RE: Do what you are truly passionate about

You have reminded me of something very personal, which I will explain briefly. I always liked to read and write, since I was a child I have done it and my father, an old-fashioned man for whom success was subject to what you could get financially, always scolded me and said "With that you do not go to the market". I left my father's house when I was young, I started working at the age of 12 and nothing prevented me from continuing to do what I was passionate about, without giving up studying and working to support myself. In 2000, when I founded my alternative publishing house, I proved to him that I could go to the market with what I was passionate about.
There is a popular adage that says "If you do not enjoy your work then it becomes slavery" and I add "To enjoy it you must love it and have passion for it".