I would prefer if people saw cultivating your interests as a thing. This "passion" thing is not helpful. It makes it seem like you're going to meet the idea t

I would prefer if people saw cultivating your interests as a thing. This "passion" thing is not helpful. It makes it seem like you're going to meet the idea that's going to sweep you off your feet, while you are passively walking along the street. Instead I think you have to go out and find your interests. And grow them, like you are tending to a garden. You may have started off interested in everything as a kid, but interests wilt and fade without care. You have to put the time in. And that means even making yourself do things when you don't feel like it, like making yourself paint something or draw something, or go for a run, or write something, or cook something or learn something. It's work. People harp on the passion thing, like you'll love every minute and time will just fly by because you're so in love with your passion project. Well no, it's still work. But it's good work.