Commit To Yourself
Life's too short for 'what ifs.' Find your spark and fan the flames. That's how you turn a hobby into a legacy.
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Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
I recently got some advice from my grandfather on fostering the interests of my children. This got me thinking about dedication and diligence in life.
Allow yourself to fall into your interests and dedicate yourself to them. It will pay off. Find your interests and commit to them. That's a commitment to yourself in reality.
Interests pick us, we don't get to pick them. We can try to force ourselves to comply, but it won't work out well. You will be miserable. Go out there and try things. See what sticks.
When you do find that interest, stick with it. Help it grow. If you start liking baseball, carry around a baseball. Hold it in your hand and keep it with you. It will become an extension of yourself.
Carry your bat around the house. I wouldn't advise carrying it around in public, that may send the wrong message, but your house should be fine. Allow the bat and allow the ball to be extensions of your hand and of your arm.
That's the way to get past simple proficiency. Instilling your interests as a part of you will help you become the master, don't settle for journeyman.
When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that's when passion is born.
Zig Ziglar
What's something you can do that causes you to lose track of time? That's an interest. Try and avoid shallow interests like social media or TikTok. Those will waste your time in their current forms.
There is value in both of them but as they are currently they are nothing but destructive time sinks. Hopefully that changes. So, apart from the obvious time sinks, what else? Did you think of one? Good! That's likely an interest.
It would be shocking if it wasn't one. You're enthralled and that's a wonderful feeling. How much of your life is spent waiting or passing time, wishing something would capture your attention?
When you find that activity, the one which speeds up time, that leads to unforced focus and is not destructive, foster it and make it work for you.
Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don't let anyone limit your dreams.
Donovan Bailey
Chances are you can even make a living off it, but that's a discussion for another time. But at the very least you can have a hobby to enjoy when you have the time.
And if you're lucky enough to monetize it and make enough of a living to do it full time, you officially have a life anyone would want.
That is the dream, isn't it?
Commit to yourself. Find you an interest and get at it. Really throw yourself in there and wreck shop, feel it out, see if it's for you.
It is unlikely the first thing you try will be what you stick with, but it will broaden your horizons regardless.
You'll also know you can cross that off your list. That narrows your search and may lead you to what you truly enjoy.
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