Is Passion Important For Your Job?

I believe in passion projects and I think that it's good for our overall health to follow a passion. However, I tend to think that it's not right to cut the hand that actually feeds you. If you have a day job that may seem mechanical or boring but doesn't really take a toll on your system, I say KEEP IT. If it pays the bills, keep it. You are right -- you can develop that passion on the side and see how it takes off. For over two decades, I worked as a professional writer. I was a ghostwriter for some years writing speeches and editorials and reports for other people. The job paid handsomely and I had to stay with it for as long as I could to help augment the family income. A few years ago, however, I finally had the chance to somewhat "retire" from pro writing and simply do what I really love -- art. :) I'm now "poor" but for some reason I feel that I've finally liberated a big part of me. After all, I was an artmaker before I became a writer.

I don’t like getting paid for something I didn’t exert any effort for. I want to earn my worth

Passion is the driving force and money always follows it, not the other way around in my opinion. It's difficult to make money if you don't like what you are doing, you could make money even if you do not like the work, why not? but you would end up very unhappy and not excel in the field.

I lost my passion with my current job in years now.

You cannot be good at one job if you do not like at least the job a little bit. I was not at all passionate about my work, but I did not dislike and finally I worked with my husband and I would have not changed for sure.

I always enjoyed my healthcare jobs. Passionate on many days but not every day.

We need passion for our jobs and sense of security too

If you can find a job you're passionate about, that's great. I could only find jobs that put food on the table and a roof over my head. I wasn't passionate about any of them. Now that I'm retired, I'm passionate about what I'm doing, even if the money isn't that great, yet.

I guess you really need a balance between 'work' and 'leisure'. Certainly if your career is what you love doing, then that is the ultimate.

Glad to know. take care.

Glad to know your thoughts. Sometimes people aren't able to take out time for passion as are very busy with jobs but everyone can try balancing both. Take care

Having passion with the job is something that is a bonus to boot. But to remain authentic may be a struggle for some.

I need to love what I do in order to thrive. However, there are times that I have no other choice but to work in an industry that I am not that interested in - for the sake of earning more money

Am happy with whatever job I have. Sometimes it's the people around me that make me sick My motto now is leave them with their complains and continue working. I don't like people who try to monetize every single minute that they work beyond normal working hours. I work on a normal schedule from Monday to Friday and I make sure I do something productive on weekends attending to household chores, relaxing with family.

Great question, my take is corporate world does not care about passion, so not many have it. Profits before people. People do what they have to just to work and there is no passion in that. I at least joined military in hopes how it was founded would show through. Kind of did and kind of did not. Not fair because how can it be the same but at same time could be honorable and thought it was but was not for me, no passion in being jerks to people for no reason.

I retired from a job that I loved after 40 some years.

Doing what you like can be hard when you do not get the correct platform to showcase your passion. But at least trying to like what you do, pays the bills! I agree with you when you say do your job first and then make time for passion and see if it can be monetized. Not everyone gets opportunity to follow passions.

I like it if I have a passion for my job. But if I work where I have financial security even if it is not my passion, I'll still work. You said it well in your last paragraph

In the past, when I was single, I preferred to be passionate about work, even though the salary was small. Now that I'm married and have kids I'm doing the opposite