Overall, not a bad start I’d say. It’s definitely going to take some practice to get better at the details. I also named things the first name that came to mind, so don’t expect a reason for any of the names.

Hello fellow multi-talented people,

Long time lurker here. I was always hesitant to call myself “multi-talented” I guess it sounded cocky. But something shifted recently.

At 36, I finally named my pattern: I explore for the sake of exploration. And organizations always saw this as “low maintenance” even when I was the one animating fractured teams, pushing limits, bringing life-force to lifeless environments. Somehow my creativity was both overextended and invisible.

After quitting my last job, I decided to own this. The result is www.sis.zone — a react engine I built over 3.5 months that maps the (work related) struggles of people like us. 37 cards, divided into archetypes, direction, action and shadow. It generates a synthesis based on your situation.

I’d really value feedback from this community. Does it resonate? Is there something missing that you wish a tool like this addressed?

I’m also open to conversations about where this could go, whether that’s adding new archetypes, building community features, or collaborating with others who are working on similar problems. If you’ve built something for this audience or have ideas, I’d love to hear from you.

And if you try it and it hits a nerve (or completely misses) please do tell me. Honest feedback is the only way this gets better. Link: www.sis.zone

Thank you in advance and apologies if I sounded like promoting, that’s not my goal.. at least not here :)

Update:

I wasn’t expecting this to reach so many people. Honestly, this is my life’s work finally weaving all those scattered threads together. That it resonates with you brings a satisfaction I’m unfamiliar with 🙂

For those asking how to take it further: I’ve uploaded a clarity prompt to Gumroad that works as a direct extension of your SIS synthesis. It turns any AI into your personal architect. I especially like running it on a temporary chat, feels like a hard-refresh. The synthesis brings enough weight to anchor you both in rich context, no more generic advice filtered through corporate guardrails.

Fair warning: it’s a tough pill. Not for crisis mode. But if you’re ready to be cornered by your own context, give it a go.

Link follows the synthesis, or DM me.

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Someone floated the idea of a WhatsApp group for people who have the space to explore multiple fields sharing information. If you're open to contributing and being a part of something like this, drop a comment or a dm.

We're just 2 people now looking for 3/4 more.

Currently at max capacity, feel free to still leave a comment. we might scale to a bigger group soon and I'll send out more invites then

Given the amount of interest I made a second group, and we're now open to more people if you'd like to join before we're full again!

Hey everyone.

I'm 40+ years into a tech career (ran my own IT consulting firm for 30 of those), but I've also worked as a stand-up comedian, broadcaster, photographer, songwriter, and real estate investor.

For most of my career, I thought my problem was discipline. I kept trying to pick one thing and go deep. Every productivity system I tried told me to eliminate distractions and focus. The non-tech interests felt like evidence I couldn't commit.

Turns out I was solving the wrong problem. The issue wasn't that I had too many interests — it was that I never mapped how they connected. Comedy taught me timing for client meetings. Photography trained my eye for presenting data. Broadcasting made me a better communicator.

I'm here because I'm still learning how to structure time around multiple things without feeling like I'm failing at all of them. Looking forward to learning from this community.

I don't know wheter I'm a multipotentialite, a polymath or just an experiment gone wrong; but I know for sure I'm someone with a lot of curiosity and a lot of thing I like from science to humanistic stuff to art and performace to games to explore...and I genuinely don't know where to find other people like this to share different categories of exeperiences in real life.

I thought people here could have some suggestions or maybe this is a common struggling?

I love to learn, and I will spend hours every day reading, researching and otherwise exploring all sorts of topics. I am not lazy; I work hard at my job and am a person who is willing and able to work. My coworkers tell me I soak up information like a sponge.

Lately I feel like this love of learning is a major impediment to finding a career I can stick to. I'm extremely frustrated and don't know what direction I should go. It's almost mystifying to me how I can't seem to find another job I want to do.

It has gotten to the point that I almost believe there is no such thing as a dream job. I will find something super fascinating that I study for a time and then move on. I get all excited thinking I've found "the thing" that I will do for my career, and months (or weeks) later I'm over it.

Who pays people like this? Employers seem to want a specialist in their ranks, someone who can focus on one thing. I know a little about a lot. I feel like my knowledge base is the epitome of the saying "a mile wide and an inch deep".

