"The Things You Are Passionate About..."

"The things you are passionate about are not random, they are your calling."

I don't know if everyone feels this way or if it's just me, but I sometimes feel as though I have to put aside the things I enjoy doing in order to become an "adult." It seems as though over the past few years, I've learned to dismiss the things that I love to do in order to build my resume, find internships, study, etc. It's not as though I don't enjoy doing those things, but I wouldn't call any of them my "passion."

From a young age I think a lot of us are encouraged to set aside the things we love and dismiss them as hobbies. But, why do we do that? Obviously a lot of us (myself included) have one thing on our minds: money.

It gets kind of confusing because while I was taught "If you do what you love, then the money will come with it" I was also taught "Some things are just for fun, you need to pick something that will get you a job when you graduate." To be honest, that kind of bums me out. For years I have read books on fashion, followed blogs, spent hours on the Internet researching designers, and I've even watched "haul" videos on YouTube just to see what clothes other girls are buying! But it took me until yesterday to realize that fashion isn't something that I just find "fun." I love it. I am passionate about it. I could look at different types of skirts for hours on end, deciding which ones are flattering, which ones would "make a statement," and which are reminiscent of the 80's, but in a good way.

I've always known that I'm a go-getter, someone who doesn't take "no" for an answer, unwilling to be told that there are limitations. And yet, little did I know the one person who's been limiting me the most all along was myself. I've been convincing myself that one way of living, one type of career - a job with the Big Four, was the only way to be successful. But I've recently decided that I'm too young for limitations. Life doesn't have to be "one or the other." As that El Paso commercial says, "¿Por que no los dos?" or "Why not both?" 

So that's how I'm deciding to live. Nothing is getting pushed to the side because the things I am passionate about are not random. They are my calling.