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Having such a mindset is a great thing. For most, firing up a new passion is easier said than done.
by rdouble 16y ago
Having such a mindset is a great thing. For most, firing up a new passion is easier said than done.
- nostrademons 16y agoI'm curious - how many people have only one passion? I remember that when I was a kid, I wanted to be an aeronautical engineer. Then I wanted to be a naval architect. (Well, technically I didn't know the names for either of those, I just knew I wanted to design planes and ships.) I played violin and clarinet, I wanted to be in a rock band, I liked computer programming, I fancied myself a novelist (even though I hated writing), I wanted to be a famous theoretical physicist, and I was going to make a few million dollars founding a software startup. I ended up a computer programmer, because that was the optimal intersection between what I wanted to be and what other people would pay for. Although that software startup may yet happen. But I continued - and sometimes still continue - the other things quite far along. I made All-State Orchestra in violin, and continued to play throughout college, and still occasionally pick it up. I nearly ended up a physics major; I didn't switch away from it until my last semester. Now that I have no immediate plans to become a writer, writing is kinda fun. Is this unusual? Do people get "stuck" on one dream and then ignore everything else that they might enjoy?
- ericdschmidt 16y agoYour story is very similar to mine. Except instead of music I was interested in film and comedy.
- kentosi 16y agoI have different goals/passions that don't seem to relate: programming, fitness, speaking different languages. Often, my greatest anxiety episodes arise from thinking of how I can balance these, and have a social life and do the laundry at the same time. I find articles like these great, because they get me just that one step closer to learning this how to figure it all out.