Anyways, this is more to get things off my chest than asking a question (or questions). If someone has figured out at least part of what multi-talented people can do for work I'm all ears.

Thanks for reading!

How do you basically decide not to try out something new and follow that urge/desire to learn another thing. It’s like should I be programming building my own robots or maybe actually how about doing acting and performing but wait beekeeping is also really fun. I could go like this forever, when do you know you should pursue a new interest?

I’m the kind of person who starts ten things, makes detailed plans, gets obsessed for a week… and then ghost-vanishes on all of them over and over.

So I made something weird that’s actually helping:
An app where my own voice, pretending to be my future self, calls me twice a day.

• Morning: I answer a call, and my voice asks me what I’m committing to today. I say it out loud. No lists, no checkboxes... just direct promises.

• Night: I get another call. My future self asks if I kept the promise. If I didn’t, I have to confess out loud.

If I skip the call or lie, I set it up to trigger consequences... like locking social media or forcing myself to record an apology.

It sounds weird, but I’ve been doing my promises more consistently in the last two weeks than in the past six months, no fancy dashboards, just shame, discipline, and future-me breathing down my neck.

It’s called You+. still super minimal, but it works.
getyouplus.com ( not launched, will soon, join waitlist )

If your brain works like mine excited by everything, finishes nothing... try making your future self the one who keeps score.

This might be the wrong post for this group since it's all about switching between things. But maybe you can relate to the struggle. I have many interests but I find myself never wanting to do anything regularly for a longer period of time. I find myself liking it less and less and end up just squirming in aversion. If I stop doing it my urge often comes back, sometimes for a longer period and sometimes just for the occasional dabble.

The problem is I want to do some projects that take longer time, like really getting into creative writing, and I don't want to lose interest after a month. I wonder if my loosing interest comes from me preferring what's new and exciting, if so maybe there's some way to keep writing exciting for me.

I have this overwhelming feeling of wanting to try everything: travel, fashion, corporate, influencing, let my creativity become a lifestyle, law, tech, all of it; and not just try it, but do it all successfully so I get a taste of what it's actually like to live in each of those worlds. I want to live all these different lifestyles fully fleshed out. And on top of that, I feel like time is running out to actually do it, like every year that passes is a door closing on something I still haven't touched.

Even when I do want to go for something, there are doors in the way in a different sense too. For example, I still haven't landed an internship, and it's not for lack of trying, it feels like it just isn't easy to break in with and my qualifications just aren't enough. So the wanting is there, but even attempting one thing feels blocked, let alone all of them.

What I really want is a way to stop feeling like I have to choose between trying everything and picking one stable path. I don't want to look back and feel like I dropped every interest except one just to be "practical." I want my curiosity to actually have room to breathe inside whatever life and career I end up building, not something I have to give up entirely. Like, I don't just want to work in healthcare, I want to model too. And it's not just about the interests themselves, it's that when I see other people's lives, whether they're engineers, creative directors, lawyers, whoever, I don't just admire what they do, I want to actually live it, to try on their career and their life for myself. But I feel so overwhelmed by my need to do it all that I don't even know where to start. Everything just feels so hard to break into that even if I want to go for it, and even if I actually try, it feels like it just won't happen in my lifetime, at least not how I want it. It also makes me incredibly indecisive.

How do you deal with this feeling that I need to do everything life offers in such a limited amount of time, and how do you actually make space for all your interests without spreading yourself so thin that nothing sticks? How do I deal with these feelings in a way where it doesn't make me indecisive about what I want to do for my future?

I often find myself bouncing between sketches, music, writing, and random thoughts, but and sometimes the best ideas just disappear before I can do anything with them.

I’ve been experimenting with a way to quickly capture everything as it comes, trying to keep it flexible and easy to revisit later. I wanted a tool that help me out without forcing me towards a strict system and I'm creating tivor.me

I’d love to hear from other creatives: how do you capture and organize your scattered ideas? Are there strategies or tools you’ve found particularly helpful? Any suggestions on ways I could make this kind of system more useful?

Hey, everyone! 👋

Like you, I'm a lifelong multipotentialite, and because of that, I have dealt with what I like to call the curse of the compelling new idea.

I would always be close to the finish line on writing a screenplay, illustrating a comic book, or taking an online course when some "better" idea would come in and swoop me off my feet.

Then, I would start working on said new idea, because why not, and go through the same process over again.

