Thoughtful Thursday // What Gets You Fired Up?

Have you heard of those challenges to speak on a topic for five minutes straight with no preparation? What if you got to pick your topic instead of it being random? What would you be able to talk about? What gets you fired up?

A quick note - "fired up" does not mean angry. It just means passionate and you could go on and on for a while.

One thing for me is the Detroit Tigers and baseball. If you bring it up, I will try not to go on too long but I definitely have opinions and could talk for a while about things :) When people are talking negatively, I feel the need to defend my team and point out all the good things. I also spring to the defense of the underdog players. Another thing is books. I can recommend books and talk about good books for days! When people ask for a book recommendation, I start with "what kinds of things do you like to read?" and then go from there to suggest other books.

But to be honest, I don't get super fired up about a lot. That's not my personality or temperament. It's not that I don't have opinions on things, but more that I just don't feel the need to get up on a soapbox about them. 

What about you? Do you have a topic (or two) that you are very passionate about and will get "fire up" when you discuss it?