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Ways To Find Your Passion

How To Find Your Passion in Life in 2023: Secrets You’ve Been Missing
A passion is an activity or field that motivates you, inspires you and aligns with your
personal values
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By pursuing a career you're passionate about, you may engage more
meaningfully with your work and feel a greater sense of professional fulfillment
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Benefits of finding your passion
When you apply your passion to your career, both you and your employer can benefit
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Understanding your passions can help guide you as you pursue a career or decide to
make a career change, as you know what types of jobs might make you happy
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You can acknowledge your
passions in your application materials by mentioning them in your professional summary
on your resume and describing how they contribute to the workplace in your cover letter
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For example, if you discover you're
passionate about creative writing, you could focus on building your vocabulary, learning
rhetorical devices and brainstorming imaginative ideas
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This can benefit you in your professional
development and make you a more productive member of a team
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For example, if you're
passionate about graphic design, you might know you want to start as a junior graphic
designer, pursue a senior graphic designer role and gain enough experience to become
a creative director
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Use career passions to form professional

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connections with those who share a love and knowledge of your interests for both
networking opportunities and team-building
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Passion can help you connect with your job, excel
in your responsibilities and feel more confident about your output
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Reflect on your hobbies
If you want a career you enjoy, think about activities you already enjoy doing
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While some hobbies correlate directly to a career, some
might inform an indirectly related pursuit
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For example, if you enjoyed performing in
high school plays, you might seek a job that involves public speaking and collaboration
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Try new things
When you focus on the skills and jobs you've historically focused on, you may overlook
other options that could suit you more
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Consider
taking a class in another industry, watching a tutorial or researching topics that pique
your interest
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Dedicate yourself to your current tasks
You might be able to find passion in your current circumstances without making a career
change
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Enthusiasm for your daily tasks can transform mundane
activities into fulfilling projects
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Related: 23 Strategies To Become More Optimistic
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However, when you make it a regular habit to take in
ideas and information from topics of interest, you can more easily discover which ideas

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truly inspire passion
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Read nonfiction books and articles, listen to podcasts and watch educational videos
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You may notice the same kinds of ideas keep popping up as you collect your
thoughts
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When you discover something that makes you feel
passionate, take time to experience that activity or idea
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It might help you spend this time away from technology so you can fully focus on the
task and embrace the thoughts and feelings it inspires
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Take risks
Living a passionate life might require some risk-taking, especially if you plan to make a
career shift
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For example, you may decide to do a tandem skydive, find out you
love the experience and decide to train to do a solo jump
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Online classes offer a wide amount of subjects and learning modes
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Clubs and organizations also share their expertise
through festivals and seminars
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Some companies even fund professional development,
so your employer might pay for you to earn certifications or take part in a conference in
an area that interests you
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Expand your professional network
Learning what other people are passionate about may help you understand your own
interests and ambitions
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You can learn how passionate people chose their
field, what their daily routine is like and what tools they recommend for someone
seeking a passion
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For example, if you want to become an artist, attending an art
class in your neighborhood might give you a sense of direction and belonging
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When your workplace has similar values to you, it might be easier to connect with your
work and feel a sense of purpose
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You could find a job working with a
nonprofit group that helps poorly funded schools access quality reading materials, or
you might work for a government agency that focuses on public education
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Ask yourself what's next
Another way to discover your passion is to write your future biography
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After you complete this writing
assignment, work backward to find out what accomplishments made you the most
excited
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