Why You Haven’t Found Your Passion

Everyone talks about passion, but what if you haven’t found yours yet? 

Having a passion is more than just doing something you like; it’s having something you have immense drive and motivation to do, and it feels effortless and exciting when you do it. 

Having a passion is often described as having a calling, as if it was something you were born to do.

Many people want and strive towards having a passion as it’s often linked to an immense sense of fulfillment and happiness. Also, people want to pursue their passion as a career. As the saying goes, if you love your work, you’ll never work a day of your life. 

What maybe isn’t spoken about enough, however, is what people can do if they haven't yet found theirs, an extremely frustrating situation many people find themselves in.

If you’re one of them, I can relate.

From someone who has struggled to narrow their interests down to one specific passion, I understand the frustration.

I want to discuss a possible reason why you’ve yet to find yours, something that has given me a huge sense of relief and understanding. 

You Don’t Have One, You Have Many

That’s right, a potential reason you’ve yet to find that one true passion of yours is because it doesn’t exist.

Something that I learned from reading another blog was that a potential reason I couldn’t find a passion was because I had many.

If you’re anything like me, this will make a lot of sense to you already. 

This doesn’t necessarily mean you have hundreds of passions, but instead, you’re curious about and interested in hundreds of things, all being potential candidates.

And, if this resonates with you, you could be accurately coined as a multipotentialite: “A multipotentialite is someone with many interests and creative pursuits. They have the ability to learn and master new skills in many disciplines”

This definition made a lot of sense to me. Throughout my whole life, I have been interested in many different things, sometimes obsessed, but often only for short periods. I’d pick things up very quickly, making me naturally talented in many things, especially sports and other hand-eye coordinated tasks.

The idea of going into and learning something new that I’m interested in has always been something tempting and exciting for me. And the problem is, I’m interested in a lot of things.

This may seem like a brag, but it has actually been incredibly frustrating. 

The combination of many interests and the ability to learn quickly has made finding that one passion almost impossible, which is why reading the term multipotentialite resonated with me so much. 

So, if this has been quite a relatable read thus far, you’re probably wondering what to do now. 

What to do Now

The best I can do is share what has helped me, and that’s to simply follow your interests.

Do as much of what interests you as you can until something sticks. Kids do not question why they like playing football or digging for worms and ponder whether it’s the chosen path for them. They do it because they want to and stop when they don’t.

So go become a kid for a while, do what you enjoy until you can’t imagine not doing it, then figure out a way to get paid for it.

In today’s world, you can pretty much get paid for doing anything, so don’t limit yourself. 

If you have multiple possible passions, your path will be different from many others. Instead of your passion choosing you, you’ll be the one to make the choice. And the only way to make the right one is to try them all. 

So what are you waiting for? Your passion awaits; go find it.