How to Geek Out

A geek is someone who doesn't hold back when it comes to loving their favorite anything. Movies, music, computers, games...you name it. Geeking out can help you connect to your life's true passions, and set you on the right path to pursuing your dreams.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• The tools of your geeky trade, whatever they may be!

1. Lose your inhibitions. I mean, not all of them. Don't break any laws, and try to stay away from public nudity. But anything about yourself that you find embarrassing, whatever it is, let it go. Your inhibitions could be the very reason why you aren't following your dreams.
2. Reconnect to you childhood. I'm a geek for lots of things, Star Trek, movies, Disney, comics...I geek out over at least a dozen silly pursuits. And the truth is, they are all things I loved when I was a kid. So if you're feeling less than inspired, go back to what it was that you really loved in your childhood. Even if your passions have changed as a grown up, remembering what it was that affected you emotionally as a child can help you reconnect with how to be inspired all over again.
3. Channel your inspiration. What do those things make you feel like doing? Do you want to share your passion? Maybe you could geek out as a Sci-Fi columnist. Do you feel particularly inspired to create? Maybe you should be a photographer or a painter? Start following your inclinations. When you feel inspired, try to figure out what it is that you want to do with your inspiration.
4. Find other geeks. Get inspired by the way other people have followed their passions. But no copying, okay? Ask them how they got where they are today. I know a professional pirate. No kidding, that's what she does. She dresses up as a pirate and makes appearances, and she's rolling in dough. There is a way to make a living geeking out. There is a way to take your geekdom into the real world. Don't be a scary shut-in geek who doesn't use his/her geekiness for the benefit of others. Share it!
5. Don't ever stop. One geeky thing can always lead to another. My love of sharing cool stuff as a kid lead to my desire to be a film critic and a writer as an adult. And I am constantly finding cool new things to geek out over, so keep looking for inspiration.

Tips & Warnings

• Don't get confused. Geeking out and being unhealthily obsessed are two different things. A healthy geek lives and operates in the real world, so no month long LARPing excursions, okay?