A Manifesto: Discovering your Passion

I used to be a gymnast. For about half my life I spent it as a gymnast. Whenever someone would ask me what I did, I would say gymnastics. It was my passion, my sport, and pretty much my life. However, when I left gymnastics, I was at a loss for what my hobby or passion was. Frankly, I was very confused and lost. I could no longer say gymnastics, and for a pretty long time, I wasn’t quite sure what I should do.

My love of cooking has developed over time. As a child, I would love to watch my dad cook dinner or help my mom bake cookies. It’s a journey when it comes to discovering or embracing a passion, but I’ve found a couple of ideas to keep in mind.  

• Be patient; your passion may take time to develop
• Be open to change; your passion may change
• Don’t mind what other people think (cliche, but it’s true; the best thing I did was to change my mind from focusing on others people’s thoughts to what I wanted to do)
• Improvement; I love cooking because as my passion I desire the continual progress and improvement and fortunately cooking produces very immediate results
• Have fun; a passion is all about discovering what you like, if it’s no longer fun, move on, you’ll find a new passion
• Try new things; it’s how you can discover another new passion!!

In the end, discovering your passion is very much a journey of self-discovery. It’s all about finding what sparks the inner flame and excitement. Cooking is something that I just love, I can’t explain why, at least not in this post, but your passion is about what makes you happy. So find something that makes you happy and of course, I'll end with a cliche but so true saying "Just be yourself".

What are your passions? How did you discover them??

Emmy xox