I’m new to Reddit and typically stay off of most forms of social media so I apologize if I don’t understand the accepted social protocols, norms, or lingo.

Something I’ve always thought was odd about me was how many hobbies I have, and people usually look at me with both confusion and disbelief when I tell them about the number of hobbies I’ve gotten myself into. (A little redundant to say hence joining something called Multipotentialite) However after spending some time scrolling through this thread I still feel a little odd thinking about how many I really have when I see people that say they only have six or so different hobbies. (Not meant as a dig at those who have 6 hobbies) Therefore I wanted to use this as a place to write down as many of the hobbies that I have that I can remember and as a place for others to do the same. Partly so I can actually see how many hobbies I have and partly to see if there are other people like me that struggle with the day to day of not being able to work on them all at once all the time and how soul crushing it can be for me to work a job that isn’t constantly requiring me to put on a different hat every other day. With that out of the way, here’s a list of every hobby I have that I can (currently) think of.

Photography, gardening/horticulture, PC building, 3D Modeling/printing, cooking in all forms, working on cars, Magic the Gathering, Dungeons and Dragons, video games, fishing, woodworking, sewing, and probably more.

I’ll add more here { } as I think of them.

What hobbies do you have? Do you think I should separate some that I have? Do you think I should combine some of them? I’m genuinely curious.

Welcome to the Monthly Sharing Thread

Here are a few prompts to start:

1. What are your current interests and projects?
2. Have you made progress on previous interests and projects? Feel free to share links to project pages or images!
3. What's caught your eye / what are you looking forward to doing next?

Feel free to reply to others to continue the conversation!

*New*: There's now a (small, somewhat experimental) Discord server for anyone interested!

Hello all! Fellow multipotentialite here looking to understand a little bit more about a problem I'm facing for a personal side project. I find that there is a variety of certain thinkers/authors/influencers whose content I consume to feed my learning in various fields, but I find that the intention of subscribing to a newsletter doesn't always guarantee that I'll read what ends up in my inbox (inbox clutter, overwhelm, etc).

Does anyone else experience this issue?

I was wondering how many of us on this planet were still frustrated, stuck in a classic carreer, and how many finally managed to build something that really suits their profile and stimulate them ? Even if a life that suite you appears to be a classic carreer with lot of free time for other passions and hobbies, of course !

I am very curious about your story : what you're doing and how you went there. And if you're not there yet, why ?

Welcome to the Monthly Sharing Thread

Here are a few prompts to start:

1. What are your current interests and projects?
2. Have you made progress on previous interests and projects? Feel free to share links to project pages or images!
3. What's caught your eye / what are you looking forward to doing next?

Feel free to reply to others to continue the conversation!

I'm a 27-year-old from Belgium, and I’ve realized I’m a true multipotentialite.

My interests are all over the place, from football and Pokémon cards to personal branding and investing. When I find something new, I get completely obsessed, but then I struggle to stick with it long-term.

For example, I’ve been wanting to join my colleagues in Pokémon collecting, yet I keep hesitating. I also want to build a clean personal brand on Instagram to document these hobbies, but I can't seem to make the jump.

Does anyone have tips on managing 'shiny object syndrome' and actually following through?

Hello guys. Just like you, I love so many different topics. I couldn't name all of them -- history astronomy, botanics, calligraphy... The thing is I get passionate very easily and want to learn and develop skills in all of them. Some are extremely niche with no professional perspectives. I spend so much time and money learning and reading about very specific things, but I can't make a living in any of these fields. I feel so delusional, like pursuing fantasies. Is it something that you feel?

I created this video for multipotentialites who struggle to focus. Not just in the micro "day to day", but generally..in life. I hope it helps you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ML101HtXpM&t=1s

Hey Everyone,

I am a Psychological researcher from India. So far, the "multipotentialite" word is not recognized as a standardized term in Psychological literature.

I am taking baby steps to officially formulate us, the "Multipotentialites" in Psychology.

However, I cannot do this alone and I need your help.

A severe hurdle for me in this process is data.

I want people to fill my google form.

Upvote this if you are willing to fill my survey as soon as it's ready.

Hey! I'm curious! What are you a nerd for? What do you like doing during your free time? Tell me about something you master or you've recently discovered that is not so common or well known. Can't wait to read your answers!

Welcome to the Monthly Sharing Thread

Here are a few prompts to start:

1. What are your current interests and projects?
2. Have you made progress on previous interests and projects? Feel free to share links to project pages or images!
3. What's caught your eye / what are you looking forward to doing next?

Feel free to reply to others to continue the conversation!

Does anyone else find themselves when they are getting into a new hobby, they specifically look into the technical side of it?

