Finding Your Passion Is Bullsh*t – Here’s What Works Instead

If you’ve ever been told to “just follow your passion,”
first of all, I’m sorry.
Second, that’s terrible advice.

Because here’s the raw, unfiltered truth:
Most people don’t wake up one day, have an epiphany under a waterfall, and suddenly know they’re destined to be artisanal soap makers or blockchain developers or full-time TikTok philosophers.

Life doesn’t work like a Disney movie.
It’s more like a confusing Netflix series that got canceled mid-season.

💥 The Passion Myth They Sold You

The myth goes something like this:
If you just sit quietly and believe hard enough, your “true passion” will magically reveal itself like a Hogwarts letter.

Nope.

In reality?

• Your passions are built, not discovered.
• They evolve as you grow.
• They are messy, unpredictable, and often start out boring AF.

🛠️ What Actually Works (and It’s Not Sitting Around)

Wanna know how people actually find meaningful work or hobbies they love?
They try a bunch of stuff, suck at it for a while, and then get slightly less bad over time.

Here’s the boring but brutally honest 3-step formula:

1. Explore Widely:
   Take messy action. Try photography. Build a dumb app. Write a blog no one reads (hi 👋). Flip stuff on eBay. Paint terrible art. Doesn’t matter. Just start.

2. Stick Around Long Enough to Suck Less:
   Passion usually blooms after skill grows. You don’t love guitar when you’re strumming wrong chords—you love it when you finally nail “Wonderwall” and someone claps.

3. Listen to Curiosity, Not Destiny:
   Follow what interests you, even if it’s weird, random, or uncool. Curiosity is low-key your life’s GPS.

🔥 But What If I Pick the “Wrong” Thing?

Bro. Sis. Gengs.
Everything you pick will feel wrong at first.

That’s how learning curves work.
That’s how growth happens.
That’s what makes anything worth doing feel valuable later.

Choosing something—even if it’s messy—is better than sitting in existential paralysis for five years waiting for “the right moment.”

Momentum > Perfection.

🎯 TL;DR (Because You’re Probably Multitasking)

• Passion is overrated. Action is underrated.
• You don’t “find” your passion. You build it like IKEA furniture—with confusion, frustration, and weird leftover screws.
• Start small. Start badly. Start anyway.

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Author’s Note:
This isn’t about giving up on dreams.
It’s about building dreams like adults—one frustrating, sweaty brick at a time. Welcome to real life.