Follow Your Passion What Kind of Advice Is That

Follow Your Passion What Kind of Advice Is That Im intrigued by the advice Ive heard for decades to simply follow my passion. Do that, and the money will follow, they say. I have to disagree. I dont think that you have to discard, or put away, your passion, but I do not think that we will all be able to make a living by doing what our passion is.  Sometimes, our passion is something that we cant do (like me playing professional basketball or football), or the passion is not monetizable.  Okay, maybe if you are creative you could monetize pretty much anything, but some things might be (a) hard to monetize, or (b) not ripe for monetization (in other words, you cant make much money doing it). So, what do we do?  Resolve to work in a field that we cant stand? No, Im not saying that either. The message Id like to give is that if you find work in a field that you are not passionate about, it doesnt mean your life is a failure.  Let me present an idea to you: Find your passion outside of your job. Plenty of people go to work, take pride in what they do, are okay with it, and then spend their non-working ours pursuing their passion.  Maybe they volunteer, or paint in their home, or join clubs, or whatever My point is, if you havent found your passion, or you arent in a field you are passionate about, you arent necessarily a loser, and you might not be wasting your time. You can certainly choose how and where youll spend your time, outside of the office. Follow Your Passion What Kind of Advice Is That Im intrigued by the advice Ive heard for decades to simply follow my passion. Do that, and the money will follow, they say. I have to disagree. I dont think that you have to discard, or put away, your passion, but I do not think that we will all be able to make a living by doing what our passion is.  Sometimes, our passion is something that we cant do (like me playing professional basketball or football), or the passion is not monetizable.  Okay, maybe if you are creative you could monetize pretty much anything, but some things might be (a) hard to monetize, or (b) not ripe for monetization (in other words, you cant make much money doing it). So, what do we do?  Resolve to work in a field that we cant stand? No, Im not saying that either. The message Id like to give is that if you find work in a field that you are not passionate about, it doesnt mean your life is a failure.  Let me present an idea to you: Find your passion outside of your job. Plenty of people go to work, take pride in what they do, are okay with it, and then spend their non-working ours pursuing their passion.  Maybe they volunteer, or paint in their home, or join clubs, or whatever My point is, if you havent found your passion, or you arent in a field you are passionate about, you arent necessarily a loser, and you might not be wasting your time. You can certainly choose how and where youll spend your time, outside of the office.