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People tell me, "I want to work in my passion," or "I'm not passionate about my current job."
Oh dear. Finding your passion and working in it for the rest of your life is a lot of pressure.
Young professionals feel like they must find their passion and then turn it into work. My opinion? Passion is bunk.
That said, everyone has passions…many, many of them. Those are the things you enjoy, get lost doing, and love to think and talk about. A friend of mine likes to say, "You might have a passion for kitten snuggling, and that isn't going to make a career." I have a passion for making charm bracelets, and that isn't going to pay college tuition.
It's high pressure to expect to feel passionate about your job. Some people do. Others love their job and don't feel passionate about it. Still others enjoy their job well enough and satisfy their passions outside work.
It's ok for a job to simply be a job, something that supports your life and works in total.
Relieve yourself of the pressure to work in your passion. That's a recipe for being dissatisfied with what is, and maybe what is looks pretty great once you release that pressure value.
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I hope this helps!