Refuse to Choose!: Use All of Your Interests, Passions, and Hobbies to Create the Life and Career of Your Dreams

by Barbara Sher

In their time, nobody seemed to think that there was anything wrong with doing everything under the sun. I found no evidence that anybody told Aristotle that it was bad to be interested in so many things. Franklin wasn’t defensive, because nobody told him he had anything to defend. Goethe wasn’t guilty about writing novels and studying optics and doing everything else that took his fancy, because nobody criticized him for it.

am·a·teur n: from Latin: one who loves 1.Somebody who does something for pleasure rather than for pay 2.Somebody who has only limited skill in, or knowledge of, an activity 3.Somebody who loves or is greatly interested in something 4.Somebody who appreciates and wants to understand so many things that she can’t possibly specialize in only one field; i.e., a Scanner

Doing what you love isn’t a privilege; it’s an obligation.