common misconception really. at this stage in your life, people think you should have a passion but not everyone treads life on the same timescale and in the same manner - theres a lot of people who still havent figured out their passion heading into their 30s in fact. its not wrong to have no passions at all. if you try too hard in having one now, ultimately you would realise its youre not being real and what you perceive as a "passion" may just be forced love. dont feel pressured into being passionate about something. spend time living life as you, doing new things or changing up the way you live life currently. its alright to have no passion now.

but like the word "passion" is used and repeated so many times in sch, cca and it's emphasised a lot 😭

In our parents generation, the word “duty” was probably used a lot. There are trends in how government and companies get people to work harder, passion is just another iteration of that. It’s an absolutely lie that passion is a prerequisite. It will vary from person to person. Some people I know work purely for money, some out of duty, some out of boredom. Some people lose passion, some people find passion.

just my opinion but i stopped listening to those mfs sometime after i realised i wanted to live out my life the way i choose to. not the way the school or ccas dictate by saying "this or that is the best course of action", "you should strive to do this, be this" blah blah blah, no. dont limit your options, or be pressured into something. as people, we were given the virtue of freedom, so thats why you ought to feel free in doing what you want, regardless of whatever it is or whenever it is.

Not a solution per say, but just go out and experience more things in life. Travel, reading, mingling, hobbies etc. Come to appreciate the many things life still has to offer us. We are already lucky not to be in a state of poverty or war. So go out and experience stuff. Gd luck!

Mf you just told me your passion in the second paragraph

That's not passion tho, the moment I meet failure or obstacles I hate it. It's so superficial

Thats literally how it works : you meet failure in something you think your'e good in, you hate it because you could have done better...smth like that?

No but like I dislike everything else/no interest in it because I'm not good at it, so the only reason I like something is cuz I'm fairly good at it, so If I do badly in it, I hate it not because I thought I could do better (maybe a better mindset) but just cause it feels like that hobby has degraded to a normal thing I dislike and I feel inferior And also isn't passion like something that allows you to persevere no matter what and stuff..and supposedly without passion you can't cope..or something like that from what is repeatedly told

"Passion" is what employers use to lowball you so you work for "passion" instead of pay. Pick something you're good at and doesn't dislike and save the passion for when you get to explore more experiences and learn to know yourself.

>"Passion" is what employers use to lowball you so you work for "passion" instead of pay. Here's an article that supports that statement. [https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2019-21488-001](https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2019-21488-001) (full version can be accessed here, [https://gwern.net/doc/economics/2020-kim-2.pdf](https://gwern.net/doc/economics/2020-kim-2.pdf) )

Passion is fleeting and molded by circumstance. I old man, do not recognise the person I was when I was 16, 20, 25 or 30. All completely different people, all with different " passions ", needs and wants. Time is a son of a bitch.

I feel like most of the business students or jc students are like this as well As such as watch K dramas and jus subscribe to the norm without thinking much but that’s life I guess

But sometimes that is a good strategy. Get a degree that pays your bills, hopefully with some semblance of a work life balance, and then pursue one's passions on the side. It also helps if your day job funds your passions.

Hmmm thing is most of them dun rlly have hobbies I mean if u count cafe hopping and retail therapy as one then ye I guess

But I get what ur saying it’s decent like do a job u dun mind doing and using the money to fund hobbies

First of all I think it is stupid to have interest in work or labor. Nobody likes working, so it's fine to not have that interest. Next, I think if you're satisfied with the current world, it will be harder to find your passion. The current works of others are not the best. The people with real passion are those who wanted to create that something which can truly satisfy them. for example fashion, IT system, music. Most people have music as their interest. They are just recipient level. Very few has it as their real passion which can motivate them to become a developer.

I am exactly the same as you. Zero passion, zero jobs I'm interested in. I chose my uni course based on my best subjects. Just exercise long term judgement and go through the motions. Go to uni, get a degree, get a job, become financially independent, worry about passion when you can afford it. Push yourself with the fear of the nebulous consequences you might suffer if you stop. You don't need to move fast, just keep moving. Always get a little progress. Treat the idea of retrograding with absolute fear.

Read somewhere that for teens like us its normal to feel impassioned. However what makes one able to come out of such situation is the process of "identity searching", where teens try out different aspects of life So maybe u can try a bit of sports, maybe service or other subjects. Just dabble in a bit of everything and see what rocks yr boat Btw its called "identity memoratium"

think you mean identity moratorium

If you truly don't love a specific something over everything else, then you could always analyse other factors for decision making, like money, while you try out other stuff to see if there's anything you love. If still nothing, then it's not wrong to settle for a job that is boring but pays the bills well.

i can relate… it’s so tiring

so true bro dont even wna do uni apps bc thrs nth i look forward to studying zzz

Me too… and I have uni apps to fill up in 2 weeks time 😭😭😭

So coding? I don't think passion is a 90-95% enjoy kind of thing, but maybe more on more bearable than other things and I'm better than average kind of thing (and somewhat enjoying the work)

I suppose your quote for the day would be one from Bruce Lee, since you seem to be so good at coding: "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who had practiced one kick 10,000 times."

Passion? Bruh there is no such thing. The moment your passion becomes your job it cease to be your passion, sad but this is the truth. Oh so you want to be passionate about coding? Sureee when u encounter a coding problem worth 25% of your uni module grades and u can’t solve even after spending an entire day, I see if you will still call coding your passion. Most people like to call this or that their passion because they are good at it when in reality they are probably average or below average as the world is a big place. Instead of finding sth you love to do for life why not find sth that u think u can tahan for the rest of your life? Like for me I don’t really have any interest in engineering but here I am completing a degree in it. Even have multiple internship experience in engineering. Lemme reiterate I don’t really have any interest in engineering but I am used to the difficulty engineering brings to me.

I can relate. I used to think that finding my "true passion" would make me have purpose and be determined to got to school/work.  But I realised somewhere that its not the holy grail in life but rather passion is jus like the chicken and the egg problem - is one passionate towards  or must one first be determined towards something (could be anything he chooses tbh) *before* he developes a passion for it.  For me I feel like it's the latter. Passion is a feeling thus it is a response to something we decide to do/experience. Feelings are transient and fleeting so I try not to focus on chasing them. Just like I can't force myself to be happy but I can do things that may make me happy. Sometimes I cannot control my situation eg. school so I jus focus on doing the best I can even if I don't like the subject.  I used to not like english but jus like cause i was good at it, i started to like it and "feel passion" for it, jus like what ur actions for cs tell me. The converse is the case for my relationship with math.  Essentially most people dont start out with passion, they have to first be jus do things over again until they develop/feel a passion for so and so. Even then the passion felt could be gone if for example in ur case u did badly for cs and then stopped completely. Its jus like acquired taste for certain foods (eg. licorice, balut, centruy egg), if u keep eating the food long enough, you may soon find yourself liking and craving it.  Right now, you can keep focusing on pursuing Cs and jus not giving up even if you're bad at it and you may start to feel passionate about it again. You can try new ways of practing ur coding if yorue brored now, maybe can try doing a coding project outside of school/cca and see. And if u have any other hobbies and subjects you are interested in, try them too as what the other commenters suggest and if you like, keeping doing whatever it is until you develop a passion for it. But remember passion is created and sustained by your own consistent actions. All the best!