Hello Fellow Multipotentialites

I learned something new about myself. It’s one of those epiphany moments!

I am a Multipotentialite. Some refer to it as multi-passionate.

Multipotentialite is someone with many interests and creative pursuit. - Emily Wapnick

These are some of my favorite quote from @emiliewapnick book called How to be Everything. 

This book has made me feel like being a Multipotentialite is a blessing rather than a curse. Apparently, Multipotentialites are rare. We are like divergents. It’s only been a few days I’ve researched about this so there’s more to unpack but it feels SO GOOD to understand yourself and feel understood.

I just turned 30 and I feel like I finally understand myself a little bit better. It all makes sense now… the constant change and switching interests, carrying on 3 or more projects at a time and feeling like I want to do 100 more projects, getting overwhelmed by so many interests to a point of paralyzation, the struggle in finding a career path, the struggle in finding a niche for my content is just a few!

The lack of understanding made me feel very unproductive. I constantly felt like a failure because I pushed myself over the limit and got stuck on overdrive. I found myself in this viscous cycle over and over until I get burned out. Once I'm burned out, my brain freezes and I can't be productive anymore. It takes me days, sometimes weeks or even months to recover. It literally drains me.

But how did I change my view from curse to blessing?

First was understanding myself. Once I learned what a multipotentialite was and what being a multipotentialite is like, I stopped putting unreasonable pressure and expectation on myself to narrow down my interests. Instead, I started recording everything I wanted to pursue and organize them the best way I could.

Which leads me to my second point... journaling. A good habit that has helped me tremendously is journaling. It helped me analyze and record my thought process. Through journaling, I was able to recorded many of my chaotic thoughts. My once jumbled up and clustered thoughts are now organized instead of being completely disregarded.

We live in a society that tells you to pick a niche and find a single career path. There are so many people I have met that chose a career path at a young age only to find out later in life that they had different interests. It was difficult for me because I thought I had to choose. What if we embrace more than one pursuit? I've seen Pet Cafe's for people who are passionate about animals and coffee. I've seen pottery Cafe's for people who love coffee and pottery. Who say's we have to pick one thing? The reality is we don't have to.

I'm relieved to see that maybe the society is slowly shifting and maybe eventually we'll see more multipotentialite following and pursuing their multi passions. I, for one, am determined to pursue my many passions and thrive in most if not all. :)

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🧡Sincerely, Balie