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    Blissing Out: A Writer’s Journey to Finding her Life Passion (and Tips for Finding Yours)

    by Diana Raab, PhD Oct 16, 2019 5 minutes
    Blissing Out: A Writer’s Journey to Finding her Life Passion (and Tips for Finding Yours) by Diana Raab. Photograph of two pencils on a blank yellow canvas by Joanna Kosinka
    Photograph by Joanna Kosinka

    Finding your calling — your life passion — is about tapping into your bliss, to bring your potential into the world and live life to the fullest

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    Passion is the fuel that inspires us to wake up in the morning. Discovering and claiming your passion is about knowing what you love doing. Acknowledging this can have a powerful effect on your life. If what you’re doing doesn’t make you happy, then it might be time to reevaluate and recalibrate your life towards what would help you experience the most joy. When you’re at a crossroads in your life, you might stop to ask yourself about your overall purpose and destiny and how to discover what that is.

    When you’ve identified a life passion, you’re led to feelings of bliss — the natural direction to take in order to maximize your sense of fulfillment. Bliss is a more powerful word than happiness.

    Sometimes people equate bliss with being in a state of euphoria, but in reality, it’s about learning what brings you joy.

    This concept is often connected to what

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