Growing up I used to worry ALL THE TIME that I wouldn’t find the one thing I was good at. In my head if I wasn’t going to the Olympics and I wasn’t famous than I had totally failed at finding my passion. Luckily as I grew older I realized that there were other professional avenues in which I could find my passion, and I would say that in my current job I am extremely passionate about the work I get to do.
But I know a lot of Millennials who are still afraid they may never find their passion. I know Millennials who want to save the world, and I also know Millennials who don’t want to settle into a job before they discover their calling.
Today after I ate at Mighty Fine Burgers, I was browsing their website and took a look at the culture section. One of their core values is “Choose your attitude- Learn to love what you do even if you aren’t doing what you love.”
I love that value, and I think it’s one Millennials should adopt. You don’t necessarily have to find your passion this second. Just because you have graduated from college it doesn’t mean you have to do something you love today. It also doesn’t mean that you should stop looking for your passion. In fact, you should always be looking for ways to do the things you love, but if you don’t have it figured out this second try to learn to love what you do anyway.
(Also, thanks to Hilary and Andria for taking me to Mighty Fine for the first time today. Amazinggg burgers and shakes.)
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there’s a band that plays at maggie mays and on their set list it says “love what you do or do something else.” i cut it out and its on my mirror. btw.. did mighty fine happen to be hiring?
Not sure if they were hiring
I would love working at Mighty Fine, but I would eat chocolate shakes for every meal.
As usual, you’ve done another thought-provoking post! As an alternative to worrying about finding your passion, I suggest just following the clues. Some of us – like me – have been following the clues a l-o-n-g time AND enjoying the journey very much! And always hold open the possibility that your “passion” may evolve through the years – and that’s a good thing.
Dr. John,
I think you make a really good point that your passion evolves over time. Since a lot of Millennials are doing jobs that didn’t exist when we grew up (social media, digital design, etc.) it would be impossible for us to have know our passion too early on.