What is your passion?
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Teaching. Learning. How kids learn. I have been teaching for 14 years and this year I feel more energized than I have in a long time--new principal, new staff members, promotion to Assistant Principal, more responsibilities. I love my job in a way I haven't in a long time.0
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arditarose wrote: »Music. I'm a gigging musician and music teacher.
I'm a music teacher too. I also love my critters and sewing and other fiber/textile arts.0 -
I have several things I sort of like to do but nothing that I actually feel passionate about.
And that's OK. You don't need to feel passionate about things.
I did get kind of caught up in the quest to find something I felt passionate about back when I was in my late 20s, but then I realised, it's OK to just enjoy doing a variety of things without being all passionate about them.
Probably explains why I've had a whole variety of jobs over the years ... and dabbled in so many things.
Maybe I'm just passionate about variety.
Either that or I bore easily. 
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God, my husband, our children.
Work, I work with disabled pre-schoolers. Outside of my answers above, it's the most rewarding thing in my life.
On a lesser level, baking, creating (crochet, knitting, painting, quilting, scrapbooking) nature, hiking especially.
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It's hard for me to say "passion" because, as a schizoid, everything is... attenuated, opaque.
But I am never bored, because I do like to do many things: painting, reading, playing the piano, to name a few. But also watching tv-series, studying languages, live in foreign countries, playing with my cats, playing video games.0 -
For me, it's football (SC Gamecocks and Carolina Pathers). Children and husband go without saying. For sports fans there is nothing like the joy a game brings you (even when it's stressful and possibly soul crushing if you lose). You get to know the players and their personalities but you also learn play strategies and get to see how it's all choreographed together to make one harmonious game where lots of people also happen to be getting beat up. I have something to talk about in any social setting and my husband and I don't just have to have it all be about work and kids. I'm also four years sober, alcohol doesn't have a thing to do with it. Now if you tell me you love The Hobbit or Games of Thrones I'll look at you like you kicked my dog because I can't fathom for the life of me the following behind those franchises. To each their own.0
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There's only room for one passion in our relationship - ..... classic motorbikes ... Dearest OH is always either racing them, repairing them, building them, talking about them, displaying them, buying them or selling them ....
I am always watching him race them, cleaning his clothes after he's repaired them, listening to him talking about them .... travelling miles to somewhere where he displays them, inputting them for sale on websites... and balling him out for spending too much money on them
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God, music & dancing, my husband, my dogs. In that order 0
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I have several things I sort of like to do but nothing that I actually feel passionate about.
And that's OK. You don't need to feel passionate about things.
I did get kind of caught up in the quest to find something I felt passionate about back when I was in my late 20s, but then I realised, it's OK to just enjoy doing a variety of things without being all passionate about them.
Probably explains why I've had a whole variety of jobs over the years ... and dabbled in so many things.
Maybe I'm just passionate about variety. Either that or I bore easily.
Makes sense. Maybe having interests without getting passionately excited is enough. Somewhere on the thread someone said I might look into depression due to an empty feeling. I didn't say I feel empty. I just don't have anything that makes me anywhere as excited as my husband and his sports!
Please note all that I did not make the alcohol comment about sports. I don think that's a big reason why people are passionate about sports. I grew in a family that didn't watch sports where my husband did. No big deal.0 -
My family, learning to sew, cooking, and trying to start an online business.0
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Mistraal1981 wrote: »Warcraft; learning to day trade so I can escape the rat race so I can do things I want to do, not waste time doing things I don't want to do.
First thing I'd indulge in is getting ready for a bikini competition.
Is warcraft a metaphor for your day trading or like...world of warcraft? Because I support both equally =]0 -
I have several things I sort of like to do but nothing that I actually feel passionate about.
And that's OK. You don't need to feel passionate about things.
I did get kind of caught up in the quest to find something I felt passionate about back when I was in my late 20s, but then I realised, it's OK to just enjoy doing a variety of things without being all passionate about them.
Probably explains why I've had a whole variety of jobs over the years ... and dabbled in so many things.
Maybe I'm just passionate about variety. Either that or I bore easily.
Makes sense. Maybe having interests without getting passionately excited is enough. Somewhere on the thread someone said I might look into depression due to an empty feeling. I didn't say I feel empty. I just don't have anything that makes me anywhere as excited as my husband and his sports!
Some people are just more excited about stuff than others.
For example, I like travelling. I'd do it all the time if I could. But I don't get all excited about it.
I remember once, it was about 2 weeks before flying from Canada to London to get together with my Australian fiance who I had not seen in months, and travel around Europe together for a month. One of my coworkers bounced into my office just beside herself with excitement for me. 2 weeks to go ... I must be so incredibly excited. How could I possibly work? I must be bouncing off walls, doing cartwheels down the hallway, screaming in delight ....
But I was doing none of those things. I was just calmly working. There was lots to do before I could leave, and that's what I was doing. I feel a mild surge of excitement when I'm on the plane and it is taxi-ing down the runway. But that's about it.
