{"id":1847,"date":"2015-04-15T00:15:21","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T08:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/?p=1847"},"modified":"2015-04-14T10:50:05","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T18:50:05","slug":"why-following-your-passion-is-bad-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/why-following-your-passion-is-bad-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Following Your Passion is Bad Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Following<\/a>Should you follow your passion or go for the money?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a hot topic that is often over glamourized by all the people who will tell you that you MUST follow your passion.<\/p>\n

Life\u2019s not that easy. Here\u2019s why it doesn\u2019t always make sense to \u201cfollow your passion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not Everyone Has a Passion<\/h2>\n

If you feel bad every time you read or hear that you must follow your passion, don\u2019t. Not everyone has something that they are die hard passionate about and that\u2019s okay.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m passionate about my family – about being a good mother to my two daughters. Keeping family close is my biggest goal in life. If you\u2019re like me it might be hard to jump on the \u201cfollow the passion\u201d bandwagon.<\/p>\n

Passion Doesn\u2019t Always Pay the Bills<\/h2>\n

If I had to pick my brother\u2019s passion it would hands down be deer hunting. He loves it. He saves up his vacation from work every year so he can take off during deer season. He stays out in the woods from dawn until dusk. Hunting is his passion. But you know what, hunting isn\u2019t paying the bills.<\/p>\n

What would happen if he followed his passion? He wouldn\u2019t be able to keep a roof over his head or food on the table.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s just one example of passion not paying the bills. How many people do you know who are passionate about a certain TV show? A video game? Walking through the woods?<\/p>\n

Passion doesn\u2019t always pay the bills and it doesn\u2019t need to!<\/p>\n

The Biggest Reason: Passion Fades<\/h2>\n

What starts out as a passion can very quickly fade.<\/p>\n

A few years ago I was super passionate about budgeting. I would pinch pennies to the extreme. I read every single personal finance book the library owned. While I still manage my money well, budgeting is no longer a passion, it\u2019s simply a habit.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t have to think about what to do with my money \u2013 I just do it. Right now I\u2019m more passionate about increasing my income than I am cutting my expenses. I\u2019m coming pretty close to hitting my income goals and I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll soon have a new goal I\u2019m passionate about.<\/p>\n

Passion often changes. It\u2019s like when you\u2019re a in a new relationship. At first you can\u2019t bear the thought of being away from your significant other. After a while you get used the relationship and things aren\u2019t as hot and heavy as they once were.<\/p>\n

There might be some exceptions to this but generally speaking your passions will be constantly changing. So, technically if you try and make a living out of your passions you\u2019ll be switching careers a whole heck of a lot! (I can\u2019t imagine you\u2019d make much money doing that\u2026)<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s What to Do Instead<\/h2>\n

Following a passion is, most of the time, horrible advice. Your passions might not be profitable and will constantly change. So what should you do?<\/p>\n

Pick a career in something you at least mildly enjoy doing. You don\u2019t have to love your career but you absolutely shouldn\u2019t hate it. Or do something like I did and design a flexible career so you can enjoy your life more.<\/p>\n

If you think you must follow a passion in order to make money then do it on the side. And please realize that following a passion does not mean you\u2019ll have a perfect career that you love all the time. Every career path has its own set of pros and cons and making money off of a hobby or passion is no different.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Should you follow your passion or go for the money? It\u2019s a hot topic that is often over glamourized by all the people who will tell you that you MUST follow your passion. Life\u2019s not that easy. Here\u2019s why it doesn\u2019t always make sense to \u201cfollow your passion.\u201d Not Everyone Has a Passion If you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[217,66,479],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1847"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}