crystal clear sky at 500 mph in an awesome plane, I once again came to realise that I am lucky enough to have found my childhood dream job.

professore

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Billions? I doubt that.

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Hollister11

I enjoy what I do in college (Computer Science) and I spend alot of my free time doing Web development, so hopefully I'll enjoy doing this as a career.

Nope. No passion, no talents, just going through the motions most of the time. Existing rather than living. C'est la vie.

I've made some changes in life but none have really paid off, just moved me from being stuck in a rut to being stuck in a slightly different rut. The lack of financial security makes the current rut difficult to break out of.

Hector Bellend

Yes.

Squirt porn

Danbo!

Luckily, yes.

All throughout school I had an interest in web/digital design. Guidance counsellors and teachers telling me to "aim higher" and get into architecture as the building industry would never fail. Listened to them, and left college about 45 minutes before the industry collapsed. Managed to hang onto a job in it for a few years by doing digital design within the architectural practice earning peanuts - artists impressions, etc, until eventually getting laid off.

Worked my ass off learning more while unemployed and then on the job when a software company gave me a shot. 5 years later and I'm creative director and love it. As much as I hate to say it, there was a lot of hard work, but luck played a huge part in getting the opportunities too.

anna080

anna080 wrote: »

No. I hate my job. Nobody likes to see me coming and I got spat on last week.
But I'm going back to college next week so onwards and upwards.

Accountant?

Pac1Man

smurfjed wrote: »

Climbing through a blanket of cloud yesterday into a crystal clear sky at 500 mph in an awesome plane, I once again came to realise that I am lucky enough to have found my childhood dream job.

What is it?

Pac1Man

Pac1Man wrote: »

What is it?

Fluffer.

PARlance

Pac1Man wrote: »

What is it?

Full time stoner.

dory

I spent my 20s travelling and working different jobs while my friends worked/bought houses.

They ended up buying during the recession and are sorted house/money wise. I won't be able to afford a house for a long time but I have definitely found my passion (teaching) and am happy out with my life choices.

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