find my passion

I have completed an undergraduate degree and two masters (four years of full-time graduate school). I have worked in a well-respected profession during the last 17 years. During that time I have served in various levels of management and learned a variety of technical skills ranging from chemistry to mathematics. I have traveled to and lived in seven countries and learned three languages. However, during the last two to three years, I have become increasingly dissatisfied with my work and my state of mind. I feel that I am missing my true calling in life. I intend to spend an hour or more a day writing about and researching my strengths, weaknesses, skills, knowledge, education, likes, and dislikes until I have found my passion in life. I believe I will know it when I find it. Then, I will pursue it with determination and intense passion that is bound to bring me peace of mind and joy, but more importantly, help my family, friends, and others.

I have no idea how to do this. I guess I’ll start trying to find what I love to do and be sure about it. I have no idea what I like to do. I think I’m horrible at everything except surfing on the web. This is horrible. N> To find my passion.

I don’t even know where to start with this one.
I’ve been trying to get out of my comfort zone more and try things out, it’s hard.

I want to do something that I am personally proud of it.
I feel I need to discover what I am passionate about and stick to it and not give up.

It is frustrating when you don not know where yo are best at :/ Or at least better than others + have fun with doing it.

I’ve just started teaching for about 3 months, and I absolutely love the teaching aspect of it (there are also some unpleasant aspects to it). This is my first job, and I don’t know if I’ll get other fulfilling ones; but since I’ve been loving kids for quite a long time, I’m feeling that teaching is really for me. I can sense that while some of my colleagues are doing their JOB, I am feeling like working for a COURSE. May this passion be with me for as long as teaching takes. I’m not considering myself done on this task yet.

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At 40 years, I still don’t know what my real passion is. I’ve been reading a lot of books, blogs, and articles for the past 10 years. I know deep down that everybody has a passion. We all had it as kids, but later on in life, it often gets snowed over. I realize, that if I can figure out what I was passionate about as a kid, I’ve probably got my answer. For different reasons, a big part of my childhood is repressed, which doesn’t make this process very easy. I can’t say what I wanted to be “when I grow up”. I can’t remember what I really liked to play anymore. So I thought I’ll try something else. I’ll just sit down, close my eyes and take myself back to my childhood, however painful it may be. I can only get fragments here and there. There’s no clear timeframe. But I just wrote down everything that ever interested me. What I liked doing, and whenever I could figure it out, what exactly I liked about it. I wrote down any memory of a place or activity that somehow triggered a strong feeling within me. Strange thing is, I often cannot define that feeling. But if it’s a strong feeling, it’s got to have a strong meaning in my life.

So now I have to look through my notes and see what common interest I can find. See if something sets off a trigger within me. At least I’m somewhat passionate about finding my passion :-)

Take care and never give up.
CDK

I have no idea how to start doing this. For nine years all I have concentrated on is my daughter. Now that she is getting older I am realizing that I need to be happy for myself. One day she will leave home and I will have to know how to be happy on my own. I would love for help with this!!

I’ve always wanted to discover that special gift everyone is born with. I believe I have one, but i don’t know what it is. i get good grades in school, draw well, finish puzzles quickly, and am a fairly good writer, but i don’t know if any of those is my talent.