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How to Find a Career I'm Passionate About — The Myth, the Pressure, and the Quiet Truth We Don’t Admit
Most people who ask “How do I find a career I'm passionate about?” aren’t confused—they’re exhausted. Exhausted from doing work that feels meaningless, exhausted from comparing themselves to people who seem fulfilled, exhausted from the expectation that passion should guide their lives like an internal compass. Instead, they feel stuck between the job they tolerate and the life they imagine. They fantasize about quitting everything, but the fear of choosing wrong is louder than the urge to leap. This essay unpacks why searching for “passion” feels so paralyzing—and why the answer has less to do with destiny and more to do with identity, expectation, and emotional permission.