Finding Your Passion

What do you like to do when you were in high school? What classes did you enjoy attending? What classes did you love in college? These were the questions I asked myself when I’m trying to find the passion I used to have. In elementary school and high school, I was good at art. My teachers used to call me “an artist.” I always thought I wasn’t that good, but it’s not about being very good, it’s about enjoying what you do. Do certain hobbies make you happy? Do you look forward to waking up so you can work on your hobby? Having a hobby that you love can motivate you to have a better purpose. You’ve got to keep that momentum going in order to love your life.

If you’re not like me, my years were spent being depressed in bed for many years and not wanting to do anything. Today, I thought back to my elementary school years and remembered I really enjoy making art. I took away that limiting belief of saying to myself, “You’re not as good as the other people” or “You’re not talented enough to be doing this.” These limiting thoughts hold me back from pursuing my real passion. It holds me back from bettering myself.

Work on your strengths

As a child, I had always wanted to become an artist and never a writer because I always think I wasn’t good enough to write. They were thoughts like, “Most other people are better writers.” Or “My sister writes better than me.” Or “I don’t have a vast vocabulary.” All of this can change when you just work on your strengths. In Dean Graziosi’s book “Millionaire Success Habits”, he speaks about not focusing on your weakness. Focus on your strengths. I knew my strength was creativity, but I denied that I was. I had terrible self-esteem. My advice is “just do it” whether you’re good at it or not because doing improves and sharpen that skill. Everyone has a talent and I believe mines was making artwork.

Stray away from negativity

In order to be good at something, we don’t plant negative ideas in our heads. Negativity just drains energy and motivation. Many years ago, I always thought writing blogs was something impossible. If you really look at the facts, the information you’ve seen online were added by people like you and me. If they can do it, so can you. How are we any different from them?

Childhood passion

Finding your passion isn’t difficult. Just think about what you enjoyed as a child. What were some of the praises that you received from teachers, friends, and adults? For me, I was always praised for creating artwork. My classmates always showed an interest in seeing my work. One artwork I created was a carving of a rat. In art class, we were required to carve a rat out of soap. I remembered clearly, I loved to carve the shape of a rat. I worked carefully at the details. I screwed up a bit, but I keep on doing it. At the day of our project deadline, we had to wrap up. My sculpted rat was chosen to get featured in the museum.

The worst enemy

Over the years, I learned to not say things like, “I’m not good at that” or “I’m not skilled” because they’re limiting beliefs that keep me from bettering myself. No one was there to watch me if I was good or not. They’re only my thoughts. I just realized my thoughts and myself were my worst enemy. In Dean Graziosi’s book, he calls it “the villain.” I don’t want that villain to stop me from doing what I love because I thought I wasn’t great at it. Instead, I want to do it simply because I love to do it. It doesn’t matter if it’s not perfect. Don’t focus on perfection. Instead, focus on creativity and enjoyment.

How do you better yourself? What are your thoughts about developing a talent? Let me know in the comments!