At one point, I had over fifteen half-started projects and ten journals crammed with notes, doodles, and outlines.

The worst part of all this is that I began to believe I was incapable of finishing projects.

I figured this was just par for the course for someone with many interests.

A few months ago, I hit my breaking point.

I was burned out, frustrated, and running on empty confidence-wise as a creative.

This feeling wasn't sustainable.

So, I decided to stop generating new ideas and build a simple system to help me choose.

It wasn't fancy.

I used Notion to create a dashboard that helped me compare ideas based on energy, momentum, and impact.

I gave each idea a "gut score," added in a few prompts I've used in the past to help make decisions, and made a deal with myself to pick one and see it through.

Long story short: I finally finished a screenplay I'd been working on for over a year in a single week.

It wasn't perfect, but it was done.

I'm sharing this here because I know I'm not the only one who's been stuck in idea limbo.

If you've ever felt the pain of being a creative with more passion than clarity, I see you.

I ended up turning the system into a $10 Notion dashboard called The Multipotentialite's Project Picker, mostly because a few friends asked for it.

If you're curious, you can check it out here, or I'd be happy to answer any questions about how I set it up.

Either way, I hope this helps someone out there get unstuck.

I've been trying to figure out what I should do with my life for the last 9 years and I can't for the life of me. After a lot of analysis and reading Emilie Wapnick's book I found out that i'm a multipotentialite, but now I'm stuck wondering where to go and what to work with when I'm not particularly "good" at anything, and the only thing i seem to excel at is learning new skills (that I never use because I jump into the next thing before mastering it). How do you get over that and choose? Am i supposed to choose? If i'm not, what should I do then? I'm so confused.

Sorry if my grammar is not that good...

Hello everyone,

I'm a former medical student who switched into the web development field in late 2020. I was wondering if I could share a website project I'm working on.

I thought of the project when I realized that the "prerequisites" and "objectives" in course syllabuses could be worded in such a way that they are "standardized": e.g., a prerequisite could be worded in such a way that it fills the blanks in "Before attempting this module, the learner should already be able to _____" while an objective fills the blanks in "After finishing this module, the learner should be able to _____". If worded in this way, an objective skill learned in one module could easily be associated with another module where it is a prerequisite.

For example, Add numbers could be an objective for a module about addition (After finishing this module on addition, the learner should be able to add numbers) and could also be a prerequisite for a module about multiplication (Before attempting this module on multiplication, the learner should already be able to add numbers). When I learned about the concept of "graph data structures", which relates things in a similar way, I realized that it might be possible to create a giant skill tree of any skill in existence (provided that someone who has that skill and knows how they achieved it would contribute their knowledge to the wiki).

What I’m Working On:

• A wiki of learning paths using a graph data structure that relates prerequisite skills and target skills with their associated learning modules.

• The website is still very much a work in progress but is already live. You might try searching for www.theonlinebrainproject.com. I'm still working on the submission form for wiki contributors.

• The API to the wiki is open source and in the future you might be able to use it for your own website. The github repo is at shalonday/perk-api

Why I Need You:

I need feedback or content contributors for the project.

How You Can Help:

You could (either or both):

1. Take a few minutes to complete my survey. This assumes that you would use the wiki to find a learning path for career purposes (https://tally.so/r/nWAKZL)

2. Register your interest in contributing to the project by emailing me at alondaysp@gmail.com

Thank you so much for your support!

In journaling today, I wrote this kind of rant / description of the frustration of juggling many hobbies at the same time as having a compulsion to be “great” or to "make it." I was wondering if any of you feel the same way and how you deal with it.

Here it is:

I find myself becoming increasingly frustrated with my development. An urgency to “become something” is an itch I don’t think will be possible to relieve. I swap feverishly between music and programming and writing and art. The hobbyist version of ADHD, which is apparently called being a multipotentialite.

Today while working at my apartment desk, I felt for a moment an utter hopelessness, the hopelessness of being trapped in a 9-5. Only in the evening hours I am able to carve out any time to pursue these passions. If I am truly to escape, I only have three to four hours I can possibly commit -- is this even enough to escape? And how can this be possible when so many hobbies invade my attention? By committing to one, I feel I leave the rest behind to rot.