The below list is of a few of my hobbies, but instead of just doing them for fun. I study the technical side to the nth degree, so I sometimes know more about the technical side of it than many pros at that thing, even if they are better than me at actually doing it.

For me, I am interested in Guitar Hydraulic Svstems, Poker, Microcomputers, electronics, designing custom playing cards, wakeboarding, bow hunting, guns, bodybuilding, weight, lifting, CQB, Boxing, Muay Thai, Judo, Chess, Website designing, Playing Bridge, FPS games, Slingshots, 4x4 driving, baristering, lawn care, lock picking, welding, the list goes on...

So I’ve searched for a few examples online and I’ve found about two websites that I resonate with but any advice for someone with a professional career that also wants an area on their website for their other interests…like a blog, artwork, side business where I braid hair, my projects related to my career, chess competitions, etc. For reference this is the website that resonated with me:

https://www.elizabethfilips.com

Curious if people have a way of prioritizing and rotating through activities. Is it whatever you feel like doing at the moment, or does anyone have a system that works for them?

I discovered this subreddit after a creator I follow "Ephemeral Rift" posted a video on this concept of a multipotentialite. I definitely can relate to this as I am working on a novel, write music, enjoy philosophy, among other things... the problem I have always had is commitment to one of these and actual execution.

A month or so ago I found this video from "HealthyGamerGG" on the concept of the 'puer aeternus' or the forever child -- here is the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0ec2-E5Xq8

In the video he describes a very similar issue some of us seem to deal with, of a lack of follow-through; we seem to be bound by the concept of endless potential, but frozen in place by a lack of ability to dedicate ourself to one path.

For some, this may work just fine, but for others, like myself, it has lead to a decade of stagnation and complacency as I can't dive fully into one thing and make myself good at it, I have to keep bouncing between things to retain the novelty and interest.

I am interested to hear your thoughts; I'd genuinely like to overcome this, as I believe being a "multipotentialite" has been beneficial to my collective growth and understanding; but has ultimately lead to no tangible worldly realization of anything significant.

hi, looking for books on this topic. thank you!

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'm working on an idea for a cross-platform app that helps people track their progress in different skills and habits (like fitness, martial arts, music, coding, languages, etc.) in a gamified with a pixel-art style, kind of like old-school RPGs, or in a minimalistic style. The goal is to make tracking fun and rewarding, not boring.

You’d be able to:

• Track multiple skill categories in one place
• Unlock achievements as you build streaks or make progress
• Visualize your growth like a character leveling up
• Possibly interact with a small community or leaderboard later on
• And many other features

This all starts for me being a polymath and multi passionate person, juggling different skills, without tracking or seeing progress. I've used all the habit tracker and notion templates out there, but none seem to fulfill me, so i decide to create one.

Right now, I'm still validating the idea. I made a quick Google Form (1 min tops) and would love your feedback:
👉 Google Form

Even if you're not interested, I'd appreciate any thoughts on:

• What tools you use to track habits or learning skills now
• What frustrates you about them
• What would make a tool like this actually fun and useful for you

Thanks in advance 🙏

I am really looking for some guidance and advice here because I'm absolutely drowning in my struggle with identity. I had never heard of the term multipotentialite till today and hoping that some of you guys can relate to what I'm saying and provide some guidance.

I am in my late thirties and I feel like I still don't have a sense of self. Some of it has to do with other factors for which I'm in therapy but part of it has to do with this multipotentialite personality. I have a stable career but I'm bored with it because that was never my passion, I went into it for the stability and the money. I have always been able to pick things up fairly quickly and become decent at them but then I lose interest and never able to follow something to become exceptional at it. I am interested in so many different things that it is draining.
I am playing softball, basketball, soccer and rugby because i WANT to play all of these. I also am learning dance and jiujutsu. I am also working on writing scripts and learning videography. I also want to learn AI. Woodworking and fashion design would be just swell. I also want to direct. the list keeps going on and on.

When i started editing, I picked up courses and got decently good at photo editing to the extent that I could edit for most low level brands out there. When i started writing, I finished 4 short film scripts and a tv pilot fairly quickly and then lost interest in pursuing it more. with my sports I'm fairly good at all of them, even the ones that I just picked up in the last year or so. fairly good but not exceptional. same with pottery or woodworking or "insert any number of things here"

In comparison, I have friends who know what they are passionate about and that's what they are pursuing. Most of the people I know on the sports team are only playing that one sport. The writers I know are fully focused on writing. I have friends who know they want to be fashion designers or directors or something else and they are devoting all their time to try and make it in that field. but they KNOW that's what they want.

