Infusing Daily Life With Passion: 9 Practical Tips for Integration
To help you incorporate your passion into your everyday routine and lifestyle, we asked nine professionals, including co-founders and CEOs, to share their practical tips and practices. From working in a space you love to building a career around your passion, discover the unique ways these leaders infuse passion into their daily lives.
- Work in a Space You Love
- Practice Morning Reflection
- Use Hobbies to Balance Work and Life
- Try Random Acts of Passion
- Focus on Work’s Impact on Others
- Incorporate Passion with Time Blocks
- Connect with Passion Partners
- Create a Passion-Inclusive Schedule
- Build a Career Around Your Passion
Work in a Space You Love
Incorporating passion into everyday routine is achievable by finding a way to work in a space that is loved. Being passionate about the work makes it easy to incorporate it into everyday life.
As a co-founder of a clothing brand specializing in suspenders, working on something loved, like designing new lines, marketing items, and looking into current fashion trends is possible. It’s extremely exciting, and every day brings about something unique.
The ability to mix passion for business and clothes makes things quite exciting every day at work.
Josh Bluman
Co-Founder, JJ Suspenders
Practice Morning Reflection
One ritual I hold dear, which seamlessly integrates my passion into my daily routine, is the practice of “Morning Reflection.” Before the demands of the day take hold, I dedicate an uninterrupted hour to meditation and visualization.
This quietude allows me to envision the projects and endeavors of Ignited Results operating at their zenith, achieving their highest purpose. It’s not merely about relaxation; it’s a focused exercise in aligning my passion with my professional aspirations.
This daily practice not only centers me but also instills a sense of purpose and direction, ensuring that every action I undertake is imbued with passion and intent. For those seeking to intertwine passion with daily life, my advice is clear: Carve out moments of introspection, and let them be the compass guiding your endeavors.
Jon James
CEO, Ignited Results
Use Hobbies to Balance Work and Life
Finding time for your hobby each day can actually help you get away from your work when needed. We often spend too much time on our work and not enough time on our personal lives, so having a hobby you love and want to do is a good way to focus more on your life outside of work.
For example, if you are passionate about carpentry and like doing it in your free time, it will push you to get away from work in order to do some projects. This is good for your brain, can help you mentally recharge, and will allow you to be better at what you do, both your hobby and your job.
It’s important to find time for a hobby you’re passionate about, and building time for some every day is beneficial as it is good for personal well-being and can help in getting away from work.
Michael Collins, Managing Director, Sphere IT
Try Random Acts of Passion
To incorporate your passion into your everyday routine, you can try this random-acts-of-passion technique. This approach is very useful as you keep on doing something spontaneously, engaging in activities related to your passion without planning. For example, if you’re passionate about art, you might suddenly sketch something inspiring you’ve seen.
Steven Wright
Co-Founder and Chief Editor, Lifestyle to the MAX
Focus on Work’s Impact on Others
One practical tip I can share for incorporating your passion into your daily routine is to focus on the results of your work and the impact it has on others. As an aesthetic nurse, my passion revolves around helping people feel more beautiful and confident through natural and long-lasting results.
To incorporate this passion into my daily life, I make it a point to stay connected with my clients and really listen to their needs, and ensure that I’m providing the best possible solutions. This allows me to witness the positive transformations in their lives.
Diane Howard
RN and Founder, Esthetic Finesse
Incorporate Passion with Time Blocks
The practice that I use to incorporate my passion into my everyday lifestyle is to use time blocks at strategic times of the day.
By using time blocks, I’m able to clearly shut off and turn on work, and I’m able to schedule the things that are most important to me throughout the day. An example of this for myself is that I know I work most optimally in the mornings, so putting my passions in the morning would be an ineffective use of time.
So instead, I place my passion for the gym in the early afternoon, so that by the time gym time comes around, I’ve already been able to execute on four to five hours of focused work. Using this approach allows one to be incredibly productive and also not forget about their passions as they are pursuing their goals.
Sebastian Jania
CEO, Ontario Property Buyers
Connect with Passion Partners
Incorporate your passion into your everyday life by connecting with people who share the same passion. Schedule regular meetings or activities with them, whether it’s a weekly chat or a monthly project. This will help keep you motivated when you see the other person struggling. Having passion partners can make your hobby or interest more enjoyable and integrated into your routine.
Rick Elmore
CEO, Simply Noted
Create a Passion-Inclusive Schedule
Creating a schedule that takes your passion into account can help you make time to incorporate it into your life. Dedicate certain portions of the day or week solely for activities related to your passion. This will give you something to look forward to and motivate you to stick with it. Also, by making time for this activity outside of work, you’ll be able to unwind and enjoy it without feeling rushed or stressed.
Shaun Martin
Founder and CEO, We Buy Houses In Denver
Build a Career Around Your Passion
Do what you love; love what you do. Start by finding a job or building a business around your passion. Get out of the rat race, stop doing what you hate, and really figure out what you’re passionate about. Then, focus your career around it. Otherwise, you’ll be old one day and realize you spent most of your life earning a paycheck doing what you hate.
Christopher Olson
CFO, Surfside Services
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