doing passionate things...necessary or practical?

Well, that was a nice nap.  I guess I was tired.  Time to get to work.

What am I doing to further my passion?

For one thing I am writing, in the form of blogging.  Blogging, I find, is a great way to vent to anyone who will listen and to sort things out in your mind.  I have always felt I could express my feelings through writing so much better than talking them out with someone.  Right now I am mostly blogging about things I want to eat or things I have eaten, fashion I am really digging.  This may test my self control, sometimes I simply cannot resist buying things.  I have to keep reminding myself that I do not need to buy food when there is good food in the house.  Then what should I do? Try recipes for one?  Work with the clothes that I have already? Yes! That is exactly what I should do and I should tell myself that every time I get the urge to go to the store to buy food I don't need.  I will tell myself that every time I get the urge to buy clothes online.  I simply don't need anything.  In fact I am trying to get rid of a lot of my things.  The challenge is to get creative to live my passions.

Reading- I'm not doing that.  I need to read cookbooks, food blogs, fashion blogs, BOOKS.  Who would have thought reading books broadens your mind and gives you inspiration?  Reading will help me gain inspiration from other writers and try and figure out what kind of writing I want to do.  Not to mention it will keep my brain sharp.

Exploring- Dining at different places, traveling to hipster places in NYC.  This presents the money issue that I talked about yesterday.  Do I want to spend money on food that I don't need if it will help me practice writing?  Do I need to go to a restaurant to practice food writing or will following a recipe suffice?  Also going into the city is expensive and now that summer has started I will not have a lot of time to do this.

Watching TV shows- Anthony Bourdain, Ina Garten, Giada at Home
I have been watching Anthony Bourdain because he travels, writes, and eats! Just what I want to do.  I like how he connects with anyone he meets and is anxious to find out more information.  But he has established himself in the food industry.  Do I establish myself in the writing world before I do something like this?

I love reading street style fashion blogs.  I wish to take pictures of millions of hipster people everyday of my life.  But I do have to get out of the house to do that.  Hmmm...tricky situation.

As you can see I have many things to think about.  Obviously I will keep you up to date on my findings.

What is your passion?
What do you do to keep your passion alive?
What are you willing to spend to keep that passion alive?