Stop Trying to 'Find Your Passion' - College Info Geek

When you're trying to figure out what to do with your life, "follow your passion" is pretty bad advice. So what's the alternative?

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[supernova]

"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
- George Bernard Shaw

[KeshArt]

One of the best advice Ive ever got was to keep MOVING, if you are lost or trying to "figure things out". That movement will make thing clear than passivity ever does.

[pedalwithpoke]

I liked your advice however, I found the best way to find your "passion" is to work at a job that you absolutely hate. Every minute that you will be working at that job, you will dream about things that you actually want to do. In my case, I worked at a coffee shop as a cleaner for 7 dollars an hour, washing dishes and cleaning garbage cans that I had to climb in to clean. I hated every moment in that job. I decided to become a cardiologist and I made that decision while scrubbing old coffee out of garbage cans. College was so much easier, because every time I thought about giving up I remembered that without acing a course I will be scrubbing garbage cans. Now I am in med school, and am enjoying every second of it because as cheesy as it sound medicine is my passion.

[mhcmhco]

a third category: you latch on to something as your passion and it takes years for you to admit to yourself that you aren't as passionate as you think you were. true story.

[breathe]

you look like a very realistic cgi character.

[alexreid]

I've always had the problem of being an extremely well-rounded person and student. Which...sounds good in theory, but I have so many things that I love to do. Even if I could pick one thing to focus one, I would miss the other things I love to do! I admit, I'm not exactly good at anything. It would be great if I could pick something and get good at it...but I'm just not sure what to pick. I wish I could do everything. Like, if I'm passionate about many different (completely unrelated) things, should I give some of them up? Focus on one thing? Wouldn't I miss my other interests? I don't know.

[hellionshark]

It's like RPG games. Your first 10 levels come out of nowhere, then it get's harder and at some point, you need to start farming, which is annoying and boring most of the time, but if you wanna win the game you gotta keep doing it.

[joelleweetjewel]

I'm 16 and the idea of settling for a job makes me so unhappy. Idk why. I don't really see myself doing anything professionally, even though I do have good qualities.

[iMcCurdianever]

When you said 'buzzfeed quizzes', it was too real man lmao

[MrAmeruxamond]

I think you reached me with this video. Everyone in my family don't understands that finding one's passion is really hard and pursuing makes it harder again. It's not only about finding it ...

[misseli]

My problem has always been that I have way too many interests

[sanjacobs]

5:55 "JUST pick an interest" yeah because that's just nice and simple, ya know

[Legendofmudkip]

When I started college, I was a programming major. At first it was so cool and fun, but then it became difficult. So difficult that I kind of gave up and failed my classes. I'm pretty sure I hit that dip hardcore. So much that I quit my major and started over.
Now I'm again at that happy, fun place with my new major, but I know the dip is coming. Hopefully I can survive it this time.

[mhcmhco]

"Don't follow your passion, take it with you." -Mike Rowe

[IizUname]

This is very relevant to me right now. Thank you!

[diegomartinez]

My take away (conclusion) from the video is this:
Just pick an interest you have that has the potential to be useful to other people in the future and then go after it with as many smart training techniques and as much sheer determination
as you can muster.
Thanks for the content! It has expanded my perspective and helped me to reflect on what I want to do next

[TheGirlInSneakers]

1. What if, along the way of pursuing your passion and whatever it is you're interested in, you find yourself losing interest?
2. What if you have lots of interest in plenty of stuff but you don't know which one suits you? I sometimes can't help but feel that I'm at average in almost everything I do.

[zoologyart]

Many people in comments write as if he doesn't encourage to follow Passion. They do not get that he asks to dig deep, work hard, experiment on things which interest you. Build your passion, and once you have got it, follow it thoroughly. However, if you don't find it yet, it is not necessary to stress about finding a passion, but becoming the person of your interests is the main goal to keep you going.

[xMasterxRazorx]

I wish I had discovered my skills earlier in life. I didn't really have any skills until I was about 19. At that age I learned how to troubleshoot computer problems and build computers, install OSs, etc. I also learned how to operate a sound board and mix a live band, and how to play bass guitar. These are the skills I've spent the last 8 years developing.

I try to spend a lot of my free time on developing skills, but I can feel myself in that dip in a few areas.

[rkm]

I had a feeling that Shrek was going to somehow come up when I heard "onion" and "layers"