Jan Jachimowicz

that's fine and that's part of the journey.

I think what we do next is then what determines the rest of that journey.

What we do with that pain.

We can say, I'm going to do what I can to modify that pain, to treat that pain, but not the underlying symptom.

And I'm going to spread myself very thin.

I'm going to do a lot of different things.

They might not necessarily be meaningful, but they provide me with enough positive feedback that I can keep going.

And that's one approach but probably not an approach that will allow you to have long-term positive outcomes and will make you feel like your life is particularly meaningful.

I think the more challenging set of questions is well then who are you to begin with?

Like why did you care so deeply about this one thing

And how else could you pursue that?

How else could you use that as a jumping point to continue expanding?

So I think it speaks to, on the one hand, the possibility perhaps there is more we can do to prepare ourselves for what comes next if we notice that the flame of our passion is dying.

But I would even say if the flame of our passion is dying in this one thing, is there something I can do to rekindle it?

Just because a passion is dying, I wouldn't necessarily use the inference that means that it's gone forever.

Perhaps there's something I can do to reinvigorate that.

Perhaps I can go back and understand why did I care about this to begin with?

What has changed in the last few years?

When I think back to a time period when I was really fired up, what were the circumstances then?

Who was I working with?