“Everything sucks, some of the time.” You just have to decide what sort of suckage you’re willing to deal with. So the question is not so much “What are you passionate about?” The question is “What are you passionate enough about that you can endure the most disagreeable aspects of the work?”

Shit Sandwich

People are often surprised, annoyed or demotivated by how life can hit them hard sometimes. This is even more painful when you take special attention to not take any risk and avoid everything that can turn bad thinking nothing will happen to you. But that’s a fallacy. Life doesn’t give a damn, it’ll hit you at some point and hit you even harder if you’re not open to this scenario. Doing everything to avoid any difficulty is the best way to weaken your defence system. Everything comes with a shit sandwich, even the perfect holidays can turn bad! Of course, the more you do, the more you increase the risk to deal with annoying events, but the more you do the more you can get in return. Your ability to do and be fulfilled is correlated to your risk tolerance. Your ability to overcome the difficulties is correlated to your consistent wherewithal to cope. Things will happen, good or bad, you have to be okay with it, choose what’s worth it, and embrace both side of the polarity.