How does one live up to their potential and live their lives to the fullest when they have no passion, no drive, and can't even remember what they wanted to be when "they grew up"
2006-07-17 08:08:10 · 7 answers · asked by zaniboni2 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Assuming that you already have a passable day job and that you're otherwise starting from the zero point in terms of "passions," then use your free time and just start *doing* stuff.
Sign up for a parachuting class or a scuba class. Get a membership at a gun range. Find some hiking trails in your area. Sign up for ballroom dance classes or wine-tasting events or kilning classes, take some flying lessons, do some hot-air ballooning, etc. You can do these things alone if you're single, or with the wife if you're married. Go bowling. Build model ships.
It probably won't be fun at first, if you've gotten used to spending your evenings and weekends on the couch in front of the TV. But eventually you'll get used to a more active life.
It may take years, but try different things until you (and the wife) find something that really makes you look forward to the evenings and weekends. From there, maybe you can even transition over to making a career of it.
I think passions and dreams are like love. You date around and try out different ones until you find a good fit. Maybe you have a pretty good idea what you want ahead of time, maybe not. In the meantime, you have some interesting adventures, meet some interesting people, and have some fun. Once you get out and get involved in some new activities, serendipity may lead you in a direction you never would have considered by yourself.
And when you're old and gray and looking back, maybe you really found a perfect match for you and your temperament, or maybe you compromised a bit. But what the hell, at least you didn't spend your life sitting in front of the TV every night. :-)
2006-07-17 08:48:55 · answer #1 · answered by Jim R 3 · 6⤊ 1⤋
I have always envied those who seem to know what their passion was from an early age! I am in to the mid fifth decade and still have NO idea what my passion is! Maybe writing is my passion, but how does one make a living at that?
Most people I know who really do have a passion for living have stumbled on that passion through just living an innocent life! I think the problem of being aware is that we also know the choices we have in life. Too much awareness is decisions to choose between equally interesting things!
I disagree that we all have passion for our family! Some of us don't have that connection, it is not that we hate, we just don't love! Nothing personal, just is us!
Some of us go through life without that passion for anything, We enjoy things, but feel no exceptional joy or hate about anything!
That sort of blows you “normal” people away doesn't it!
2006-07-17 15:23:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you are human you have a passion for love family and other people like your self, so just look around the world and see Innocent people are being killed by Israelis and nobody gives the damn about it , if you hear the out cry of kids and women old and young people for sure you will find the path to the righteous thing which leads you the way out
2006-07-17 15:15:31 · answer #3 · answered by ncegrad87 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a similar problem out of high school. I started college immediately then dropped out because I didn't know what I wanted to do. Everything was a passing fancy for me, but I worked a bunch of crap jobs. Finally, working at Convergys gave me the motivation to return to school because I knew working there wasn't what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I started out taking care of the basics until I found something I really liked and had liked for a long time, and I am finally finishing up my degree.
2006-07-17 15:14:47 · answer #4 · answered by Kitti 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is easy.
Passion: It is something you do over and over ever since you were a toddler. It could be in different forms, but it gets recycled in your Life as a common thread. Reflect and see the connection.
Potential: Use the gifts, strengths, and talents that you were born with to fulfill your Life.
2006-07-17 19:26:00 · answer #5 · answered by aldiaz2wheare 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to start over new - think of the things you love, and start from there. Maybe try writing everything down, so you can see it on paper for yourself, and then take the next step in life.
2006-07-17 15:10:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just realize what you truly like and to do that you have to try new things...just open yourself to new opportunities and ideas.
2006-07-17 15:14:02 · answer #7 · answered by Julia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