I don't know why I don't feel excitement. But it does seem to drive others crazy ... even my husband (who was that fiance I mentioned earlier), who has known me for years now, still occasionally thinks I must not like something or must not want to do something when I don't gush delight.
I just don't have the gushing-delight-bouncing-off-wall-cartwheels-down-the-hallway gene ... or something.
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Used to be online video games. Now, I'm not really sure. I guess some TV shows, books, and movies.
And food. Unfortunately.0 -
Photography0
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I have several things I sort of like to do but nothing that I actually feel passionate about.
And that's OK. You don't need to feel passionate about things.
I did get kind of caught up in the quest to find something I felt passionate about back when I was in my late 20s, but then I realised, it's OK to just enjoy doing a variety of things without being all passionate about them.
Probably explains why I've had a whole variety of jobs over the years ... and dabbled in so many things.
Maybe I'm just passionate about variety. Either that or I bore easily.
Makes sense. Maybe having interests without getting passionately excited is enough. Somewhere on the thread someone said I might look into depression due to an empty feeling. I didn't say I feel empty. I just don't have anything that makes me anywhere as excited as my husband and his sports!
Some people are just more excited about stuff than others.
For example, I like travelling. I'd do it all the time if I could. But I don't get all excited about it.
I remember once, it was about 2 weeks before flying from Canada to London to get together with my Australian fiance who I had not seen in months, and travel around Europe together for a month. One of my coworkers bounced into my office just beside herself with excitement for me. 2 weeks to go ... I must be so incredibly excited. How could I possibly work? I must be bouncing off walls, doing cartwheels down the hallway, screaming in delight ....
But I was doing none of those things. I was just calmly working. There was lots to do before I could leave, and that's what I was doing. I feel a mild surge of excitement when I'm on the plane and it is taxi-ing down the runway. But that's about it.
I don't know why I don't feel excitement. But it does seem to drive others crazy ... even my husband (who was that fiance I mentioned earlier), who has known me for years now, still occasionally thinks I must not like something or must not want to do something when I don't gush delight.
I just don't have the gushing-delight-bouncing-off-wall-cartwheels-down-the-hallway gene ... or something.
I have a couple people in my life that are like that. We joke with the one that when we get more than one exclamation point in a text or an e-mail, it must me he is extremely excited. I once heard him say he was excited...just once 0 -
I have several things I sort of like to do but nothing that I actually feel passionate about.
And that's OK. You don't need to feel passionate about things.
I did get kind of caught up in the quest to find something I felt passionate about back when I was in my late 20s, but then I realised, it's OK to just enjoy doing a variety of things without being all passionate about them.
Probably explains why I've had a whole variety of jobs over the years ... and dabbled in so many things.
Maybe I'm just passionate about variety. Either that or I bore easily.
Makes sense. Maybe having interests without getting passionately excited is enough. Somewhere on the thread someone said I might look into depression due to an empty feeling. I didn't say I feel empty. I just don't have anything that makes me anywhere as excited as my husband and his sports!
Some people are just more excited about stuff than others.
For example, I like travelling. I'd do it all the time if I could. But I don't get all excited about it.
I remember once, it was about 2 weeks before flying from Canada to London to get together with my Australian fiance who I had not seen in months, and travel around Europe together for a month. One of my coworkers bounced into my office just beside herself with excitement for me. 2 weeks to go ... I must be so incredibly excited. How could I possibly work? I must be bouncing off walls, doing cartwheels down the hallway, screaming in delight ....
But I was doing none of those things. I was just calmly working. There was lots to do before I could leave, and that's what I was doing. I feel a mild surge of excitement when I'm on the plane and it is taxi-ing down the runway. But that's about it.
I don't know why I don't feel excitement. But it does seem to drive others crazy ... even my husband (who was that fiance I mentioned earlier), who has known me for years now, still occasionally thinks I must not like something or must not want to do something when I don't gush delight.
I just don't have the gushing-delight-bouncing-off-wall-cartwheels-down-the-hallway gene ... or something.
I have a couple people in my life that are like that. We joke with the one that when we get more than one exclamation point in a text or an e-mail, it must me he is extremely excited. I once heard him say he was excited...just once
Lol! I am exactly this way about traveling and big events. I don't gush with excitement. I'm happy when I get there.0 -
Poker and Chess.0
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Dogs and the 49ers0
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My grandson, drawing, knitting ,my cats, travel, photographyt, the world around me. II look for the joy in every day I am given on this earth.0
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asteriskthat wrote: »@azulvioleta6 Latin dance is the best! I love the social aspect almost as much as the dancing itself. I hope you get well enough to dance again soon!
I've been back at it for about three years now!
I am much too old to ever go back to performing, but I might dip my toes back into teaching dance in the next year. My partner and I are teaching ourselves something called Cumbia Cruzada (from Rosario, Argentina) and we may try to teach it at some point. It's tango, paso doble, salsa, merengue and cumbia combined.0 -
I have several things I sort of like to do but nothing that I actually feel passionate about.
