[mparke]

> How do you know if you are "really" passionate about doing something? Does it keep you up late at night? If it does not keep you up at night, is it all you can think about during the day? If I'm writing notes all over the place unable to focus on other tasks for very long, and I'm able to work through till 4am with no concern about more programming at my day job in the morning, then I know I feel passionately about something. Everything else I want to think I'm passionate about I can't be sure until it consumes me. In that regard, I suspect it's probably possible to grow a passion for something. For example, having not taught myself how to work with certain aspects of a scripting language, I would have never stumbled upon an idea that kept me up working all weekend. I'm sure there's mixed opinions on whether or not passion is overrated, but my vote is no, it's not overrated, and I make sure to look for it at every corner I turn.