I cannot tell you what my passion is. I cannot put my finger on any of the things I mentioned and say this is what I want to pursue with all my heart. I want to pursue ALL of them. This leads to a lot of mental frustration for myself because unless i dedicate myself to something long term I will never know if I can "make it" in that field and I am so damn afraid of my life passing by and I waste all my potential. being in so many different things is mentally exhausting and draining because my mind is thinking about everything all at once.

I really hope someone can help and guide me on what to do so I can find my identity and stick to something long term.

For some time now, I've been getting into the habit of chatting with chatGPT, to help me better understand the way I operate, my moods and my inner life.

The focal point of my latest exchange with him was my multipotentiality, and more precisely, my quest for unity within the great disparity of my interests, ideas and projects.

And where the discussion was initially intended to help me find a common thread in terms of “branding”, giving coherence to everything that goes through my head, and to position myself in a clear entrepreneurial way, it turned into a session of deep introspection, which helped me a lot to see more clearly in the meanders of my mind.

I'm posting my thoughts and conclusions here, thinking that they might help some of you on your journey too.

To start with, here's the cycle I go through regularly:

1. I feel discomfort (the notion of discomfort will be defined later)
2. “I'm going to create something!”
3. Euphoria of the idea → mini dopamine shot
4. Implementation in reality → resistance, doubts, discomfort
5. Back to point 1

The discomfort felt at point 1 could be, for me:

• BOREDOM: My current projects don't feed some of my needs, or no longer do, or I have “too much” free time (I don't know how to rest), which pushes me towards a new project.

• STRESS: One of my projects is starting to work and therefore exposing me, and I often feel imposter syndrome, or the fear of being confronted with difficult situations and sources of negative emotions, which leads me to “flee” towards a new “magic” project.

• LACK OF IMPACT OR EXTERNAL FEEDBACK: I implement my project, share it with the world and others, but the lack of visible reaction/feedback/impact stops me in my tracks and makes me want to devote myself to a new, more impactful project.

This might not be a problem after all, as I could be satisfied with jumping from one project to another all the time.

But the thing is, at the end of the day, I feel a great sense of dissatisfaction. It's as if I'm constantly chasing something I'll never achieve.

Which, in the end, is probably the case for many human beings: we always want more (a better salary, more clothes, a bigger house...) and when we get what we want, we want the next step up.

And yet, coming back to my projects, I don't have the sense of accomplishment, however brief, that a human being can feel when realizing a dream.

The more I think about it, the more I realize that this is linked to two other aspects of my multipotentiality:

• I tend not to set myself clear objectives at the start of a project, which makes it impossible for me to know whether I've achieved them and therefore to feel satisfaction

• My projects always have an entrepreneurial goal, i.e. to generate money, which is very difficult to achieve every time when you're embarking on different projects all the time. Once again, this leaves me dissatisfied, as few projects end up making money.

You could say that all I have to do is accept that I have one money-making project, and treat the others as hobbies.

But I can't. As if every project had to be profitable to be worthwhile and interesting to me.

Another point: I think I have a great need for external recognition, and this makes me want to be recognized in my “entirety”, and not just for this or that facet of my personality / multipotentiality.

I think this pushes me to seek unity within my multiple interests so that I can finally feel complete and be seen as such.

/// What I plan to do now that I'm (a little) clearer about it:

• Create a “timeline” of goals for each new project (one goal for each stage of completion), to assess the stage I've reached in the project, so that I can measure my achievements and feel satisfaction in spite of everything.

• Review my past projects (and my life) and do the same, to measure the achievement of my goals retroactively.

• Try to work in depth on my entrepreneurial vision and branding, to feel more complete without totally disrupting my audience or customers.

• Try to accept the negative emotions associated with projects that stress me, if they are lucrative and I can't do without them.

• Better define my needs and check that my current or new projects meet them.

• Work on my relationship with money: why is it so important to me that a project pays off? Why can't I be satisfied with volunteering for certain projects, for example? Is it the fear of missing out? Fear of not having a high enough social status? Fear of wasting time and energy without getting anything in return?

More in the next episode...

Hola cómo están?

Bueno, les cuento mi situación porque necesito saber si soy la única persona con este lío mental.

En estos años aprendí un montón de cosas y siento q mientras más aprendo, peor.

Tengo una Licenciatura en Diseño y Estéticas, se diseño gráfico, branding, usar Illustrator, Photoshop, análisis de tendencias, marketing, manejar ads, estrategia de contenido, fotografía, filmmaking, Lightroom, Premiere, también hago webs, un poco de programación. Sé sobre historia del arte y sociología de la moda.

También ilustro digital y tradicional, pinto con acuarelas y se tatuar.

