Those who have the desire, commitment, willingness to take
chances, resilience to endure setbacks, hope for good luck can turn their
passion into a career. If you want to be a writer, musician, or whatever just
go for it.
However, those who want to remain more grounded and temper
their dreams with reality can always make their passion a hobby. Even while
studying and practicing medicine you can always write. Take as many writing
electives as you can, get a minor in writing or just attend workshops in your
area. Get into writing and publishing medical papers, write a medical blog, try
to get a medical column in a small newspaper, magazine or site โ if you want to
combine writing. Manage your time and set aside spare time to write
recreationally โ there are many channels. If you want a book published, work on
manuscripts in spare time and work towards that goal in the sideline.
One of the people I know is a CA by education and
profession. However, his passion was always photography. He always took several
photos at vacations, events or even everyday stuff. He read books/blogs on
photography and would submit photos to amateur contests, publish photos in
blogs/FB. Now after a few years of this he has been able to assemble a professional
grade portfolio and is considering options for part time/spare time
professional work.
The key is to be reasonable and efficiently balance things.
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