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Old 08-13-2007, 10:17 AM
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I can relate too. The way I found around this was to not have a job at all and instead work for myself and monetize on the things that I'm passionate about. It's been working very well so far. If you work on different things, provided that you have self-discipline and can focus on each one of them enough to make them profitable and rewarding, as soon as one of them starts boring you, you switch to the other one (what I mean by that is: in my case, since I work for myself I have the flexibility to focus on a project for a week or switch between projects during the day, for example. It all depends on which project I want to grow at a certain given point or the opportunities that appear, so I still need to prioritize, but I have the freedom and flexibility to choose what I want to focus on most of the time). I'm not saying you'll be doing 10 things at the same time, running around like a chicken with its head cut off, but if you direct your energy into 2 or 3 things that you're passionate about and have the self-discipline to commit to each one of them, it can work very well. They can turn into 2-3 separate businesses (and they will sure keep you busy for a while ).

Another thought for you: instead of looking at your hobbies as things that you'd need money to do, why not turn some of your hobbies into sources of income?

I've always become extremely bored in most of the jobs I had. I greatly appreciate the freedom I experience today doing things I'm passionate about and putting my creativity to work, exercising a broad range of skills. That's what has worked for me. And overall I have found that there's a great sense of growth in the experience, much more than I have had in jobs, because I'm constantly challenging myself. I also noticed that in time you identify some patterns - even though it may seem that you're doing things that are completely unrelated, they usually share at least one common denominator and this helps you in identifying a clearer direction, possibly one that you'll want to keep. My common denominators have helped me a great deal in the direction of finding my purpose, the skills I want to use in the process of living my purpose as well my current medium of choice. From the outside looking in, it looks like I'm running completely separate businesses, but in fact they are all taking me in one single direction.

I found this book on Amazon one day - and I haven't read it yet, so I can't recommend it but it seemed interesting, so I'll leave the link for you:

The Renaissance Soul: Life Design for People with Too Many Passions to Pick Just One

I hope this helps.
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