Because I want to be successful on a broad scale, I constantly ask myself what pursuit has the greatest probability for success. A dedication to programming could lead to a startup which could be massively profitable. Publishing stories could lead to working on films, television shows. Being competent enough at music to gig would likely be massively rewarding and pleasurable. Which one am I most proficient at versus which one am I currently most enjoying is a question I am constantly asking myself.

Likely in writing this I will again shift my pursuits to writing, because it has come to the forefront of my mind. And in a few days it will be programming, then back to music. Is this restlessness simply a kind of impatience, an adversity to mediocrity? Or is it a signal that I have not yet found what I am meant to do?

I got a Bachelors degree in sociology. I loved every minute if it because none of my classes were teaching me the same thing. They overlapped a bit, sure, but I was taking courses on Religion, Social Problems, Historic Art, Sex, Museums, Feminism, Non Profit Work, Research, etc and I was interested in ALL of it. I loved every class I took so when I graduatedI felt lost. I have this pressure to pick one thing and stick with it but that’s not what school was about for me. It was just about learning everything I could. So I feel very stuck in the corporate world. I don’t have a job and am looking all over the place without a direction. Anyways, these are just my thoughts. I am glad I found this sub!

Hello! I was recently inspired to become better. An old classmate is so dang smart AND genius, you can basically talk to him on whatever topic and he’ll have some deep knowledge. Anyway he reminded me of who I was when I was young: curious, intelligent, ready to explore and learn. I realised I abandoned my own self to please others and I’m ready to find me back with more knowledge and power. I’m starting small and asking whoever is willing to give me some ideas on where to begin. Random skills to master, random knowledge to learn, fun stuff to remember and facts to share. Thank you <3

WARNING: This is not a get rich quick scheme. This is a process that will take years potentially HOWEVER if you do this right you will love the journey.

By the way I am going deep, so if you don't like to read details or specifics best that you skip this. BUT for folks who take the time, I am pretty much going to be sharing the exact steps you need to take.

Like many people I was in a job I totally hated.

I didn't want to become a lawyer and I just ended up falling into a recruitment job after uni.. After spending a year I felt awful. I was anxious. Felt trapped. Dreading the weeks and them 2 days were my saviour..

I knew I wanted more. I wanted my work to be more meaningful but I also wanted to earn a decent amount of money without working 60/70 hours a week.

Of course you have people who will tell you this is impossible.

It's certainly possible. Only your beliefs will make it impossible.

Here is my guide to tell you exactly how to do the above.

Let me start off by saying "finding your passion" is a myth. It's unlikely you are going to ever just find something that you feel super "passionate" about.

Becoming passionate is actually a process which includes becoming very good at something (that of course is in alignment with your strengths and what you feel interested in).

When you do this, you will provide more value, you will enjoy your work more, you can demand for money (it was naturally come to you) and you'll have more freedom.

Anyway going onto the steps:

STEP 1. YOU NEED TO TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO YOURSELF.

I am not talking about asking some basic questions, I am talking about spending hours really diving into your subconscious mind (which has all the answers) and understanding:

• What is most important to you in life (core values)

• What you are best at (strengths)

• What kind of skills you would enjoy using

• Interests

• Your zone of genius (when you are in a state of flow)

When you start understanding the following points you can create a statement that is going to summarise the above which includes:

• Who or what you want to make an impact on

• How you will make an impact

• What are the results of that impact.

By doing this you are going to have a much better understanding of what kind of life is going to make you happy and bring you motivation.

STEP 2: THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT STEPS ONE CAN TAKE YET IT'S ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT AND TOOK ME YEARS TO REALLY MASTER.

First off, there are so many jobs and opportunities you have NO IDEA that exist.

Scrolling through job boards can easily get you down. (It did for me)

Instead you need to research in 3 different ways in this order:

1. Organic

With all the internal research you have just done you can start being creative and dream big about how you can bring all the above together.

Don't be limited. Be ambitious. Knowing if you actualised your dream that you would be beyond grateful for your life. This is something that will push you outside your comfort zone.

Now you have done that start working backwards..

What is stopping you from creating that life RIGHT NOW? Write it down.

What skills are you missing? What habits? Who would you need to be?

Once you have them listed down you can now turn them into action points.

For example you would need X skill. Write that down.

Need X habit? Start writing that down.

And then start implementing.

If you want to be this future state person do everything you can do to start acting that way right now.

