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Passion

"What are you most passionate about? Why?" Around five years ago, my girlfriends signed me up for the online dating website eHarmony. This is the first question you need to answer on your profile and it's the first response any of your matches see.  I hated the question. (I know hate is a strong word, but I really did hate the query.)  I remember looking through the eHarmony advice section (yes, this is a thing) on how to complete this part of the questionnaire. A quick google search and I was surprised to see the article Answering the "Passion" Question is still online.  The columnist believed that the question could also be phrased as " what  thrills you above and beyond pleasurable instinctual drives like eating, sleeping, and procreating? " She went on to say that it  could " be broken down into components of “topic,” “object,” “action,” “skill set,” “outcome” and “purpose"... [and] including a mixture of these components in you