Like what you do is a much better advise than do what you like.
There is fulfillment, completeness, pride in shipping. It is an opportunity that is here and now, while on the other hand embarking in the search for a passion pushes our target always a bit farther.
Doing is all there is, and when you make of it a habit, you have already achieved your success.
If someone does something you would not, that is not a good reason to go and do it yourself.
Sticking to your values, your best behavior, the best version of yourself is easy when everyone around is nice, pleasant, and accommodating. But can you do it also when you meet the asshole, when your boss sets a negative example, when your group is up to something you would not normally be proud of?
They started it! is a weak excuse for grown ups.
Disappointment is about anticipated rewards.
Sometimes the anticipated rewards are the result of our ambitions, aspirations, dreams, desires, experiences. We are active part in building up our expectations, to the point that it often becomes impossible for the actual thing to satisfy them.
Sometimes they are set by others with their ads, content, hype-building tactics, public relations, supposed culture. They prepare a mental image for us that buys us in and eventually turns out to be just too good to be true.
Disappointment is a fundamental part of life. The first type helps us stay grounded, adjust our course, understand how things work. The second type tells us about relationships, who to trust, to what extent and in which circumstances.
And most of all, disappointment is a reminder that while we often govern the inputs, we have little to no power over the outcomes.
That is fine.
When you talk about change, you might get a lot of resistance or a lot of cheering. Most likely, a mix of the two.
In both cases though, you are not one step closer to the change you are seeking.
And that is because telling about change is only one small step on a highway that also features telling about change again, finding supporters and aids, telling once more, showing what change is, buying in those who are against it, preparing everyone for change, reshaping the change story and spread it a bit farther, measuring change, following up to change, and initiating what comes after change.
A meeting or an email might be a good start, they are never the end of it. Even when everyone agrees. Particularly when everybody agrees.
If it feels like you are stuck in life, try expanding the time frame. You might be the same as one month ago, or one year ago, but what about three years, five years, ten years ago?
And should that not work, try changing the stick you use to measure. You might have been in the same role for a while, but what about your personal life, your circle of friends, your involvement with the local community?
The point is, if it feels like you are stuck in life, it is most likely just a feeling, and feelings come and go, as long as you do not transform them into stories.
You've got this 