Do What You Love

If money was not an issue what would you be doing?

I watched a video earlier that one of my friends posted on Facebook, that talked about doing what you love to do. And how if we love something enough that you should do it and not worry about makeing money. The video went on to convey that you will be a whole lot happier doing something you absolutely love than doing something that you think is just alright. 

Now as it happens I have recently been thinking a lot about the future and what I am supposed to do with my life. I have been having this internal thought process about doing what I love which is creating and working it into be successful in society's standards. But isn't being happy and enjoying life and the things you do part of being successful? Enjoying what you do seems impossible to me until I see people who love what they are doing be successful. In between watching that first video and now I watched John and Hank Green preform at Carnegie Hall and it occurred to me that ultimately what got them there was doing what they loved. They write books and songs and make videos about things they like and are passionate about and collaborate with others that are just as passionate about these things as they are. I find that I often admire people like John and Hank Green who put so much passion and energy into doing things that you can not help but get excited about them as well. (Even if you have no idea what they are talking about. This often happens to me when people talk in depth about science and math stuff.) 

So, when I ask myself the question of what would I be doing if money wasn't an issue there were a whole list of things that pop into my head. The overall theme of everything on this list is CREATE. I feel like that in a way that answer is cheating though. Saying I want to create things could mean a great deal of different things. But how am I supposed to narrow it down when there is so much you can do. I know that ultimately being creative is what I want to do with my life. Now all I have to do is to figure out which way or ways I want to do it. But i feel like figuring that out takes time. Time to experiment and experience and I think that is a good way to spend my time. 



Here is the the video about doing what you love: