{"id":847,"date":"2018-07-26T15:47:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T19:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/?p=847"},"modified":"2018-08-02T10:56:57","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T14:56:57","slug":"my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/2018\/07\/26\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\/","title":{"rendered":"My Inner FAQs (On the Dos, Don\u2019ts and Doubts of Pursuing a Passion)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our guest blogger this month is Darden alumnus, Adam Green (MBA ’93).<\/em><\/p>\n

W<\/span>hen I told my son, it seemed like a good plan. We were eating nachos in Culpeper, Virginia, en route to his UVA visit. \u201cI\u2019m going to leave finance and take up writing,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s great, Dad. You always wanted to do that,\u201d he said. \u201cBut you\u2019re not going to be, like, hanging around the house, right?\u201d<\/p>\n

I had<\/em> always wanted to do it. Indeed, I nearly went to film school over business school. I\u2019m glad I didn\u2019t. I cherished my experiences at Darden and on Wall Street. I felt gladder still when my writing coach, who had made the inverse choice, told me he now has skills but no money.<\/p>\n

Still, even at Darden, I remember hedging: I would write in my \u201cfree time.\u201d Sure.<\/p>\n

Later I told my daughter the plan. Her assessment was terse: \u201cYou\u2019ll go bonkers.\u201d<\/p>\n

And so I have, if my inner conversations are any indication. Maybe I was bonkers already, but just didn\u2019t notice while protected within the framework of a corporate job, or while consumed by work and parenting. Now that every day is a Saturday, I\u2019m hosting a deranged 24\/7 podcast with one subscriber: me. The format is Q&A, and the subscriber keeps posing the same questions. On any other podcast, the host might move on to the next question. Not on this show.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, per the poet Mary Oliver, \u201cThe most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave it neither power nor time.\u201d<\/p>\n

So for any fellow alumni who feel such a call, herewith my Inner FAQs<\/em>, in hopes you won\u2019t need to ask them of yourself.<\/p>\n

Q: Am I good enough?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: Ugh. Posing this question only demoralizes and distracts. Writers writing on writing seem to agree that successful writers write. How then does this question keep sneaking onto the podcast? Under cover of the notion that if I\u2019m not good enough, I might want to do something else. But how would I know? Publication may be just a matter of more coaching and practice. And on what grounds may I assume that \u201cgood enough\u201d is some immutable quality?<\/p>\n

If I can value the act of writing, rather than fixate on the outcome, then \u201cgood enough\u201d doesn\u2019t matter. Hell, even for talented artists, the odds are long. Question dismissed!<\/p>\n

Q: Why does nearly every book and show seem unapproachably good?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: This is just a variant of the previous question, with a nasty side effect: spoiling the fun of good books and shows. On the other hand, bad books and shows offer a new pleasure: \u201cI can do better than that!\u201d One of my chronic mistakes: comparing my work in progress to someone else\u2019s finished work, as if the latter were not the result of a long process, including rewrites and team input. Question dismissed!<\/p>\n

Q: What is this new feeling behind my left sinus? A brain tumor?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: A fiendish question, since some symptoms are worth checking out. On the other hand, nothing beats creative work \u2014 especially in the absence of externally imposed deadlines \u2014 for inspiring fake symptoms. And nothing beats fake symptoms for inspiring worst-case home diagnoses. I propose a simple rule: If I encounter a symptom while I am staring at a blank page, the symptom is probably fake.<\/p>\n

Q: If I never work again, will I run out of money?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: Another question with some merit \u2014 enough to prompt about a day of financial planning. After that: needless distraction. I have substantial control over what I spend and, more importantly, what I value. For instance, I don\u2019t have to use money for scorekeeping purposes. I also have control over working again. Granted, the AI-driven job-pocalypse may be near. But then either we humans won\u2019t need money, or we have much bigger problems than my pesky FAQ.<\/p>\n

Q: Hmm. Video game testing. Could I do that? Or dentistry?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: Suddenly any vocation that carries a W-2 and a fixed schedule seems tempting. But why? I chose this plan. I must be hedging again. Better to remember, per author Walker Percy: \u201cLucky is the man who does not secretly believe that every possibility is open to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Q: Having dropped out, could I drop back in? <\/strong><\/p>\n

A:\u00a0 If I were to return to finance, I\u2019d have to refresh my network and explain the resume gap. Which is just to say that my decision carried risk and potential reward. As for the risk, I appreciate the perspective from Darden Alumni Career Services: employers would understand taking a \u201csabbatical\u201d to pursue a passion. Indeed, one great benefit of Darden ACS is the opportunity to shift from mental podcast to a dialogue with a trusted adviser. The latter works better.<\/p>\n

