Passion ties you to past interests and feels like obligation. Curiosity is forward-looking and pressure-free, letting you navigate from where you are now. When curiosity dips, that's a test of real commitment, not a sign to quit.
Don't follow your passion. Follow your curiosity. What's the difference to you between those two things? Passion is like a thing I'm supposed to be eventually. Like, I'm passionate about this and it's like, remember, you are so passionate about gymnastics in high school. But curiosity, there's no pressure on curiosity. For me, wayfinding from where I am right now, my passion is like I'm looking backwards to what I've been passionate about. My curiosity is I'm right here looking at like what's alive right now. So there's something about personal interest that's always been important. Not to say that interest doesn't dip. Sometimes I have enough wherewithal that like, this is going to be important sort of past the dip and you just, you stick with it.
