| > I want to find a job where I feel fulfilled or at least a hobby that I get actively excited to do. Maybe start my own company based on the above. I'm probably reading a lot into this but we are strangers on the internet, so here goes: I think you're conflating passion with productivity. They are two separate things. Fulfillment and passion do not necessarily overlap with productivity and profit. Please do not use HN as a basis for reality, we are not representative and we are certainly not a useful indicator of how to live. If you are seeking a passion, do not add requirements onto it, that's just scope creep. If you try and remove those additional bits from your thought process, you might find that you already do have something you're interested in. Or several even. You do not need to be energetic about it either, again I think that's a bit of the productivity FOMO creeping in. It can be a waveform of increasing and decreasing interest, that's completely OK. Enjoy things at your own pace, that is all. If you realize you enjoy something mundane, that's good enough. The things you're interested in are for you to be interested in, and not for others... so don't be disappointed if it's not something usable as a party conversation filler. |