Unfortunately, the majority of individuals dislike or are bored with their job.  Most have little, if any, passion for what they do for a living. As we grow older the idea that life is passing us by without anything to show for it begins to take root. Some react in strange ways and it may be brushed aside as a "mid-life crisis". The fact is when we come to the realization, at some point in our lives, that we are running out of time, we react by engaging in activities that are outside our normal behavior. Unfortunately, too often, this behavior is bad or destructive. There is a feeling of powerlessness; stuck on a treadmill from which you can't seem to get off. The intent of this article is to help such individuals find a constructive way off the treadmill, without harming the ones you love most, your direct family. My objective is to give you hope and direction in exiting your personal treadmill and finding your passion in life for income producing activities. Help is on its way. So let's begin.

How do you "Find Your Passion" and change your life? There are four steps:
#1 - Exploration
Take up a new hobby/activity. Engage in this new activity for three months. At the end of three months take up another new hobby/activity for another three months. Do this for one year. That will be four new hobbies/activities. Be careful to select only those activities that have the potential to generate income in the long-term. 

#2 - Identification
After experimenting with your four new hobbies you will be able to identify at least two hobbies which really fueled your passion. How? You will know your passion has been released for an activity when you become fanatical or obsessed with that activity. When you can't wait to engage in the activity and, when engaged, you don't want to stop the activity. Then and only then will you have found your passion.

#3 - Engagement/Perfection
At this stage you have decided to focus all of your available free time to regularly engage in this activity; each day learning more and improving your skills in the activity. It takes about seven years to perfect your skills in any one area or activity. That seven years makes you an expert or a professional.

#4 - Career Change - Making the Move
At this point you are now equipped to take the leap into your new career. This move can be made on a full-time of part-time basis. Part-time minimizes the risk of stumbling and making mistakes (which will happen) as you have your existing full-time job to fall back on. Part-time also takes longer to build a business base. Building a customer base or book of business takes time. It may take five to seven years to build a book of business that is self-sustaining (i.e. profitable enough to make a living). If you engage in the activity full-time you may be able to cut this period in half. 

Too many of us fail to experiment with new and different things. We rationalize that we simply do not have the time. An interesting thing occurs, however, when you find an activity which fuels a passion. You somehow find the time. You make sacrifices. Less T.V., less socializing, less tennis, golf or softball. The key variable in all this is passion. When you find your passion, you make room for the activity in your life. Passion is the key to changing your life and getting you off the treadmill that enslaves so many.