Q: Why do these answers satisfy me for three, five minutes tops?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: These questions seem resistant to conceptual argument. I suppose that quieting the demonic podcast will require developing meditation-like skills. For example: recognizing these FAQs when they arise and letting them go. Of course, another approach would be to hasten back to a corporate job, but that would defer both learning the skills and pursuing the passion. So maybe I have a good plan after all.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our guest blogger this month is Darden alumnus, Adam Green (MBA ’93). When I told my son, it seemed like a good plan. We were eating nachos in Culpeper, Virginia, en route to his UVA visit. \u201cI\u2019m going to leave finance and take up writing,\u201d I said. \u201cThat\u2019s great, Dad. You always wanted to do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58044],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career-transition","post_format-post-format-image"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nUVA Darden Career Corner : My Inner FAQs (On the Dos, Don\u2019ts and Doubts of Pursuing a Passion) –<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 26, 2018 Our guest blogger this month is Darden alumnus, Adam Green (MBA '93). When I told my son, it seemed like a good plan. We were eating nachos in Culpeper, –\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/2018\/07\/26\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Career Corner – My Inner FAQs (On the Dos, Don\u2019ts and Doubts of Pursuing a Passion)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"July 26, 2018 Our guest blogger this month is Darden alumnus, Adam Green (MBA '93). When I told my son, it seemed like a good plan. We were eating nachos in Culpeper, –\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/2018\/07\/26\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Career Corner\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-26T19:47:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-08-02T14:56:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_1194_hires_02-1-1024x575.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"575\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adam Green\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adam Green\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/26\\\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/26\\\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Adam Green\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5fb45cd558aac7dcff1570560036c043\"},\"headline\":\"My Inner FAQs (On the Dos, Don\u2019ts and Doubts of Pursuing a Passion)\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-26T19:47:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-08-02T14:56:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/26\\\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":921,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/26\\\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/files\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/IMG_1194_hires_02-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Career Transition\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/26\\\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/26\\\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/26\\\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\\\/\",\"name\":\"UVA Darden Career Corner : My Inner FAQs (On the Dos, Don\u2019ts and Doubts of Pursuing a Passion) –\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/26\\\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/26\\\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/files\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/IMG_1194_hires_02-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-26T19:47:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-08-02T14:56:57+00:00\",\"description\":\"July 26, 2018 Our guest blogger this month is Darden alumnus, Adam Green (MBA '93). When I told my son, it seemed like a good plan. We were eating nachos in Culpeper, –\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/26\\\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/26\\\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/26\\\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/files\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/IMG_1194_hires_02-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/files\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/IMG_1194_hires_02-1.jpg\",\"width\":3088,\"height\":1734},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/26\\\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"My Inner FAQs (On the Dos, Don\u2019ts and Doubts of Pursuing a Passion)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/\",\"name\":\"Career Corner\",\"description\":\"The Armstrong Center for Alumni Career Services\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"UVA Darden School of Business Career Corner\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/files\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/darden_mngrm_shrt_h_rgb_200x500-01.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/files\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/darden_mngrm_shrt_h_rgb_200x500-01.png\",\"width\":1042,\"height\":417,\"caption\":\"UVA Darden School of Business Career Corner\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5fb45cd558aac7dcff1570560036c043\",\"name\":\"Adam Green\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/careercorner\\\/author\\\/adamgreen\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UVA Darden Career Corner : My Inner FAQs (On the Dos, Don\u2019ts and Doubts of Pursuing a Passion) –","description":"July 26, 2018 Our guest blogger this month is Darden alumnus, Adam Green (MBA '93). When I told my son, it seemed like a good plan. We were eating nachos in Culpeper, –","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/2018\/07\/26\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Career Corner – My Inner FAQs (On the Dos, Don\u2019ts and Doubts of Pursuing a Passion)","og_description":"July 26, 2018 Our guest blogger this month is Darden alumnus, Adam Green (MBA '93). When I told my son, it seemed like a good plan. We were eating nachos in Culpeper, –","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/2018\/07\/26\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\/","og_site_name":"Career Corner","article_published_time":"2018-07-26T19:47:30+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-08-02T14:56:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":575,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_1194_hires_02-1-1024x575.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Adam Green","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Adam Green","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/2018\/07\/26\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/2018\/07\/26\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\/"},"author":{"name":"Adam Green","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/#\/schema\/person\/5fb45cd558aac7dcff1570560036c043"},"headline":"My Inner FAQs (On the Dos, Don\u2019ts and Doubts of Pursuing a Passion)","datePublished":"2018-07-26T19:47:30+00:00","dateModified":"2018-08-02T14:56:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/2018\/07\/26\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\/"},"wordCount":921,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/2018\/07\/26\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_1194_hires_02-1.jpg","articleSection":["Career Transition"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/2018\/07\/26\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/2018\/07\/26\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/2018\/07\/26\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\/","name":"UVA Darden Career Corner : My Inner FAQs (On the Dos, Don\u2019ts and Doubts of Pursuing a Passion) –","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/2018\/07\/26\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/2018\/07\/26\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_1194_hires_02-1.jpg","datePublished":"2018-07-26T19:47:30+00:00","dateModified":"2018-08-02T14:56:57+00:00","description":"July 26, 2018 Our guest blogger this month is Darden alumnus, Adam Green (MBA '93). When I told my son, it seemed like a good plan. We were eating nachos in Culpeper, –","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/2018\/07\/26\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/2018\/07\/26\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/2018\/07\/26\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_1194_hires_02-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_1194_hires_02-1.jpg","width":3088,"height":1734},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/2018\/07\/26\/my-inner-faqs-on-the-dos-donts-and-doubts-of-pursuing-a-passion\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"My Inner FAQs (On the Dos, Don\u2019ts and Doubts of Pursuing a Passion)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/","name":"Career Corner","description":"The Armstrong Center for Alumni Career Services","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/#organization","name":"UVA Darden School of Business Career Corner","url":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/files\/2022\/01\/darden_mngrm_shrt_h_rgb_200x500-01.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/files\/2022\/01\/darden_mngrm_shrt_h_rgb_200x500-01.png","width":1042,"height":417,"caption":"UVA Darden School of Business Career Corner"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/#\/schema\/person\/5fb45cd558aac7dcff1570560036c043","name":"Adam Green","url":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/author\/adamgreen\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/careercorner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}