What To Consider When Deciding Between Making Money And Doing What You Love
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But if you've been doing what you love — and you know you do it well — but still can't sell it, should you risk your financial security to keep going?
Here's the bottom line: Get real with yourself and go for the money.
Penelope Trunk writes in her blog:
"...There’s a wide range of things we are passionate about, and there’s a wide range of things we can make money doing. The trick is not to find the thing that allows us to earn the most money or the thing that we are most passionate about. The trick is to find the thing that combines passion and money and stick with it so you get great."
"You are not a failure if you don’t do what you love for a living. You are a practical person who knows that no one can do the stuff they are passionate about if they are worrying about food and rent. Support yourself somehow first, and then explore your passions from there."
Trunk says that just because you love doing something, doesn't mean that you should pick it to be your line of work. Instead pick one thing that you enjoy doing, but be realistic about whether it will make you enough money. If that doesn't work out, pick another interest because "making a choice and trying it is an important career skill."
But Kemberley Washington — former criminal investigator for the IRS turned educator — writes in The New Orleans Tribune that people should always choose their passion because "if you take the appropriate steps, take your time, your passion can result in profit."
However, Washington advises that before you go quitting your job, you should make sure you are financial stable because following your passion might not bring in an adequate income at first. First, she says to "take the time to eliminate unnecessary expenses and get your financial house in order."
Or you can also consider working on your passion on the weekends to get some experience and build your reputation before making the switch to a full-time gig.
但如果你一直做你喜歡做的事情,你知道你做得很好,但仍然不能賣掉它,你應該風險繼續你的財務安全嗎?
這是底線:得到真正的你自己,然後去爲了錢。
佩內洛普樹幹在她的博客中寫道:
“…有一個廣泛的事情我們都熱愛,並且有一個廣泛的事情我們可以賺錢做。訣竅就是不要找東西,讓我們賺了最多的錢或東西我們是最熱情的事情。訣竅在於找到的東西結合了激情和金錢和堅持所以你獲得偉大。”
“你不是一個失敗,如果你不做你愛爲生。你是一個注重實際的人知道,沒有人能做他們熱愛的東西,如果他們擔心食品和房租。支持自己不知何故第一,然後探索你的激情。”
樹幹說,僅僅因爲你喜歡做什麼,並不意味着你應該選擇它是你的工作線。選擇一件事而不是你喜歡做的,但現實是否會讓你有足夠的錢。如果這不起作用,選擇另一個興趣,因爲“做出選擇和嘗試它是一個重要的職業技能。”
但Kemberley華盛頓——前刑事調查員國稅局轉教育家——寫在新奧爾良論壇報,人們應該總是選擇他們的熱情,因爲“如果你採取適當的步驟,把你的時間、你的激情可以導致利潤。”
然而,華盛頓的建議,在你走之前戒菸你的工作,你應該確保你是金融穩定,因爲追隨激情可能不會帶來在一個適當的收入在第一。首先,她說,“花時間去消除不必要的開支和讓你的金融秩序。”
或者你也可以考慮工作在你的激情在週末獲得一些經驗和構建你的名聲,然後進行切換到一個全職工作。