{"id":1051,"date":"2014-11-11T21:16:51","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T02:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2015-02-01T22:07:51","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T03:07:51","slug":"passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\/","title":{"rendered":"Passion: Practical Tips to Find Your Passion!"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 — Confucius<\/p>\n

Consider how much better your life could be if you delighted in arising and getting on your way out the door each morning.\u00c2\u00a0 Imagine how much you — and all those around you — might benefit by you being excited about your life.<\/p>\n

Here are some tips to use to find you\"Ber way to PASSION in your daily life:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Make a List of W<\/strong>hat You Love Most<\/strong>:\u00c2\u00a0 What do you get really excited about? Is it some element of your job?\u00c2\u00a0 Is it volunteer work that allows you to provide service? Is it a hobby that you really love?\u00c2\u00a0 Really thing about this … and, then, write of list of each item that you discover.<\/li>\n
  2. Make Addition<\/strong>s to Your List<\/strong>:\u00c2\u00a0 What do you fantasize about?\u00c2\u00a0 Going back to school? Changing professions? Being a Big Brother\/Big Sister? Use these items to add to your list (from #1).<\/li>\n
  3. Read and Study<\/strong>:\u00c2\u00a0 Do some research. Pick the most exciting option<\/strong> from your list and look into it. Talk to some people that are already doing it.<\/li>\n
  4. Try It Out<\/strong>:\u00c2\u00a0 See if it truly “fits” you.\u00c2\u00a0 Shadow a professional. Get additional practical experience.<\/li>\n
  5. Key Question<\/strong>:\u00c2\u00a0 “Is this something I would like to do every day?”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    <\/p>\n

    If the answer is “Yes”, go for it!<\/p>\n

    If the answer is “No”, go back to your list and apply tips #3 and #4 to help you make another selection.<\/p>\n

    Continue in this way until you find something that you would be happy and excited to do each and every day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 — Confucius Consider how much better your life could be if you delighted in arising and getting on your way out the door each morning.\u00c2\u00a0 Imagine how much you — and all those around you — might benefit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11,4],"tags":[158,163,162,161,157,159,160,164],"class_list":["post-1051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emotional-healing","category-life-coaching","category-mental-healing","tag-career","tag-excited","tag-experience","tag-job","tag-passion","tag-profession","tag-professional","tag-work"],"yoast_head":"\nPassion: Practical Tips to Find Your Passion! | Dr. Marlene Shiple<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Passion: Practical Tips to Find Your Passion! | Dr. Marlene Shiple\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 — Confucius Consider how much better your life could be if you delighted in arising and getting on your way out the door each morning.\u00c2\u00a0 Imagine how much you — and all those around you — might benefit […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ways of Being: Life Coaching to Heal Your Life!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-11-12T02:16:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-02-02T03:07:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/54cee851966a75f605c1a6fc2e37d56509fe1_640.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Marlene Shiple, Ph.D.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Marlene Shiple, Ph.D.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Marlene Shiple, Ph.D.\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8b62ba49e841b52f7e321eca7a10edde\"},\"headline\":\"Passion: Practical Tips to Find Your Passion!\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-11-12T02:16:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-02-02T03:07:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":277,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8b62ba49e841b52f7e321eca7a10edde\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/54cee851966a75f605c1a6fc2e37d56509fe1_640.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"career\",\"excited\",\"experience\",\"job\",\"passion\",\"profession\",\"professional\",\"work\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Emotional Healing\",\"Life Coaching\",\"Mental Healing\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\\\/\",\"name\":\"Passion: Practical Tips to Find Your Passion! | Dr. Marlene Shiple\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/54cee851966a75f605c1a6fc2e37d56509fe1_640.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-11-12T02:16:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-02-02T03:07:51+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Passion: Practical Tips to Find Your Passion!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dr. Marlene Shiple\",\"description\":\"Marlene Shiple, Ph.D. The Life Coach Dr.: Heal Your Past + Heal Your Thoughts + Heal Your Self => Heal Your Life!\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8b62ba49e841b52f7e321eca7a10edde\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8b62ba49e841b52f7e321eca7a10edde\",\"name\":\"Marlene Shiple, Ph.D.\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/03\\\/Marlogo.png\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/03\\\/Marlogo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/03\\\/Marlogo.png\",\"width\":100,\"height\":100,\"caption\":\"Marlene Shiple, Ph.D.\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/03\\\/Marlogo.png\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/thelifecoachdr.com\\\/coach\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealth-online.com\\\/mentalhealth\\\/author\\\/spiritedmar\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Passion: Practical Tips to Find Your Passion! | Dr. Marlene Shiple","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Passion: Practical Tips to Find Your Passion! | Dr. Marlene Shiple","og_description":"“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 — Confucius Consider how much better your life could be if you delighted in arising and getting on your way out the door each morning.\u00c2\u00a0 Imagine how much you — and all those around you — might benefit […]","og_url":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\/","og_site_name":"Ways of Being: Life Coaching to Heal Your Life!","article_published_time":"2014-11-12T02:16:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-02-02T03:07:51+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/54cee851966a75f605c1a6fc2e37d56509fe1_640.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Marlene Shiple, Ph.D.","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Marlene Shiple, Ph.D.","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\/"},"author":{"name":"Marlene Shiple, Ph.D.","@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/#\/schema\/person\/8b62ba49e841b52f7e321eca7a10edde"},"headline":"Passion: Practical Tips to Find Your Passion!","datePublished":"2014-11-12T02:16:51+00:00","dateModified":"2015-02-02T03:07:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\/"},"wordCount":277,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/#\/schema\/person\/8b62ba49e841b52f7e321eca7a10edde"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/54cee851966a75f605c1a6fc2e37d56509fe1_640.jpg","keywords":["career","excited","experience","job","passion","profession","professional","work"],"articleSection":["Emotional Healing","Life Coaching","Mental Healing"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\/","url":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\/","name":"Passion: Practical Tips to Find Your Passion! | Dr. Marlene Shiple","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/54cee851966a75f605c1a6fc2e37d56509fe1_640.jpg","datePublished":"2014-11-12T02:16:51+00:00","dateModified":"2015-02-02T03:07:51+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/passion-practical-tips-to-find-your-passion\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Passion: Practical Tips to Find Your Passion!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/","name":"Dr. Marlene Shiple","description":"Marlene Shiple, Ph.D. The Life Coach Dr.: Heal Your Past + Heal Your Thoughts + Heal Your Self => Heal Your Life!","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/#\/schema\/person\/8b62ba49e841b52f7e321eca7a10edde"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/#\/schema\/person\/8b62ba49e841b52f7e321eca7a10edde","name":"Marlene Shiple, Ph.D.","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Marlogo.png","url":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Marlogo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Marlogo.png","width":100,"height":100,"caption":"Marlene Shiple, Ph.D."},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Marlogo.png"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/thelifecoachdr.com\/coach"],"url":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/author\/spiritedmar\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1051"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1056,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051\/revisions\/1056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}