Your secret passion gig is hurting your performance at your real job

Your secret passion gig is hurting your performance at your real jobYour secret passion gig is hurting your performance at your real jobWorking a second job thats a calling not a side hustle, but your true dream work may make you less engaged at your primary job, according to a study authored by Brian D. Webster and Bryan D. Edwards in the Journal of Vocational Behavior.For the purposes of the study, calling is defined as an actual second paid job, in addition to ones first (primary) job, that is a consuming, meaningful passion. The primary job may be seen as a career, or it may be seen as solely a way to make money. The calling might be singing in a club, working part-time at a womens shelter to give back, writing, or just about anything that study participants felt passionate or socially meaningful about.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreThe road to burnoutWorking two jobs whe n theres no pressing economic necessity also seems like a setup to burn the candle at both ends. While the researchers noted that callings, in and of themselves, do not necessarily demand more resources from individuals it is likely the individual has a difficult time devoting high levels of resources required for work engagement at the primary job.This hypothesis was tested amongst two groups of people and was confirmed having a second job thats your calling will result in a resource drain on your primary job. In general, there just isnt enough energy to go around.But that doesnt mean you should necessarily quit you calling researchers suggest that performing work in ones calling could make your life happier overall, therefore making it worth it even if you arent performing as well over at your first job. After all, there are many ways to achieve happiness at work.Or to make it work.A 2014 NEA reportcalled Keeping My Day Job showed that more than a quarter-million Americans have se cond jobs as an artist or a musician. Looks like callings and the primary jobs that support them are alive and well.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people