How do you define passion?
With only 11 percent of U.S. workers passionate according to a recent study by Deloitte, other factors in our life must contribute to our overall happiness. On the surface, our true passion is expressed every day with our significant others, our families, our friends, but do we ever stop and really think about WHERE our passion lies? It’s the cities where we choose to live, where we’ve established roots, decided to raise our families.
Two years ago, I relocated to Pittsburgh from San Francisco. Unanimously, my Bay Area friends didn’t really “get it.” They couldn’t figure out why I wanted to leave the City by the Bay for the Steel City. (To be honest, with the way this winter is going, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss it a time or two – or seven). But no matter how bad the weather gets, I will never leave Pittsburgh.
There’s just something about this city. Maybe it’s how affordable it is to live here. Maybe it’s how happy the young professionals in Pittsburgh are. Heck, it’s even one of the top romantic cities in the world. No wonder those who live here have a certain degree of passion for this remarkable city.
But to me, it’s all of this and more. It’s the little things – from the most unique commute I’ve ever experienced riding the Monongahela incline every day to the spark in the air when springtime Bucs Nation is in full bloom. I even remember my first trip to Pittsburgh 10 years ago when I couldn’t get over how beautiful the cathedrals and the brick-lined streets are downtown.
And still to this day – every day – Pittsburgh still seems to steal my heart in a way no city ever has.
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Christy Goodman is senior account executive for WordWrite Communications. She can be reached at christy.goodman@wordwritepr.com and on Twitter @christylgoodman. 