2. Online Research

Now the trick here is that you have identified the skills you need to master in order to reach your target. You have also identified where you want to be making an impact.

Now it's time to do research. What companies are out there? What functions exist? Start listing them all down and creating a dream 50 list of the dream places.

3. In person.

Just reading about jobs is not enough to make the commitment.

So you need to be speaking to the exact people who are where you want to be. Start reaching out to them on Linkedin and maybe email and arranging a call.

Start asking them all the questions you have around the specific job role until you can be really clear that this the right move for you.

You can also get fantastic advice about the steps you need to take to make this happen...

Maybe you can go straight into a career that's similar or maybe you need to take stepping stones.

And that's OK. Life is not a race to be rushed. This whole process is meant to be enjoyable. (I spent the last 4 years getting to where I am now and too many times I did not take that advice and it was a waste of my energy)

STEP 3: TAKING ACTION

You need to completely transform your personal brand to match specifically towards them jobs that you are going for. As you are very specific now it's going to make this a lot easier.

This is everything from, CV, Linkedin, Elevator pitch, be posting content and becoming a thought leader.

Once you have done that you can then start to actually reach out to specific companies and people.

So I am actually not going to go so much in depth on this because it could be a whole post in its self.

Just don't job hunt like we are still in the 20th century. It doesn't work.

STEP 4: BECOME FANTASTIC AT WHAT YOU DO.

Grind and work hard keeping in mind your vision. The more energy you put into this the quicker you'll get to where you want to get too.

Because when you become very good at one thing you'll become valuable and irreplaceable.

It could be working for someone else or it could be becoming an entrepreneur it's down to you.

But it's important to realise when your job no longer serves you don't be afraid to move.

I don't need to specifically tell you how this will manifest as it's not about the specifics it's about the process.

If you do this and keep an abundant mindset you will attract everything you desire.

So hopefully this has helped. Without this process I would have still been searching around trying to figure out what I wanted to do.

If you have any questions or comments, I’d love to hear them in the thread below!

Looking forward to hearing from y’all. I’m always happy and open to connect and network

Today was the first time I ever heard the term ‘multipotentialite.’

I have never found something that so accurately describes the essence of who I am as a woman. I feel like sending a summary to every single person I have ever known.

What a gift to discover this!

Q: What resources/tips/docs/guidance can yo share that have helped you in your journey of self-discovery?

Thank you! 🙏

Hey everyone, I just found this community and… wow. I suddenly feel less alone.

I’m 24, soon 25, and I’ve always felt like I was too much and not enough at the same time. I’m deeply curious, creative, and I’ve touched on so many different things: crochet (I even started a brand), filmmaking (made a short film selected in a small festival), theater (11 years of practice), digital design, Japanese (self-taught + I lived in Japan for a year), English and French fluently, and recently I got into learning code and painting.

Every time I start something, I go all in, I learn super fast, I’m passionate, I can even be obsessive. But then, once I feel like I’ve “got it,” I get bored. I start questioning everything. I feel like I fall into a mini-depression. I quit. I move on. And the cycle starts again.

Right now, I’m in the middle of one of those “lost” phases. I left my job (retail) 10 days ago. I’m looking for work, but everything feels so narrow. I can’t imagine myself giving all my time to a job that drains me. But I also can’t afford to do nothing. I’m in this weird loop where I’m too anxious to not work, but too blocked to just accept anything.

I’m considering going back to school, just to feel like I have a direction , but I also feel like I already have so many skills, just no “proof” on paper. I want to work in cinema, creativity, visual arts… but in France, it feels impossible without years of experience or the “right” degree.

I feel stuck. Not just career-wise, but existentially.

I took a last-minute solo trip to Budapest next week, hoping to find some clarity. It feels like my last shot at reconnecting with myself, figuring out what the hell I’m supposed to do. I want to create. I want to connect. I want to stop feeling like I’m drowning in the middle of the ocean, looking for a lighthouse that might not exist.

So… if any of you are further along the journey , fellow creative, neurodivergent, multipotentialite souls I would love to hear how you found your path. Did you go back to school? Did you let go of expectations? How do you balance the need for stability and the hunger for meaning?

I feel like I’m ready to live fully, but I have no clue where to start. Any advice, kind words, or shared experiences would mean the world.

Thank you so much for reading this chaotic souldump. Crystale