But if you've been doing what you love — and you know you do it well — but still can't sell it, should you risk your financial security to keep going?
他们说如果做你喜欢的事情，最终是会赚到钱的。但是如果你一直做着自己喜欢的事—而且你知道自己做的很好—可是你依然不能出售它，你应该为了继续下去而冒没有财务保障的危险吗？
Here's the bottom line: Get real with yourself and go for the money.
底线是：认清现实，向钱看。
Penelope Trunk writes in her blog:
佩内洛普·特伦克在她的微博中写道：
"...There’s a wide range of things we are passionate about, and there’s a wide range of things we can make money doing. The trick is not to find the thing that allows us to earn the most money or the thing that we are most passionate about. The trick is to find the thing that combines passion and money and stick with it so you get great."
“我们的兴趣在方方面面，能赚钱的事情有很多种。不过，窍门不是找到能让我们赚钱最多的那件事情，或者是我们最感兴趣的事情。窍门是要找到你既有热情干，又有钱赚的事情，持之以恒，那就是最好的状态。”
"You are not a failure if you don’t do what you love for a living. You are a practical person who knows that no one can do the stuff they are passionate about if they are worrying about food and rent. Support yourself somehow first, and then explore your passions from there."
“不以自己喜欢做的事情为生并不是失败。你是个实际的人，你知道如果为食物和租金担忧，那么没人可以做自己喜欢的事情。首先要以某种方式养活自己，然后再从那里探索你的热情。”
Trunk says that just because you love doing something, doesn't mean that you should pick it to be your line of work. Instead pick one thing that you enjoy doing, but be realistic about whether it will make you enough money. If that doesn't work out, pick another interest because "making a choice and trying it is an important career skill."
特伦克说，对某件事情的喜欢并不意味着你要把它当做你的职业。不过，一定要现实地对待这件事能不能赚钱的问题。如果不能赚钱，就选择另外一个兴趣，因为“做出选择并尝试某件事情是一个很重要的职业技能。”
But Kemberley Washington — former criminal investigator for the IRS turned educator —writes in The New Orleans Tribunethat people should always choose their passion because "if you take the appropriate steps, take your time, your passion can result in profit."
但是金柏莉·华盛顿—身为教育家的她以前是美国国税局的刑事侦查员—在新奥尔良论坛报上写道，人们应该始终选择自己的兴趣所在，因为“如果你采取适当的步骤，假以时日，你的兴趣可以产生收益。”
However, Washington advises that before you go quitting your job, you should make sure you are financial stable because following your passion might not bring in an adequate income at first. First, she says to "take the time to eliminate unnecessary expenses and get your financial house in order."
不过，华盛顿建议说在辞职之前你应该确保自己财政稳定，因为追求兴趣之初的收入并不丰厚。她说，首先要“花点时间清除不必要的花销，使自己的财政状况良好。”
Or you can also consider working on your passion on the weekends to get some experience and build your reputation before making the switch to a full-time gig.
或者你也可以考虑在周末的时候做你感兴趣的事情，以此来积累经验，并在你开始做全职工作之前建立声誉。
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