Find your own hobbies and start your new life

Author: Awakening the Sleeping Pig

As I came into contact with more and more people, I suddenly discovered an interesting phenomenon. In the context of the diversified development of today's society, people They are increasingly eager to discover more multi-faceted selves, so they continue to explore and work hard. In the end, they find that what truly makes them successful is often no longer the nine-to-five job, but more dazzling work outside of work. of myself.

Why is this happening? On the one hand, it is probably because a person wants to gain a sense of achievement in a certain field, or to make some impressive achievements in a certain aspect. Interest is the biggest stimulating factor. In other words, hobbies are the best teachers. Once they are interested, they will not give up easily. On the other hand, people study hard and specialize in things that they are interested in. People are often more willing to study and explore things that they are interested in. As the study and exploration continue to deepen, they discover more and more mysteries in it. Over time, they Became an expert in this field.

Unfortunately, in real life, there are not many people who can combine their hobbies and careers. Some of these people who cannot integrate their hobbies and work have to choose this or that profession to make a living, some got into the profession by accident, some even followed the arrangements of their parents, and some It may be because of the temptation of high salary or platform... Some of these people are content with the status quo and spend their lives in obscurity; however, there are also many people who are unwilling to live such a life and choose to use their after-work In your spare time, think about things you like and specialize in areas of interest. Therefore, among those people who are rushing to and from get off work, you will find that some people start writing songs after get off work, some people start taking various training classes after get off work, and some use their spare time to travel and take photos, etc. As these people accumulate more and more, one day you will find that they often get much more recognition outside of their profession than the nine-to-five job they do. Some people even change careers later. , became a great expert, a big star, etc. that attracted much attention. These people who are not satisfied with the status quo are exploring their unknown possibilities and versatility in one way or another. In fact, they are telling us with their actual actions that there are many impossibilities in life. When the road is blocked or we are very tired, we can actually try to turn around and take another road. Maybe on the other road, we will meet a better version of ourselves.

This is a wonderful journey of life exploration. This effort to seek more impossible adventures in life actually gives a new kind of guidance to many people who are eager to change.

I have a former colleague who is just such a person. He and I work in the same unit, and our work seems to be from 9 to 5 without much trouble. However, the biggest difference between him and me is his hobbies. He especially loves riding bicycles and was once a mountain bike racer. Because of this hobby, he met a group of like-minded people. They rode to Tibet together and wrote articles about their riding experiences and published them. in major travel magazines. Later, he began to try to write songs, writing his own lyrics and asking others to arrange the music. Slowly, his works began to be adopted by local radio stations. Over time, he also won some original music awards and so on. One time, I took a taxi, and the taxi driver happened to be a cycling enthusiast, so we chatted about this topic. Unexpectedly, as soon as I mentioned the name of my colleague, the driver immediately talked about many interesting things about him. He also said that my colleague is a role model for him to learn from. Later, I paid close attention to my colleague, and I found that he didn’t seem to be very excited when talking about work. However, when talking about his racing career and his music creation path, he immediately opened his eyes. Light is full of passion for life, as if he is a different person.

This is probably what people call a sense of accomplishment. It is a happy thing and a pride for a person to make achievements in the field in which he is good and let others remember him. things.

A few days ago I saw an example of a photographer on a certain public account, which was very shocking. That photographer was once the most ordinary member of the many Filipino maids in Hong Kong. However, the biggest difference between her and other Filipino maids was that she often spent her Sunday rest time walking through the streets of Hong Kong, using a SLR The camera records Hong Kong in its most authentic state. Under her lens, there are office workers who run around confused every day, bored old ladies, homeless people on the streets who have nowhere to stay, etc. This Filipino maid in Hong Kong used a photo of a little girl looking at the outside world through a glass to defeat the works of 60,000 photographers around the world, and successfully won the first place in the 2015 Hamdan International Photography Competition, the world's highest prize money photography competition. 's grand prize. As a result, she was featured in the "New York Times" and became a photographer that attracted everyone's attention. Among all Filipino maids in Hong Kong, she was the most dazzling one. Her works have been enthusiastically sought after by many well-known photographers and have been snapped up by many photography magazines. This photographer, her name is XyzaCruzBacani.

This example actually gives every ordinary person a very good incentive.

That is, no matter how simple and ordinary work we do, no matter how humble our status is, as long as we persist in our dreams and do what we love, maybe one day we can also become a dazzling pearl in our field of expertise. At that time, if we look back at the work we do and who we were, even if it is so vulnerable and looked down upon by others, from that moment on, it is no longer so important. Because those dazzling brilliance will eventually completely cover up all the darkness of the past, and no one will care about what you have done and how humiliating and burdensome you have lived.

So, I want to say, no matter what we are doing now, whether we like it or not, don’t complain. Find the part that interests you and stick to it. One day, we will You will find that life actually has many possibilities, and the real beauty begins when we find something that interests us.