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AIBU to think some people are not cut out for "passions"

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Itsjustmeagain · 16/09/2014 10:34

I know so many people who have a "passion" one thing in their life the dream of or cant get enough of. DH has always had a dream to run a particular type of business, which he now does. Friends of mine describe themselves as being passionate about all sort of things from breastfeeding to teaching.

I have NEVER felt like this about anything. I was a breastfeeding peer supporter for example and everyone else in the group would go crazy reading all the lastest research, posting about it all over facebook etc etc but i was just "meh" I mean I wanted to help people breastfeed but I just didnt feel as strongly about it as they did - which is the reason i quit in the end.

It is the same with other things, I did a history degree when I was younger, it was ok but I wouldnt say I was particularly interested in history. It just peaked my interest very slightly more that the other courses on offer!

Now I work from home for Dhs business and hate it. DH says do whatever you want, set up a business of your own and the main business can help support it, go to uni again, get a job, volunteer and then he says "do what you are passionate about!"

um nothing?I have NEVER since being a child has a passion or a drea mof the future!

AIBU to think that not everyone is cut out for "passions" some people just do things that are slightly less bad than the other options?

Or am i just really really boring?

OP posts:
CherryPie3 · 19/09/2014 17:24

When I was little I just wanted to be a happy Mummy. Which I am :)

I'm quite humble that way, passionate about parenting, nothing else really I suppose. Maybe one day.

lolaskates · 19/09/2014 17:29

I've come close to having a passion. But it died out due to low self confidence and lack of belief in myself. I've kinda half fixed it by having a child because for once I had confidence in myself to bring her into the world and I knew I could do it.

After that I don't know. I know I can't just be a parent. I need and want to have something else in my life that I care about. Just don't know what it is...

holmessweetholmes · 20/09/2014 21:05

I have been passionate about things, but most of my passions come and go. Some last years, some not. I was absolutely passionate about becoming a teacher, from the age of twelve, have now been one for nearly 20 yrs but have pretty much hated it for the last few.
I can't quite imagine having such a passion for a job/career again, but I now have other hobby-type passions.

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