Put Your Passion to Work!
May 23rd, 2007WHO’S THE MOST PASSIONATE SENIOR YOU KNOW?
See after the post for nomination and contest info!
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Excerpt from Lindsey Pollak’s Getting from College to Career:
What passion could you pursue as a career, and how would you go about getting paid to do it? Here are some steps to propel you towards a career pursuing a passion:
1. Define your passion (or passions).
There’s a very simple question you can ask yourself: What would you do for a living if money were not an issue? Would you ski all day? Be a fashion designer? Open a coffee shop? Travel the world? Write screenplays? Paint? Invent toys? Read?
2. Make it real.
Research every job that relates to the passion or passions you’ve just defined. Since money is an issue, find all of the real ways you can make money doing what you love to do. For instance, if your passion is painting: Consider selling your paintings online or at local arts and crafts fairs as your full-time job or in addition to any other work that brings you close to paintings, such as: working for an art gallery, museum, or art school; teaching painting in public school, private school, art school, community centers, hospitals, or retirement communities; working for a government arts council; become a tour guide at a museum with your favorite paintings; learning about opportunities to “paint” with computers and work for a graphic design firm or for a textile design company; working for the arts division of a corporation that sponsors painting exhibits; working for a publishing company that specializes in art books; working for any division of an art or design magazine.
3. Hang out with passionate people.
The first lesson I always share with aspiring writers is to start hanging out with other people who are writing—or doing anything creative—for a living. If all of your friends are working in corporate cubicles and you want to be an actress, you’re more likely to feel frustrated than if you’re spending time with other actors. If you’re still in college, make sure you develop a network of students hoping to pursue the arts professionally—this will be great for job ideas, moral support, and mentoring.
Read more of the book here.
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WIN A FREE COPY!
We have two copies of Getting from College to Career to give to passionate graduating Yale seniors.
To nominate yourself or someone you know, just send a brief statement (no more than 250 words, please) including the following info:
- name and residential college of the student
- activities involved in at Yale
- specific field of interest after graduation
- what about their passion makes this person special?
Send all nominations to luci@spheremagazine.com TODAY.
The two winners will be announced on May 25th and profiled on SphereMagazine.com this summer. Send your nominations today!
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