How do I find something to be passionate about?

Question

There are many thing that I enjoy doing, but I can't seem to become passionate about them. My personality is very bland because my interests aren't at all obvious.

I enjoy the outdoors, web/graphic design, art, and I love trucks and muscle cars. Those are just a few of my interests.

How do I get passionate about an interest of mine? I mean, I want to get close to addicted to it! Lol!

Answer 1

keep searching and you will find it.

Answer 2

Forgive me for assuming you are a guy. Why do you think your personalilty is bland? Not everyone needs to be Robin Williams to be a success or be passionate. Remember also you can be passionate about many things and earn your living with the one that Pays the best. Money is life these days. Graphic design is a great idea, but many people pick something they love and love to hate it 7 yrs later. Do what you can support yourself with and be really passionate about your hobbies.

Answer 3

Passion varies from person to person. Reexamine the things you are good at and more importantly reevaluate each one, and decide which among these could make a big difference to me, my family, and the society as a whole. If you happened to watch the "Emperor's Cirlce" it should give you an idea of what to be passionate about. In a capsule, the film just want to remind us, that what matters most in this world is not what we do for ourselves but for the society and the world.
Be passionate on something that will benefit the most, not just yourself, by doing this you can outlive the world. People and generations will remember you forever. People who are passionate of great things for the greater majority are still popular nowadays even after millions of years people like Jesus, Ghandi, Julius Ceasar, Mother Theresa, etc.
All these people have one thing in common, they did not only do great things but they did so by forgeting about themselves but others.
Its only when one find its meaning and purpose that one can become truly passionate about something. Search for it and do it.

Answer 4

hi,I'm the same.i go from one extreme to another.i love trucks n monster trucks also.its nice to have all different interests. you should just carry on with them interests until new ones come along.there's so many things you can do.and new things you can try.

Answer 5

By continueing doing the thing that gives you the biggest thrill and biggest kick and then telling the girlfriend or wife you are busy. (with your hobby of course)

Answer 6

Sometimes, you just have to make a decision and stick to it. Being pulled in too many directions will get you exactly NOWHERE.

I know, I've been there and had to get out.

Answer 7

dont look for what makes you happy. Look for what makes you angry. Then fight back. Thats passion.

Answer 8

The Death of Boredom
and the Beginning of
a Fresh, Curious Mind

When we find life to be comprised of events and activities of a routine nature, the old things happening repeatedly, we feel bored. Boredom is a common feature of almost every body's life. What rich, what poor, boredom forgives none. Even the most important personalities feel being limited by the nature of their everyday activities. Surprisingly, to those who do routine, technical work for most of the time of the day, their work seems to be the cause of boredom, while for those who do intellectual and creative work and are relatively free with regard to their routine, their freedom itself seems to be the cause of their boredom. Whatever one does is enough to make one feel that one would probably feel better if one could do something else time and again. Why do we feel bored? The right answer to this question will help us find ways for managing boredom and transforming it into a resource as well as source of pleasure and meaning. So let's see what it is in the mind that makes us feel bored.

Humans have infinite potential in them. This power manifests itself as intellect and creativity. Intellect is the faculty that helps us look at things from a problem-solving angle of view. It helps us search deep into phenomena and extract information from them very quickly. Creativity, on the other hand, inspires us to focus on other possibilities once a certain possibility has been exhausted. So, while intellect gives us the depth of thought, creativity gives us the breadth. Boredom has a very close connection with our inherent creativity.

Sometimes it may seem that being bored is akin to being tired or exhausted, but actually it is not. While we feel tired when we run short of energy, we feel bored when we feel a different kind of energy that we aren't in a position to use at present. Exhaustion compels us to seek escape from activity; on the contrary, boredom compels us to seek variety in it. Exhaustion is not related to the type of activity one is doing, but boredom is. Exhaustion is directly related to stamina and boredom to creativity and curiosity. Exhaustion has to do with how much of something is done, whereas boredom has to do with how often something is done. Exhaustion is a consequence of the amount of effort exerted at a stretch, while boredom is a consequence of the pattern of activity one remains involved in over a period of time. Exhaustion is felt as the loss of energy and stamina, while boredom is felt as the loss of opportunities and freedom.

