Is Your Passion a Future Career Direction? Follow Your Passion or Not?

Each of us has our own passion. It will be lucky if you actually find your passion. More fortunately, you have passion as the direction for your current or future career. In different ways, there are people who have passion cannot pursue it to the end due to their bread and butter. Others have multiple passions and do not know which one to pursue. So what should we do instead? 

Why "follow your passion" is necessary?

Passion is a powerful feeling that makes you feel more confident and committed to complete your work without any hesitation. You are more creative and daring to overcome any challenge with a greater self-esteem and confidence in your attitude. Nothing can get in the way of you achieving greatness once you are passionate about what you do. 

The work you love is your passion?

Steve Jobs - Former CEO of Apple ever shared, "... And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle."

Steve Jobs emphasized "Don't settle" on his advice when talking about following your passion. He strongly believed that finding your passion and following it are the key to the best work results, and hereby the key to being truly satisfied in life. That's definitely a tall order but you will succeed if you "don't settle" and non-stop working on your passion with the work you love. 

What if you follow your passion as your career direction?

It will be even more leverage for you to develop your career if that passion is the work you are pursuing. Who among us is lucky enough to be such a person? Even though we know there are obstacles ahead, it is  a reason for us to pursue till the end. You are lucky to both follow your passion and earn a living. 

So take advantage of all opportunities that you have with your passion to get on the peak of your success. You'll be much happier overall when you follow your passion and strengthen it in your life in advance. And you will certainly be more sated with yourself on every decision. 

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What if you have passion but cannot pursue it because of your bread and butter at this moment?

There are passions that make it impossible to bring you immediate income and take a long time to get from it. You have to invest time and money into it at the early stages like art and culture including theatre, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and so forth. The passions that you need to advance your knowledge in a specific area before graduation to step outside for making a living such as healthcare, art, psychology, writing, etc. then it has shaped you a long-term career path. So do you dare to pursue this passion to the end?

Identify what you really care about and see what your long-term direction is. If you are young, you can try your hand at the areas you are passionate about but have not yet brought any incomes for you in the early stages. It's never too late to change a career orientation, as long as you determine what your life goals are. If you are an adult and find your passion later than others, you can look for opportunities, allot a reasonable time to pursue your passion besides the long-term work you are doing. That means you will have to do two things or more at once. Ask yourself: Are you capable of doing it? The answer is yours. 

Are you in such a situation? Have passion but cannot pursue it now?!

What if you have multiple passions and don't know where to start?

It will completely be normal if you have a lot of passion. There are many people just like you, don't worry! When you have plenty of passions and don't know which passion you should follow, look back at all the passions you currently have, list them down and rate their importance on a scale from lowest to highest. Setting factors and criteria is a good method for you to evaluate which passion is the most important and other scales. For example, several questions can be raised include how passionate you are about every topic, how good you are at it, how competitive it is, how potential the market is, and how matching your lifestyle gets involved in pursuing it. 

Have you found your primary passion to follow yet?

Remember not to force yourself into being "the passion" if you have multiple passions and you are not good at all. You will be the jack of all trades and master of none. 

Hopefully, this article will motivate you somewhat, helping you see where you should start and pursue your passion in life. Let's create a quality and valuable life together. Follow my blog if you love the topics I'm aiming for and leave a comment on the topic you look forward to seeing in my next articles.