And that's OK. You don't need to feel passionate about things.
I did get kind of caught up in the quest to find something I felt passionate about back when I was in my late 20s, but then I realised, it's OK to just enjoy doing a variety of things without being all passionate about them.
Probably explains why I've had a whole variety of jobs over the years ... and dabbled in so many things.
Maybe I'm just passionate about variety. Either that or I bore easily.
Makes sense. Maybe having interests without getting passionately excited is enough. Somewhere on the thread someone said I might look into depression due to an empty feeling. I didn't say I feel empty. I just don't have anything that makes me anywhere as excited as my husband and his sports!
Please note all that I did not make the alcohol comment about sports. I don think that's a big reason why people are passionate about sports. I grew in a family that didn't watch sports where my husband did. No big deal.
There is a kind of depression called dysthymia. It is minor compared with an episode of clinical depression and it can last for YEARS. It can kind of sneak up on people and it isn't always easy to recognize.
There is nothing wrong with having a more subdued personality though, and that may be all that this is.0 -
runwaygypsy wrote: »I do pole dancing fitness! And ride motorcycles and love being a make up artist!
Yes!!! Pole fitness is my obsession!!!!0 -
As my husband is screaming about the mets, I thought about how I am not really passionate about anything. I have things I like but nothing I'm passionate about (except my kids). Maybe this is why I overate for years and gained weight. I've lost most of it but still struggle to stay within my limits.
Just curious, what are you all passionate about?
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Helping others, non judgementally, with compassion and grace! 0
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Horses and martial arts and being really darned good at my job.0
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As my husband is screaming about the mets, I thought about how I am not really passionate about anything. I have things I like but nothing I'm passionate about (except my kids). Maybe this is why I overate for years and gained weight. I've lost most of it but still struggle to stay within my limits.
Just curious, what are you all passionate about?
I've never been passionate about anything in particular. The whole ... "you've got to find your passion" ... thing, wasn't a thing where I grew up and still isn't. Someone once told me many years ago that it's kind of unique to Americans, but not that big of a deal to Canadians and Australians. I don't know if that's right or not, but nevertheless, I just don't hear people talking about what they're passionate about.
That said ... I do have interests.
I enjoy cycling long distances, and that is one of the main reasons I have dropped back down to what I weighed about 10 years ago. So I can cycle long distances more comfortably again. Cycling also allows me to eat more.
I travel ... we try to get away somewhere about once a month for a weekend, and longer trips whenever we can.
I take classes. That's a good way to focus on something other than food.
Those are probably my three main interests.
First, there is no comparison between an "interest" and a "passion". I guess you can't explain it to someone that doesn't have a passion??
I have an interest in MFP and it has turned into a hobby/past time but I wouldn't call it a passion.
I have a passion for animal rescue and for the rescued animals I've been lucky enough to make part of my family. Yes, that is a passion. It burns in my heart. It's hard to explain.
Have you had boyfriends that were cute,fun,smart and then one day met the one that makes you momentarily forget your own name and you feel you cant possibly live without them? That's passion.
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frankiesgirlie wrote: »As my husband is screaming about the mets, I thought about how I am not really passionate about anything. I have things I like but nothing I'm passionate about (except my kids). Maybe this is why I overate for years and gained weight. I've lost most of it but still struggle to stay within my limits.
Just curious, what are you all passionate about?
I've never been passionate about anything in particular. The whole ... "you've got to find your passion" ... thing, wasn't a thing where I grew up and still isn't. Someone once told me many years ago that it's kind of unique to Americans, but not that big of a deal to Canadians and Australians. I don't know if that's right or not, but nevertheless, I just don't hear people talking about what they're passionate about.
That said ... I do have interests.
I enjoy cycling long distances, and that is one of the main reasons I have dropped back down to what I weighed about 10 years ago. So I can cycle long distances more comfortably again. Cycling also allows me to eat more.
I travel ... we try to get away somewhere about once a month for a weekend, and longer trips whenever we can.
I take classes. That's a good way to focus on something other than food.
Those are probably my three main interests.
First, there is no comparison between an "interest" and a "passion". I guess you can't explain it to someone that doesn't have a passion??
I have an interest in MFP and it has turned into a hobby/past time but I wouldn't call it a passion.
I have a passion for animal rescue and for the rescued animals I've been lucky enough to make part of my family. Yes, that is a passion. It burns in my heart. It's hard to explain.
Have you had boyfriends that were cute,fun,smart and then one day met the one that makes you momentarily forget your own name and you feel you cant possibly live without them? That's passion.
You're right that "interest" and "passion" are different. I have "interests" ... but I've never felt deeply passionate about anything or anyone.
And that's OK. Some of us are not programmed to be passionate about things. We are happy. We are interested in things. We enjoy things ... but those things are not everything to us.
(I am married, and I love my husband ... but no, I don't feel that I can't possibly live without him. I've never felt that way about anyone.)
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19gabriela01 wrote: »steponebyone wrote: »
What's funny about that?
It was supposed to be a smile, as He is my passion too 0
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