I learnt the hard way that my passion was useless if I wanted to ball

So listen as I tell you that passion cannot be swapped for inexperience.

Hey, Lounger, welcomeee.

I actually am a very passionate person who is madly in love with a lot of topics but the editor who I told that I could take on a health piece in 2020 as I was passionate about women's health and was always reading up on the topic (even when my samples were mostly komedi pieces) didn't believe me. I promise I tried to convince her that I was a multipotentialite who would succeed on this part in the future but she didn't budge.

Of course, because how do you prove that you're really great at executing a task when there's nothing to show asides your narrations of how you're in love with the topics affiliated with that task? Every time I think of it, I feel like a small goat (if I say kid would you understand the shame well enough? No).

It is actually a fact that your passion is unserious if you've never thought of putting in any work to show how much you love it, not to talk of putting in work to tell employers that you should be hired because of that passion. Would you believe that someone is “passionate about women's health” when they won't even write about it on their social media? That’s like the barest minimum o. It doesn't matter how much of a newbie you are, there must be something you have done to show that you intend to achieve a goal through your passion.

I'm sure that editor wondered how I never thought to write a piece about something I was so passionate about and was fine with not doing anything about my passion. I couldn't show a tweet, a Facebook post, a contribution to a project, and definitely not an article — as proof that I really dislike women's health.

I was stupid enough to continue applying to jobs, being my most sincere self, and telling them I was very passionate about the topics and subjects that were to be covered — I got rejected every time. Nobody wanted my passion and it was devastating because I really did like those subjects. Urgh.

Of course, it's not like you can't really love stuff, but how do you intend to sell that fact to an employer; the CEO of your dream company? Everything cannot be vibes nau.

Ponder on these words, beloved, make e no choke you. And quickly, start planning on a resourceful line of action because people want you to show and not tell. Does this sound cliche? I’m sorry, the game is the game and because I’ve gone through hell myself, I can promise that the game is not changing anytime soon.

I’m starting a Friday series where I speak with your favourite tech influencers who you’ve been trying to reach (I am a journalist and I know how to reach them) and ask some questions. I’ll be doing all that myself and I plan to make it exceptionally hilarious because I’ve got that humour dawg in me and its not dying anytime soon.

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