How do I revive passion for something I'm no longer passionate about?

[Vision]

I'm still making money from it, it's scalable and lucrative. But I'm no longer passionate about it.

Here are the options I've come up with: 

1. Figure out how to revive the passion for it. Reigniting my excitement for life again. 
2. Strategize. Continue working on it for X years to become financially free. Then have the freedom to pursue whatever interests me. 

 

I think this is/was my Life Purpose (before I knew what a Life Purpose even was) but is it normal for a Life Purpose to lose its spark? 

What are your suggestions? How can I reignite my passion for something I was once revolving my entire life around? 

[Lyubov]

I'm trying to do the same. I used to be passionate about fitness. I'd like to get back into the gym with the dedication I once had. Any advice?

[The_Alchemist]

1.Take a break; week/month/year and see how you respond

2.Try a minimal viable product of it; do 10 mins/30 mins or an hour a day instead of vast quantities of it

3.Use a marginal utility curve; notice the point at which it becomes too much

4.Pivot it into something quasi similar, i.e I wanted to be a poker pro, but I found a very specific game variant that I love far more than traditional 6 man poker or 9 man poker, all fields have adjacent possibles, i.e:
Car mechanic=teach shop and people to be car mechanics
Instrument player=get into music production using that instrument
Hockey player=get into figure skating
Bodybuilder=get into powerlifter
Spiritual person=get into business or self help

[The_Alchemist]

17 minutes ago, Lyubov said:

I'm trying to do the same. I used to be passionate about fitness. I'd like to get back into the gym with the dedication I once had. Any advice?

You can use the above as well.

Maybe start small;
Commit to doing 5 minutes of pushups/situps/squats non stop where you go from one exercise to another per day 5 days a week and gradually add more time or carry a bag to add weight

[Rilles]

You cant. You just have to let it die. Intution doesnt lie. Struggling against your own feelings when you really want something else is hell. Its like being in a relationship when youre not in love.

[xxxx]

Just a few thoughts:

@Vision

• If you are making enough money from it, you can delegate the work - if you have a team, great; if you do not have it, you can build it. You will have decision making roles, and you wouldn't have to go all-in with the administrative and logistics part of the job. 
• Do not try to push it more than you can endure- you may have a burn-out.
• Of course, it is okay to lose passion for something you once thought was your dream career. My dad changed his career in his 40s, due to a change in passion, into a field he did not have any formal training in, and it worked out very well, so voila - nothing to be afraid of. 
• Just be smart with your money, though - invest well, and there should always be a return, usually a well-planned long-term one.
• Last, if this job of yours doesn't involve a team, and needs your complete, individual focus, wherein you (skills, etc.) are the product that is being sold, then I would suggest you take the leap of faith and quit it - put the money you have already made in a bank, and you can have the interest, or put it into some other asset that you think is a very good bet.
• A quote by Jim Carrey that I love - “I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which, was that you can fail at what you don’t want so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love. ”

@Lyubov

• A small idea here - something like an informal contract - why don't you give some money to your friend or someone you trust and tell them that any day you miss working out, they can keep a certain amount? 
• This may bring about accountability, because there is a loss of something tangible, and we look at things as rewards and punishments, so this may act like a reinforcement. 

 

 

Edited December 5, 2020 by xxxx

[andyjohnsonman]

find out what it is you love about the thing you do. Focus on that.

[Byun Sean]

sometimes we are passionate about something for a little while but then we lose our spark for it because it is no longer growing us in the way

that it once did.

 

You may have hit a hard time and passion will re-spark. Or you may have grown yourself to the point with that thing that it no longer serves you and

your in need for an upgrade.

This is not a bad thing. This means there is something out there better for you.

 

This happened to me a lot. I would be passionate about something until I grew out of it and then I moved on. Sometimes it happens with hobbies.

Sometimes with careers. Sometimes with people.