What’s up Chris!
It’s a new year and I see so many posts on social media about setting new goals and pursuing one’s passion.
You know what I’m passionate about? Weekends! Love me some weekends…
I just want to unwind, not think about work for 30 hours and just kick back doin’ my thing.
Yet, there is this nagging FOMO (fear of missing out) thought, every time I venture out onto social to see what’s happening in my network.
Ok, I know you’re waiting, so here’s my question.
How do you find your passion?
Oh and a follow up…what the heck do I do once found?
Signed, Livin’ for the weekends…
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Hey Livin’,
I hear ya! Weekends are my THANG!
I took on a 4/10 schedule so that I could work four 10 hour days JUST to make my weekends ROCK longer…
Yeah, so about that passion thing.
It trips people up left and right at the start of every year. They see the messages, hear the video gurus tell you that you just gotta have a passion or your life ain’t working.
If you know me, you know that I think the ONLY guru is YOU.
Let me tell you what I think you’ve got WORKING for you.
Your love of downtime, to take care of you.
That’s the greatest passion of all.
- How many people are stressed out – not just right now, but ALL the time?
- How many KNOW how to just kick back and unwind?
- How many are searching for someone to just give them the PERMISSION to take a weekend off, unwind and recharge?
You see Livin’ we don’t get to the end of our lives and wish we had done more.
We get to the end wishing we had enjoyed the ride more.
If you spend every waking hour “working” on your passion, it easily becomes your J-O-B (you know the thing that your passion is supposed to save you from?)
Here’s my suggestion and take it for what it’s worth.
Your (current) passion is enjoying life.
How does that sit with you?
Are you nodding your head as you read that?
Or are you saying, yeah, but?
If you’re nodding…right on!
If you’re “yeah, but-ting”…then ask yourself this…
What truly brings a smile to my face when I think about it, or get to experience it?
THAT Livin, is what a passion should give you.
And when you and I think about the weekends…flash of pearly whites ahead…
Take some of that “sweet” weekend time and ponder that…
And let me know…what you already know is YOUR passion…
P.S. – I hope you took note of the word, “current” — yeah it’s supposed to change over time, my friend.
~ Fear nothing. Love everything.
