EXPLORE YOUR PASSION

Hello everyone, welcome back to my page on discover yourself . Today I will be talking about how to EXPLORE YOUR PASSION a very interesting and educating article . Well this was one of the best tools that I used in discovery myself though I'm still on the process but I'm really happy for the kind of woman I'm becoming today. knowing that life is short and the best time to change is now, I dove headfirst into reading and implementing advice on how I could discover and live my passion. You don’t find your passion, you build it. It is a discovery process, not a match made in heaven.

Here are the seven questions I asked myself to discover my passion:

1. What do you get so lost in that you lose track of time?

Often, the answer to this question comes in the form of a hobby or activity. Think about something you could do for hours, that when you look at the clock, you can’t believe how much time has passed.

For me, the answer to this question was creating. Creating in the form of writing articles, writing stories . Anything that tapped my creative side and i put my ideas on paper.

2. What can you talk about for hours that when you talk about it, you light up?

The answer to this question is a huge hint about what excites us. We often think about our passions as “what wakes us up in the morning,” but I like to think about passion as what wakes up our souls. This could be something you like to teach others, a topic you enjoy debating, or something you continuously research or read about.

3. What did you love to do as a child?

This is one of my favorite questions because the answers are so surprising and so different for everyone. We’ve all experienced our childhood differently, so we all collect different knowledge and meaning from it. Regardless of how we feel about our overall childhood, there is something we can take away from it. Think about how you played as a child. Another way to look at this question is to think about how your childhood self would view your adult self.

As a child, I loved writing short stories. I remember when i was still in Junior secondary how i would write stories about some villages fighting each other and how my sister always helped me in designing my cover page with colors,that was hilarious right? I also loved writing plays and acting them out with my sister and neighbors in my mother's bedroom hahahaha .

4. If you could be remembered for 3 things after you die, what would they be?

Many of us want to be remembered as a caring friend, a devoted parent or a compassionate giver. If we give ourselves the space to think deeper, we can think about what kind of legacy we want to leave behind. Beyond the family-and-friend bullet points, think about what you will do for the world.

I want to be remembered for helping women attain parity in organizations and government around the world and for inspiring and educating women across the globe.

5. If you were financially secure, what would you do with your time?

This is a fun exercise in visualization. Picture yourself on a typical day in your financially secure future. What are you doing? Who are you with? Where are you? These questions help to solidify the vision in your mind. Got the picture? Use it to determine what you would do if money was not a barrier.

If i was financially secure, i would travel the world, living in a different country each year. I would learn everything i could about the culture of each country and talk to both gender about their careers and lives. I would write about my experiences and interactions in the hopes of bringing women closer to equality in their countries.

6. What is working well for you in your current life & career? What do you find fulfilling, meaningful, enjoyable and important?

These last few questions are helpful because they allow us to assess our current situation and surroundings. Not all aspects of our lives need to be changed, nor do we need to change something every year. These questions help us discover what we want more of in our lives, or at least the pieces we want to keep intact.

If you’ve not found your passion yet, there are two possible reasons:

a) You know what you want to do but you’re too afraid to pursue it.

b) You’ve not found your passion because you’re too afraid or too distracted to explore.

In other cases, people are too occupied with drama, “busy” work, or addictions of the modern world that their mind becomes polluted. Their mind doesn’t have space to think and explore. That’s why you need alone time and journaling.

Alone time will set you free of distractions and drama so you can explore new things and journaling will give you time to think.

You won’t find your passion on the first day of journaling. Give the discovery process its time. Express your thoughts in your journal without judgment and keep thinking about these prompts:

What drives you?

What truly matters to you?

What did you always want to do?

What brings fulfillment in your life? (notice I didn’t say happiness or pleasure)

How do you want to bring value to people’s lives?

What would you do if money weren’t a thing?

What do you want to get better at?

Try each one for a while just to explore. Keep checking off activities until you’ve found the one that clicks. You’ll know it because you’ll feel it. Just don’t ignore that feeling and have the courage to listen to it.

STUMBLING UPON YOUR PASSION

Alone time and journaling are the ultimate tools to stumble upon your passion. Your passion may be right in front of you. Many times, passion doesn’t appear out of anywhere. It’s something you’re curious about or you already do.

What excites and fascinates you?

What do you want to be known for?

Who inspires you? (and why?)

What do you LOVE doing? (Love = falling in love with the good and the bad sides)

Think about the future vision of your life.

It’s easy to ignore your intuition. But when you journal, you can’t ignore it.

When you face that blank page, you can’t help but pour your heart out on the paper.

Look, I love rational thinking. It has its time and place. But rational thinking is too safe for finding your passion. You need intuition to bring balance.

When you come to a conclusion, do your research and ask people who are already doing it for years about how it feels like to be in their position. Ask them the upsides and the downsides.

After being aware of the consequences (and listening to your heart), set goals in that direction. Make progress every day. Get hooked so much that you forget all your past addictions in life.

What Happens After You Find Your Passion

Once you’ve found your passion, you face reality. You realize it will be hard. You find out how ugly it can get. That’s the time you get to decide.

Are you willing to make sacrifices for it?

Are you willing to face the ugliness?

Are you willing to stay patient?

Are you willing to fight for it?

If the answer is no, go back to the drawing board.

If the answer is yes, congratulations.

Your life will become a masterpiece.

I hope this helps you in this journey of discovery yourself.