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Old Sep 24, 2010, 12:52 PM
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Something creative? That's what I do. Whether it's writing, painting, sculpting, acting, or working on digital things in Adobe's creative suite.

A while back, didn't you want to do glass blowing? Is that still of interest or a possibility? Or is it one of your dabblings that you don't want to go back to?

Perhaps looking for your passion is too broad a statement. Maybe looking for something that just interests you and trying it out would be the best place to start. I know my passion is my writing first and foremost. However, my well is currently dried up, so I distract myself by playing video games during the productive hours of the day. Finding your passion may not lead to immediate action. It all depends on your anxiety level. I have huge creative anxiety these days, so I shy away from my passion.

Not trying to discourage you. Not trying to be a lead balloon. Your passion may lead to accomplishing a lot, especially if you're hypomanic. I'm stabilized, so it's hard for me to care about what I used to when I was depressed or manic. I think my mood swings made for better creativity. I envy those who are still able to go to extremes even though I know there are terrible side effects from these episodes.

One exercise you can do to help find your passion is to write on a piece of paper all the things that you're interested in and do free association. Say you write down knitting...then that reminds you of your grandmother (write it down)...then that reminds you of her cooking (write that down) then that reminds you that when you were younger you wanted to be a chef (write that down). You can draw lines and circle things to connect your ideas together. This is a practice we used in acting class for creating a new character, but it applies to anything. Your subconscious will start giving you the questions and the answers you were searching for. Hope this helps.
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