Developing your passion to create a balanced life
Let me start by asking you a few questions because questions are very powerful. What would your life look like if you would exclude passion and fulfillment from it? How much joy would you feel? What people and situations would be excluded? If you took yourself the time to think about these questions I´m almost sure you can agree with me as I say; developing your passion is one of the key elements in creating a balanced life.
Implementing passion into your life
To be able to implement passion into your life you clearly need to be aware of what you are passionate about. And as always, my passions are not necessarily your passions. Which means you shouldn´t listen too much to what other people say. But instead, try to learn from them. Including me and what I´m teaching you. It is also unlikely that you will have the same passions throughout your life. Even though, funny enough many people seem to find and pick up on an old passion of theirs, later in life.
Become aware of your passions
Starting developing your passion to create a balanced life by paying attention to different areas of your life. You could begin with let´s say, your career. Are you able to work with things you are inspired by, motivated by? As you do spend many hours of your life working it would be important not to feel you are struggling. If this is the case, try to figure out what you can do about it. Because everything can be figured out. Some of you have studied subjects you aren’t truly interested in because of the influence of someone in your life. If this is the case for you it would be valuable for you to have a look at what you are passionate about and figure out how you can combine that passion with your area of expertise.
Another example would be to examine your spare time. What do you do, when do you feel inspired and passionate? You can try to figure out situations when you find yourself in a flow state. What are you doing in those specific situations? Can you do more of that? Or to take it even further, how can you do more of that activity?
How passion is included in my personal life⠀
As always, I want to give you an example so that it becomes easier for you to understand what I mean by the topic I’m discussing. Personally, I know I am passionate about creativity. This passion shows in the way that I can describe it as a flow state. I enjoy myself, I forget about time and my surrounding. I´m calm even if I have a tricky problem to solve. A strange combination, I know. I come out of my creativity with inner peace and a good chunk of energy, which is what I strive for focusing on life balance. This inner calm and energy I can then use in other areas of my life. I hope this makes sense to you!
Another passion of mine is learning and developing, personal development being one of my favorite topics. The next step for me is then to figure out how, and which way is the best way for me, to include this into my life.
Make a deliberate choice to incorporate passion into your life
In my attempt to live a balanced life I pay attention to deliberately choose my passions, by including them regularly. And by making the effort to keep them in my life. In the end, it is a choice.
Find things you are passionate about and spend more time incorporating those into your life. Including a passion of yours shouldn’t feel overwhelming. Instead, you should think of it as something energizing.
To sum this up. What would your life be without passion? Dull, empty, what else? Developing your passion will help you live a more balanced life. Let´s focus on our passions.
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