Comments on: How to Fire Up a Fading Passion http://goodlifezen.com/2009/11/27/how-to-fire-up-a-fading-passion/ Practical inspiration. For a happier life Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:09:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Mary Jaksch http://goodlifezen.com/2009/11/27/how-to-fire-up-a-fading-passion/#comment-6435 Mary Jaksch Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:28:25 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=4063#comment-6435 @Jennifer Thanks for your encouragement! @Jennifer
Thanks for your encouragement!

]]> By: Jennifer Louden http://goodlifezen.com/2009/11/27/how-to-fire-up-a-fading-passion/#comment-6434 Jennifer Louden Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:09:04 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=4063#comment-6434 I always get so much out of your posts, Mary, and this one is a keeper. It's a great antidote to the "if I can just find my passion, then I will always be passionate" mindset that can be so deadly. Thanks for your wisdom! .-= Jennifer Louden´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.comfortqueen.com/comfort-cafe-nibbles-girdles" rel="nofollow">Comfort Cafe Nibbles – Free the Girdles</a> =-. I always get so much out of your posts, Mary, and this one is a keeper. It’s a great antidote to the “if I can just find my passion, then I will always be passionate” mindset that can be so deadly. Thanks for your wisdom!
.-= Jennifer Louden´s last blog ..Comfort Cafe Nibbles – Free the Girdles =-.

]]> By: Mary Jaksch http://goodlifezen.com/2009/11/27/how-to-fire-up-a-fading-passion/#comment-6433 Mary Jaksch Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:39:07 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=4063#comment-6433 @Sami Thanks for the suggestion of writing a post about how to know when it’s better to let something go and when you should keep going. I'll do it soon. @Sami
Thanks for the suggestion of writing a post about how to know when it’s better to let something go and when you should keep going. I’ll do it soon.

]]> By: Mary Jaksch http://goodlifezen.com/2009/11/27/how-to-fire-up-a-fading-passion/#comment-6432 Mary Jaksch Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:37:24 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=4063#comment-6432 @Erica Harris You say: "I always know the rightness of the answer because it makes me feel more expanded." That's a good point. If we're going in the wrong direction, we feel constricted. @Erica Harris
You say: “I always know the rightness of the answer because it makes me feel more expanded.” That’s a good point. If we’re going in the wrong direction, we feel constricted.

]]> By: Mary Jaksch http://goodlifezen.com/2009/11/27/how-to-fire-up-a-fading-passion/#comment-6431 Mary Jaksch Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:32:36 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=4063#comment-6431 @Charley Hampton "Rekindling your passion means giving up all hope for a better past!" . That sounds intriguing. Can you say more about that? @Charley Hampton
“Rekindling your passion means giving up all hope for a better past!” . That sounds intriguing. Can you say more about that?

]]> By: Mary Jaksch http://goodlifezen.com/2009/11/27/how-to-fire-up-a-fading-passion/#comment-6430 Mary Jaksch Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:22:27 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=4063#comment-6430 @Gerlaine I keep my fingers crossed for you. You are obviously willing to change your negative mindstate for a positive one. That's for sure the most important step. @Gerlaine
I keep my fingers crossed for you. You are obviously willing to change your negative mindstate for a positive one. That’s for sure the most important step.

]]> By: Mary Jaksch http://goodlifezen.com/2009/11/27/how-to-fire-up-a-fading-passion/#comment-6429 Mary Jaksch Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:20:49 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=4063#comment-6429 @Positively Present I like what you say: "Often it is our worries that distract us from really doing what we love." I think we sometimes hook some negative emotions on to what we love doing, or particular thought patterns, like 'This is overwhelming', or 'I'll never get it all done', or 'This is just too difficult', or 'I'm not good enough to do this' and so on. @Positively Present
I like what you say: “Often it is our worries that distract us from really doing what we love.”

I think we sometimes hook some negative emotions on to what we love doing, or particular thought patterns, like ‘This is overwhelming’, or ‘I’ll never get it all done’, or ‘This is just too difficult’, or ‘I’m not good enough to do this’ and so on.

