Finding Your Passion In Life – A Quick Guide

How can I find my Passion? This is the question everybody finds themselves asking at some point in their life.

The likely reason you would have landed on this page is because you feel stuck or lost and don’t know what to pursue in life. I get it. It’s not a great place to be. I’ve experienced this myself many times, especially when I was an anxious teenager.

The truth is, to build lasting habits you need to have a bit of passion, otherwise, it will be much easier to give up. So finding what you’re passionate about is important.

I hated school. Nothing interested me. I hated college, I had no passion for any subjects. But I was desperate to have one. I wanted a purpose in life.

I only had one interest which was drawing and thought that I would end up as some kind of artist but I wasn’t obsessed enough to pursue it as a career. I suppose I have become one in a way. But then I discovered writing – something I never thought I would be extremely passionate about.

It never even crossed my mind until I started my first blog. And then it felt kind of exciting. I become passionate.

All I wanted to do was load up my laptop and write. It was something that finally made me excited.

If you’re a young person reading this, don’t think you need to figure out what your passion in life is yet. Sometimes you have no idea for years like me. Some of us simply stumble upon our passions.

Find your passion through experiences

Nothing is as important as passion. No matter what you want to do with your life, be passionate. – Jon Bon Jovi

I thought I’d end up as a complete loser. I’m still not where I want to be in life but that’s okay. The only way I stumbled across my true passion (or calling in life) was to experiment and start my blog.

When I was a child I tried lots of different activities to see if I enjoyed them like;

• Judo
• Karate
• Soccer
• Rugby
• Boxing
• Bodybuilding
• Kayaking
• Music

But I was never really that passionate about any of them. I thought I was just someone who didn’t care too much about anything.

But I kept trying things and I soon realised that I didn’t need to figure out what I cared about after I left school and went to college. I hadn’t had many experiences at the age of 16. It’s crazy to think that I should have known what I was passionate enough about at that age to study for the rest of my education.

The real world doesn’t work like that.

If you have no idea what you are passionate about right now, I would encourage you to go out and have experiences, no matter what they are, as long as they are not hurting you or anyone else.

Say “Yes” when your friends ask you to go out and go paintballing or to a music concert. Experience the world and you’ll sooner or later come across something that calls to you.

Read or watch something completely random

Anything that gets your blood racing is probably worth doing. – Hunter S. Thompson

Writing isn’t the only passion I have in life. I never thought I’d enjoy cooking but hey, here I am. It wasn’t until I decided to randomly watch a few of Gordon Ramsay’s cooking videos on YouTube that something inside me said, “Hey, you should do that!”

So I did.

Now, I love cooking. I get a real buzz out of it and it’s become one of my biggest passions in life, right after writing.

The point here is to read or watch random things, things you would never normally give the time of day to. If you do that every now and again, you’ll come across something you’ve never given much thought to and it might just ignite something inside you.

Don’t settle for anything else

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you. – Oprah Winfrey

Once you come across something you’re extremely passionate about, don’t settle for anything less. If people try to tell you to do something different, make a point of saying no. I believe you should always follow your passion because it’s the thing that gives you hope in life and a sense of purpose.

I’ve learned that ignoring your passion only hurts you. When you end up in dead-end jobs like I have in the past, that passion for something can eat away at you so you have to make time for it outside of your usual schedule.

That might mean saying “No” when your friends ask you to come out. It might mean you have to spend some time on the weekend away from your family.

But in the end, your passion becomes your calling. It becomes the thing that lights a flame underneath you and makes you look forward to the future. So don’t ignore it. Once you find it (or several), do yourself a favour and indulge.