If you feel exhausted, you should seek rest. If you feel bored, you should pause for a moment and look at the feeling with a firm belief that you have more diverse capabilities or interest than your present work demands or can utilize. Your boredom can pay you. Only don't get exhausted with the feeling of boredom. And stay with me for a while.
The fact that you feel bored implies that:

- you've already done or had too much of the same thing;
- a switch over to another type of activity or thing would give you a feeling of relief;
- you haven't run short of stamina but you've lost your interest;
- in your subconscious you feel deprived of the opportunity to use your idle but valued skill or knowledge or creativity elsewhere;
- somehow or other you've felt deep in your mind that your life could extend further toward newer horizons;
- your mind reacts to your idea of what you are in the language and logic of the present circumstances; and that
- there are other possibilities in your life that, though you may be unaware of them, are already in the totality of your being.

So when you're bored, rejoice! And sit alone for a while for an interview with your mind to get the answers to the following questions.

- What kind of work do I feel bored of at present - menial, emotional, intellectual, clerical, or spiritual?
- What kind of enjoyment am I bored of at present - sensual, mental, ceremonial (social or cultural), sports-related, monetary, or something else?
- A temporary switch over to what kind(s) of activity or enjoyment might help me better utilize my capabilities or give me a different taste of life?
- A temporary involvement in what dimension of experience might unleash my creative power− physical, emotional, intellectual, societal, ethnic, political, leisurely, or something else?

In most cases you may have to bring about a dimensional or fundamental change in your involvement. If you can do so in a prudent way, then you'll get striking results. However, for the best possible results, you have to bring about a change in your attitude. The following analytical meditation will provide you with the necessary magical power and spiritual wisdom.

Analytical Meditation
Say to yourself:

I am bored of something.
That means I am desirous of changing an activity or thing or situation or relationship.
The occurrence of one thing over a long time makes me bored.
That is why my mind looks for two, three, four ... and thus many.
True that the same type of thing loses its luster after a limited frequency of occurrence.
But who said that a particular thing is always the same thing?
Who said that a particular thing doesn't belong to different types at different times?
I am bored of the watch that I have been wearing for five years.
But am I bored of my hand?
I am bored of my house.
But am I bored of my body?
I am bored of my food.
But am I bored of my hunger?

I feel too bored of my wife or husband.
One spouse every day - after every sleep and every period of waking!
But, frankly speaking, have I ever tried to change my mother or father?
Have I ever called my brother or sister a mere neighbor?
Am I tired of the old name of mine that has been a label for me since I was born?
Did I ever complain saying: "Why don't my children change their relationships with me?
For a wise mind, only an indication is enough.

The truth is that if I am linked with something at the level of love and self, it always remains new to me.
Otherwise it has a temporary relationship with the mind.
The waves are many and fleeting, while the ocean is one and still infinite.
That with which I am superficially connected cannot hold me for long.
But I cannot also discard it because it is a necessity.
So the remedy is to identify all its dimensions and then link each dimension with a particular faculty of the mind.
A dog is usually tied with a chain.
But the best tie is the relationship.
A dog is loyal to its master.
The master is happy with the dog's loyalty.
This is the real tie.

Therefore, I can extend my life by discovering newer and newer meaning in it.

I do not want to throw away my father or mother or children because they are not the mere bodies but they are the persons in the bodies; perhaps not even the persons, but the personalities; or perhaps not the personalities, but the relationships.
Nobody wants to throw away a relationship because that is what everybody looks for.
If that is the case, then before throwing away the spouse, if ever, I will discover the person inside.

I do not have any relationship with any "body".
Rather I have relationship with the person.
I cannot throw away anything unless I have discovered how it was tied to me and why?
Even if I throw away a friend, can I throw away friendship?
No.

That is why when I have lost a friend I will look for another.
The mind abhors vacuum.
So even if I throw away something, at least the throwing should be meaningful.

It is easy to be wise in any season, any circumstances.

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