“What do I do with my life?“ The easy answer is usually a question: “What is your passion?” It could be singing, playing music, speaking, cars, teaching children, reading books, gardening, cooking, computers: some may become careers or businesses one day. But it is not always easy. Some people find it difficult to identify a unique passion or they seem passionate about so many things at once.
I took it for granted that everyone knew their passion, their true north, a natural path to follow in life for career or business until I met someone who was confused about hers. It seemed I gave her more to worry about when I posed the passion-question. So here are my suggestions if you also seek to identify your passion:
1. Pray
God created you for a purpose and He is more than willing to help you understand this so that you may begin to prepare yourself for the work ahead. Your experience may be either of this: Like light increasing in its intensity, you may gradually become aware of your inclination toward a particular field. Or may be a sudden switch-on experience where you just suddenly realize what you should do after coming through an experience.
2. Engage in as many work or volunteer opportunities as you can
This is not confusion or a lack of focus, this is the prelude to finding what you want to focus on in life or for at least for a stretch of time.
3. Determine what you like
Exposure to those many different opportunities will give you an idea of what you enjoy doing or spending your time on. Make a list of the activities that you enjoyed the most.
4. Weigh the cost
Are you willing to turn your desire or enjoyment into a skill? This is where you weigh the cost. Find out what kind of training or education you will require to become a master in that field.
I prepared My Career Planner to assist you in this discovery process. The tool will guide you to find out more things about yourself, work or career preferences, choosing a career and setting goals to become a pro in that field. This page of complied resources will also be of help. I update it from to time.
Know This:
Discovering your passion and purpose in life will lead you along a glorious path. Of course, you must understand it won’t be an easy ride all the time. You will acquire a sense of urgency, meaning, and direction in life. You will find the strength to endure the rigors of training and the difficulties as you do what you were meant to do here on earth. We will discuss how you can turn your passion into a successful career or business in upcoming posts.