Is it normal if work sucks the passion out of you?

Idk what it is but I have an enormous passion for a lot of things and whenever I try to work in that field, I start losing interest in it. It's like working drains me and makes me bored of that subject. A small example would be when I started working for one of my favorite stores in HS. I was like this should be good. Never went to shop there again. It was torture, it wasn't what I thought. When I went to study for my major/interest, it's not that I hate it now, but while actually going to school for it, I dreaded it. Aside from not being good at it, idk what it was that made me dislike what I was studying. However, I didn't regret studying that. I am still pursuing my dreams regardless because that is ultimately what I wanna do. Now that I have graduated, I'm interning in two different fields that does have to do with each other on some level. But I'm basically testing the waters and one day I don't like one internship and the next day I don't like the other. They're both great but the idea of "working" for it sucks the passion out of me. I don't wanna work in something I am not interested in but it looks like working for something I am interested in ruins my passion for it and I don't wanna dislike something I have always loved. Kind of like the store I worked for. I have another favorite store and learned a lesson not to work there. It's like I forget I'm working for that company/industry I have always loved. I think the best thing to do now is create your business the way you want it to work. I haven't tried it but I hope that if I do, I won't hate what I'm doing even more. I feel though, that it could also be just the people in general that make me dislike it. I think if I were working virtually for what I love or like I said I was in charge in what I love, I;d be doing a lot better. It's like someone who wants to be a singer but doesn't want to perform, or go on tours, or go to vocal classes. Almost kind of depressing.

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  • Ellenna

    I would like to reply to this but I find it impossible to read such long posts without paragraphs.

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    • Asstastics

      I'm with you, babe. No paragraphs have always been a big problem at IIN.

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      • Ellenna

        Oh if only it were confined to IIN! This practice gives me an even bigger headache than appalling spelling and confusing or non-existent punctuation.

        Glad to know someone agrees with me ......

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  • RoseIsabella

    Meh, try working in customer service.

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  • Spankz

    You would like to be in charge, you say? It seems to me that working doesn't suck your passion away, it's working FOR someone. If you were the head of your own company in a field that you loved, would you be happier? It seems to me that you are more-or-less unfulfilled being on the bottom. I am the exact same way. I aspire to be a successful business owner of some sort in my future, because the thought of working for someone for my entire life seems awful. I suggest that you look into making your own innovative company. That way you can be your own boss. Even if you fail, at least you tried, right?

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