This is one of the biggest keys to having a happy life. Most people spend at least eight hours a day at work. Some people more than that. If you have a cell phone, Blackberry, e-mail at home, then you may be on-call 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. If you have a "job" instead of a "passion" then you are probably miserable. It is paramount to find out what it is that you are passionate about and find a way to do that for a living. You love children-why not be a teacher, a nanny, a camp counselor, etc. You love cooking-become a chef, start your own catering business, write a cookbook. You love nature-become a gardner, work at a State or National Park, start your own touring company. Write down a list of things that you love to do. Now you have the direction in which to take your career.
For example, I took a character strengths survey on www.authentichappiness.org (good website and even better book by Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D.). My strengths are a love of learning, curiosity and interest in the world, appreciation of beauty and excellence, creativity, ingenuity and originality, and judgement, critical thinking and open-mindedness. I love reading, writing, photography and helping people. It is so important to do what you love because you are spending at least a third of your life doing it.
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