do something because you love it, not because you only want to look great doing it

I don’t know if I can be labeled as an opportunist or not by thinking this way, but sometimes I feel like there are things that I do only in order to make achievements. When I write or when I do my social activities such as holding the Indonesian Youth Conference, I did not care about anything else and I was completely committed in doing it. Why? Because those two things are my passion.

On the other hand, let’s say that I want to do A. I don’t love doing A and I will not *die* if I don’t do it, but I know that I do it well. Doing that thing, although I might be good in it (said other people), felt different with doing the things that I love to do although I might not be good in them.

My boyfriend set a good example in this case for me. He’s academically intelligent, fluent in English, and used to be a debater, but he chose to study visual arts although he’s not perfect at it. He believes that what he loves to do matters much more than what’s he good at. He believes that what makes him happy matters much more than what makes other people happy. As Bill Cosby said, “I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.”