Comments on: Finding Homes for All Your Passions: 2 Questions You Need to Ask

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:00:56 +0000

Long may they scan.

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:00:32 +0000

Why not start smaller? Why not begin with the idea of supplementing your income instead of completely replacing it? You just never know.

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:59:24 +0000

I can’t wait to read Bring Your Own Giraffe. What the . . .?

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:58:50 +0000

Yep, Amanda. Barbara’s the bomb and Refuse to Choose is a great book.

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:16:07 +0000

I love this. If our passions are reflections of ourselves, then we need places where we can let all of our selves shine. My singing self needs a place, my writing self needs a place, my mom self needs a place, my runner self needs a place, and these probably aren’t the same place! Long live the scanners!

By: Michele

Michele — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:17:06 +0000

This really has me pondering my passions. I read this entry last night but didn’t respond b/c I needed more time to think it over. I think I need to make a visual, similiar to yours. And it leaves lots of unanswered questions. What do you do when your career is no longer your passion? Do you tolerate it so that you can pay the bills? What do you do when your passions don’t generate income? I know a lot of people would say “Find a way to make it generate income”, but that’s not completely realistic. My passions will never pay the mortgage.
Michele´s last blog ..Bringin’ Home the Bacon…

By: Sandy Dempsey

Sandy Dempsey — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:15:12 +0000

Been thinking the same thing, but hadn’t quite figured out how to convey what I wanted to say. Nicely put.
Sandy Dempsey´s last blog ..Five Steps to Moving Outside of Your Comfort Zone

By: Laurie Foley

Laurie Foley — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:51:12 +0000

Someone once told me that if I didn’t have room for something in my house (like a particularly messy hobby), then I hadn’t made room for it in my life. I immediately went out and found studio space.

I can’t wait to visit your poetry studio!
Laurie Foley´s last blog ..B.Y.O.G. (Bring Your Own Giraffe)

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:22:13 +0000

I too, have lots of passions and interests. I continually have to stop myself from running off and trying to make careers out of them! I have spent a lot of my life wondering what is wrong with me. Why can’t I be like others and stick to one career, one profession?

A couple of years ago, I read a book by Barbara Sher called ‘Refuse to Choose’. She has coined the term ‘Scanners’ for people who love to do lots of things.

After reading this book, and realising that I wasn’t alone or abnormal, I don’t feel the need to run off and make a career out of everything, but I know that I can keep somethings as fun, indulgent hobbies…
Amanda´s last blog ..Ke Bali Lalu Lombok…

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:30:44 +0000

Aren’t metaphors great? They just work. I believe in having a big bowl of them every morning.