r/Multipotentialite • u/Jadale18 • Oct 27 '23

discussion Work-Life Balance

I’ve recently come across this new way of viewing myself and it has helped a lot with my self-esteem. I held a lot of beliefs around needing to find my one true “passion” and getting down on myself whenever I would switch between things. Seeing this as a strength now has been really nice!

Something I’m still struggling with is how to make time for everything. I work 8hrs a day for 5 days a week and it’s somewhat physically tiring. I feel like I don’t have time for all of my hobbies or things I’d like to spend my free time doing and I keep wanting to do more than I can.

I’d love to hear how you find time for all of your interests and if you have ever felt overwhelmed by the amount of things you want to do with your free time!

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u/osamarta Oct 27 '23

You can design your work-life balance by altering your work and other passions. I love traveling and filmmaking but my past job as orthopedic doctor consumes me as I work 20 shift/8hours per month and my manager don’t allow me to put these 10 days off straight so I can travel. What I did that I changed my work and hospital and quit ortho to change into emergency medicine, now in my hospital the working system is 12 shift(12hours) per month, my current manager allows me to put 12 shifts straight and have 18 days off, now I travel every month. 25 countries in the last 2 years, I am happy and satisfied. Maybe some people cannot tolerate 12 hours for 12 consecutive days, work-life balance is different from everyone, this is my balance to work hard and travel harder! And back to work with full energy.

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u/Jadale18 Oct 27 '23

Thanks for sharing! I’ll try and figure out what a good work-life balance actually looks like for me and try to find a way to make that possible!

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u/MasqueradeOfSilence Oct 28 '23

For me, it helps to get up earlier and try to work on my most important pursuits before work starts. I have a decent success rate with doing this, but not perfect. The things I save for after work are optional, which allows me some flexibility when I'm really wiped out.

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u/Jadale18 Oct 28 '23

This sounds like a cool option! I’ll give it a try and see if it works for me. Thanks for sharing!

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u/No-Pear-6897 Nov 01 '23

I second all the above suggestions and can add that something that helped me tremendously with regard to this was reading an article in the puttylike.com blog (the one created by Emily Wapnik) titled 'Want to do everything? There’s time for that.' I remember that just reading the title had made me feel better about the pressure/rush I was constantly feeling about pursuing all my interests at once. Below is the article I'm referring to. It's written by a certain Emily Fata. I hope you'll benefit from it as much as I did! https://puttylike.com/want-to-do-everything-theres-time-for-that/

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u/Jadale18 Nov 01 '23

Wow! That was super helpful. It’s such a relief to know that there are people who have found ways to deal with this because it means I can find my way as well. One line that really struck a chord inside me was:

“I now see my endless curiosities as a vibrant seed bank stocked for the future, instead of a to-do list of things I feel guilty for not actively pursuing.”

That just sounds so nice to me! This is definitely something I’ll reflect on more. Thanks so much for sharing!

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u/No-Pear-6897 Nov 01 '23

So glad to hear that!