Is your passion a problem ?
I am talking about your life's passion. It was a problem for me, for decades, while i worked in a career that paid the bills - but i always sought out 'that other thing' I felt I wanted to do. In my spare time and holidays I photographed, played with digital enhancements, did collage, calligraphy and wrote poetry. Sometimes with some success that was measured in being published and works purchased by private collectors. These days I am following my passion. I spend all day (and evenings) doing stuff - stuff i love - painting, collage, assemblage, photography, book making, slow stitching and writing. I am never bored, I quite like my boss, I enjoy going to work and I don't want to take days off or go out to gatherings, get togethers and coffee mornings.
I feel so fortunate.
What is your passion ? Do you do the things you love or are you in the process of re-discovering your passions. Perhaps we need to go back to our childhood to re-discover what we love. What elements of that thing you used to love is still present in your life? Can you reclaim it, or part of it?
When I think back I used to write a lot, was an avid reader, I drew maps, attended Hungarian dancing, table tennis and I used to take stitching with me when my parents were visiting their friends. I still have the Hungarian stitch pattern book my mother was given by her mother.
And now I spend my days drawing, painting, collage, writing and other stuff I love to do, including the garden and cooking as my 'time out' of the studio. All that is still my passion.
I hope you are also doing things that are your passion.
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