{"id":562,"date":"2020-08-01T07:38:40","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T05:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/?p=562"},"modified":"2020-08-01T07:38:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T05:38:41","slug":"passion-and-hobby-arent-the-same-but-both-spice-life-and-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/?p=562","title":{"rendered":"Passion and hobby aren\u2019t the same but both spice life and employment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Being paid for doing something that you enjoy is one of the most satisfying experiences.\u00a0 However, not all jobs offer this opportunity and many people earn a living from performing tasks they are not over the moon with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Passion often comes up when it comes to job happiness and fulfilment. Being passionate at work enhances the pursuit of excellence and increases commitment and performance. Passion can either flourish, diminish or disappear when put in certain work environments. Employers and companies that provide conducive work milieu and implement management practices that respect, motivate and reward fairly unlock employees’ passion for performing well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since not everyone has a passion for their profession, pursuing it outside work can also improve one\u2019s job satisfaction and well-being. Passions are not precisely the same as with hobbies. Passion is doing something you enjoy and have an overwhelming feeling of devotion even when it is difficult and stressful, but the result is worth the effort. Whereas, a hobby is something you do when you have free time, are feeling bored, or want to relax.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Engaging in activities with passion or having a hobby can reduce stress, provide opportunities to socialise, improve skill and confidence, and increase the level of alertness and creativity. As we have to juggle home, work and passion or hobby, we multi-task; therefore, we become skilled in organising priorities. In the process, we also develop our analytical and decision-making ability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Passion plus hard work\ngoes farther than natural talent. My passion is storytelling in the written\nform.  During the COVID-19 lockdown, I\nfinished my novel “The Whisper of Regrets”, which explores real\nsocietal and relationship issues and is written in plain English. I have an\ninconsiderably slim chance of winning this August’s Amazon story competition,\nbut as Alfred Lord Tennyson had said, “It’s better to have tried and\nfailed than to live life wondering what would’ve happened if I had tried.”\nA little help goes a long way; so, I hope you\u2019ll check it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whereas, my acquaintance and fellow chess player (Said), who has postgraduate degrees in physics and engineering and works in these domains, has become a pundit on plants in Kabylia, Algeria. Likewise, my Aussie friend Loida spends nights and days drawing, painting, and taking panoramic photographs with joy and patience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is idealistic to say \u201chave a passion\u201d or \u201cfollow your passion\u201d. The truth is that those who have a passion to follow are not numerous. Some people do not wish to have one because they have witnessed passionate people sacrificing their time and money to keep doing it with little or no visible short-term return. I believe it is easier to have a hobby than forced yourself to have a passion. Of course, a hobby can turn into a passion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Good.CoTeam (https:\/\/good.co\/blog\/top-hobbies-boost-employability-skills\/seen on 01\/08\/20), the top 8 hobbies that boost employability are 1. Endurance sports, e.g. running and swimming; 2. High-risk pursuits, e.g. mountain climbing and sky diving; 3. Creative hobbies tasks, e. g. cooking and photography; 4.Team sports, e.g. football and softball; 5. Strategic mind games, e.g. chess and Sudoku; 6. Creative writing, e.g. poetry, short stories or a personal blog; 7. Reading, museums, libraries; and 8. Community group involvement. These hobbies suggest that you are comfortable collaborating with others. As well, you could be seen as a particularly good personality fit for managerial roles. The caveat is that fabricating an interest in certain activities backfires. For instance, you have written \u2018playing foosball\u2019 as a hobby in your resume; when asked to join a team to compete in an inter-company tournament, you refused because you could hardly hit the ball. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is worthwhile to\ndiscover, rediscover or harness our passion and hobby to live and work satisfyingly.\nThese are some of the hobbies that do not cost money: aerobics or fitness\nexercise at home, bird watching, gardening (for yourself, neighbours and\ncommunity), reading, running, stargazing, volunteering, walking, watching\ndocumentaries, and writing.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the world’s unemployment rate is alarming. The\u00a0Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development\u00a0(OECD) reported on 09\/06\/2020 that the number of unemployed people in the OECD countries alone increased by 18.4 million to 55 million last April (https:\/\/www.oecd.org \/newsroom\/ unemployment-rates-oecd-update-june-2020.htm). \u00a0Moreover, to feed and shelter their families, millions of women and men have accepted jobs they are overqualified to do or in workplaces where they are undervalued. The passion for their career has long evaporated into thin air due to circumstances beyond their control. Also, some have their passions and hobbies constrained by time, as they have to look for work, do shifts, or take care of their children and elderly family members. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Passion can be an act of kindness; hobby can be skyping, zooming, facetiming, whatsapping or telephoning friends and relatives who live alone. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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