As we discussed last week, finding your passion isn’t an overnight process.
For most of us, it’s nearly impossible to identify what our passion is early on in our careers. Instead, as we pursue interests, build skill, and gain more experience, we’re likely to uncover a passion slowly.
When you’re looking forward, it’s impossible to see what that passion will end up being. Steve Jobs put it best:
“You can’t connect the dots looking forwards; you can only connect them looking backwards.”
As I write this, I’ve been building College Info Geek for the past five and a half years. Over half a decade has gone into the creation of this project, and in that time, I’ve realized that it is my passion. Creating videos, recording podcasts, writing – I love it all (even if it’s difficult at times).
Interestingly, the major I picked in college had nothing to do with any of that. I majored in Management Information Systems, a major that combines business with information technology. People who major in this field usually end up in project management, system/database administration, programming, or something similar.
Meanwhile, the work I do seems more suited to someone who majored in film, journalism, or speech.
So how did I get from MIS to here?
That’s what I want to recount for you this week. I’m at the point where I can look back and connect some dots now, and I hope that doing so will give you a real-world example that applies to the discussion we had in last week’s video.
Since it’s more of a personal story, I’m going to let the video speak for itself and end the article here (though you’ll find some links to things I mention in the Video Notes below).
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- Defeating procrastination
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Video Notes
- How to build a hanging desk – the post that put CIG on the map
- Business Professionals of America
- Want to learn how to code for the web? Try Codecademy.
- If you want to see more of this cool backdrop, check out my friend Chase’s channel
- New: Discuss this video on the official CIG subreddit!
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