It is natural to want to turn something you love into work. But liking it yourself is not always enough to make it useful to someone else.
Liking Something Yourself Is Only the Start
When you share something you made or care about, it helps to think about how it will help the other person.
Work Grows When It Connects with Someone Else
What would make it easier to understand? What problem does it solve? What would make someone glad to receive it? Work gets closer when your interest connects with another person's needs.
Passion alone is rarely enough to build sustainable work. You also need to understand what other people need and how what you love can genuinely serve them. When you combine enthusiasm with empathy — the ability to see things from your audience's perspective — you create something that others actually want to be part of.
Pick one thing you love and ask yourself, "What would make this useful or meaningful to someone else?"
At Digital Kodomo BASE, we value not only passion but also the ability to imagine another person's point of view. That is often where useful work begins.