]]> By: Sami - Life, Laughs & Lemmings http://goodlifezen.com/2009/11/27/how-to-fire-up-a-fading-passion/#comment-6428 Sami - Life, Laughs & Lemmings Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:31:54 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=4063#comment-6428 Excellent post Mary and timely for me too. I find it's often difficult to know when it's better to let something go and when you should keep going (actually, I'd totally LOVE to read a post around that). I tend to use the 10 minute rule that Amelia speaks about in her comment and I also find that writing helps me. I'll spend time just writing down all my thoughts on whatever it is that's become a chore and try to identify why. From that I'll often find some ways I could change (either thoughts or actions) in order to get fired back up again. .-= Sami - Life, Laughs & Lemmings´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.lifelaughsandlemmings.com/climbing-out-of-the-depths-of-despair-part-3/" rel="nofollow">Climbing Out of the Depths of Despair – Part 3</a> =-. Excellent post Mary and timely for me too. I find it’s often difficult to know when it’s better to let something go and when you should keep going (actually, I’d totally LOVE to read a post around that).

I tend to use the 10 minute rule that Amelia speaks about in her comment and I also find that writing helps me. I’ll spend time just writing down all my thoughts on whatever it is that’s become a chore and try to identify why. From that I’ll often find some ways I could change (either thoughts or actions) in order to get fired back up again.
.-= Sami – Life, Laughs & Lemmings´s last blog ..Climbing Out of the Depths of Despair – Part 3 =-.

]]> By: Amelia http://goodlifezen.com/2009/11/27/how-to-fire-up-a-fading-passion/#comment-6427 Amelia Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:18:46 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=4063#comment-6427 Hi Mary, thanks for this great post :) I am almost 4 years into a PhD and have found that the first two years were good but since then my enthusiasm has indeed waned and it feels like a chore to sit down and read papers and write my thesis. I have found that the best thing for me is to start; forget about complaining or making excuses, but to do something toward my PhD for 10 minutes. Often this 10 minutes turns into 2-4 hours and I make enormous progress, immersing myself in my work. Sometimes I do my 10 minutes and am still disinterested, so I go away and do something else. In doing that I'm trying to create a memory of positive experiences of my PhD, making it easier to get back into it next time. Often I also get caught up thinking thoughts which are caught up in the past and future and waste time that would be better spent actually getting stuff done right now. For the first time in my life I can understand and apply the idea of being present and being immersed in the the magic of "now". Thanks again :) Hi Mary, thanks for this great post :)
I am almost 4 years into a PhD and have found that the first two years were good but since then my enthusiasm has indeed waned and it feels like a chore to sit down and read papers and write my thesis. I have found that the best thing for me is to start; forget about complaining or making excuses, but to do something toward my PhD for 10 minutes. Often this 10 minutes turns into 2-4 hours and I make enormous progress, immersing myself in my work. Sometimes I do my 10 minutes and am still disinterested, so I go away and do something else. In doing that I’m trying to create a memory of positive experiences of my PhD, making it easier to get back into it next time. Often I also get caught up thinking thoughts which are caught up in the past and future and waste time that would be better spent actually getting stuff done right now. For the first time in my life I can understand and apply the idea of being present and being immersed in the the magic of “now”.
Thanks again :)

]]> By: Asami Nakamura http://goodlifezen.com/2009/11/27/how-to-fire-up-a-fading-passion/#comment-6425 Asami Nakamura Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:09:08 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/?p=4063#comment-6425 I'm a Japanese university student. I'm very nursed by your post. Lately I've almost lost passions about my dissertation in English, helping friend's coaching business, and being together happily with my boyfriend. At the first time I started them, it seemed to be constantly enjoyable to do them in my life. However, recently just thinking about them is very annoying me. After reading your post, especially I'm very moved by your message "All natural systems ebb and flow. Nothing stays constant. When our first burst of passion wanes, we have the chance of developing a deeper and more fulfilling way of relating" I come to rethink that I'm trying to do them a little more! Thanks very much for posting. I’m a Japanese university student. I’m very nursed by your post.

Lately I’ve almost lost passions about my dissertation in English, helping friend’s coaching business, and being together happily with my boyfriend.

At the first time I started them, it seemed to be constantly enjoyable to do them in my life. However, recently just thinking about them is very annoying me.

After reading your post, especially I’m very moved by your message “All natural systems ebb and flow. Nothing stays constant. When our first burst of passion wanes, we have the chance of developing a deeper and more fulfilling way of relating”

I come to rethink that I’m trying to do them a little more! Thanks very much for posting.

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