FINDING HER PASSION

Dear Jellybean,

My life is ok, i do have friends and good grades and all, but I have no passion. I've spent a lot of time thinking about what I love to do that I want to get better at. But I came up with nothing, I dont know what I love to do, and that makes me like empty. I dont kno what Im good at and that I love to do. For instance, I kno a guy who loves music. He can play basically any instrument, writes songs and so on. How can I find a passion that I like and am good at. By the way, I cant splurge to try a lot of classes or buy a lot of things.

Dear Writer,

The only way to find your passion is to try a whole bunch of new things. Most people stumble upon their passion by accident. For example, their mom forces them to take ballet class and it turns out that they are a natural ballerina! Or they start out in computer class like everyone else, but end up loving it and going on to become a real computer whiz. So my advice to you is, do as much as possible! Sign up for classes, get involved in after-school activities, and try to add as much variety to your life as possible. Mix it up - do physical stuff (sports, etc.), artistic stuff (scrapbooking, painting murals, etc.) and intellectual stuff (building web pages, learning a new language, etc.). Along the way, I guarantee that you will find something that thrills you... it's only a matter of time!