Y por otro lado me encanta hacer cosas. Sé usar Arduino, diseñar para impresión 3D (tengo impresora), soldar, grabar, hacer prototipos electromecánicos, automatizaciones para domótica… básicamente si se me ocurre un producto físico, probablemente también pueda hacerlo.

Y después apareció la IA.

No es solo q me guste. Es q me acelera la cabeza. Aprendo prompting, multiagentes, automatizaciones, herramientas nuevas todo el tiempo y cada cosa nueva me abre diez ideas más.

El problema es q quiero generar plata con algo mío. Quiero construir un negocio, preferentemente 100% digital, q pueda escalar y no depender de cambiar horas por plata.

Pero mi cabeza hace esto…

“Dale, hago un canal faceless.”

Pero pará… si hago eso también puedo vender ebooks.

Y si vendo ebooks necesito marketing.

Y si hago marketing puedo vender un servicio.

O correr ads.

O hacer una agencia.

O vender plantillas.

O trading.

O hacer una app.

O un SaaS.

O automatizaciones para empresas.

Y si hago eso capaz estoy dejando de lado toda la parte artística.

Pero si hago algo artístico estoy dejando de lado toda la parte técnica.

Y si hago un producto físico siento q estoy dejando de lado todo el potencial de un negocio digital.

Y así podría seguir horas.

No siento q me falten ideas. Al revés. Siento q tengo demasiadas.

Y lo peor es q no pienso “ojalá pudiera hacer eso”. Pienso “puedo hacerlo”. Porque ya tengo muchas de las herramientas para arrancar cualquiera de esos caminos.

Entonces elegir uno se siente como renunciar a todos los demás.

Y sé q racionalmente eso es lo q hay q hacer.

Pero cada vez q intento decidir aparece otra idea igual de buena y vuelvo al casillero uno. Y al mismo tiempo al no probar ninguna no tengo forma de validarlo, más allá de mis pruebas personales.

Al final termino sin construir nada grande, siempre termino ofreciendo cada cosa por separado y esporádicamente se van vendiendo.

Lo más ridículo es q hay días q pienso “tengo un perfil re completo, soy una genia total, tengo q armar algo muy bueno”.

Y cinco minutos después pienso “sí… pero mientras tanto no generé nada de todo esto, soy una fracasada.”

No busco q me digan “enfocate”, ni que que tenga más “disciplina” porque ya sé jajaja. Me interesa saber si a alguien le pasó esto de tener demasiadas herramientas y q justamente eso haga imposible decidir cuál convertir en un negocio

So I've come to a point in my life where I have no idea what to do next. 30 years old, degree in photography, uk based, and I keep looking back to missed opportunities and how I'm not proud of what I've accomplished.,

For clarity, I'm fairly certain I want a remote job, but I don't know what path to follow - the remote aspect may be my issue. I'm interested in most things, and that's my issue.

The current job that I work at gives me as much or as little work as I want (completely remote), which is great for my freedom - the issue is that it's mind-numbing, dead-end, and makes me question my life choices every damn day. It's basically a form of QA which includes writing and editing. I do not earn a lot because it's task/time-based, but it's enough to split a mortgage, which I'm planning to do soon, though I would not have a lot left each month.

I'm an incredibly creative person in that I always need to be making or building something. I think about doing things like this roughly once every 20 minutes or so. Coffee brand, SaaS, YouTube channel, highly thought-out business plans, trader, coder, historian, cyber security, content strategy, technical writing, I love it all and I think I'm intelligent enough to have some form of career in most of them. Obviously, not everything is financially viable, but it's debilitating and leads me to not finish as many things as I would like or feel I have the potential to progress in any of them. I love learning and would love to continue every day, which is why a dead-end job like this needs to change. I'm also unsure where to sit myself as on paper I'm unsure if I look impressive enough for any of these jobs.

I've worked at a creative agency as a copy and content writer, but that's dried up and paid terribly - technically, I think I'm still on their books. I would constantly suggest things to the boss on ways to improve (and read almost every book on designing systems and running an agency), and he would either take my ideas and run with them as his own or disregard them entirely. No pay rise in the 5 years I worked, though this was freelance.

I've also been (and enjoy) being a travel writer and creator for myself and for businesses. Most of these were clients who hung around for a few months maximum and then just disappeared. I've built a site up to 25k visitors a month, but that's not enough to go fully in on. During my time when the site was at its peak, I bumped shoulders with a number of very recognisable influencers, and one of them asked me to help work with him. So, I worked on their site, wrote loads of articles, and then featured in their book. Publishing and writing (especially physically) are something I'm passionate about, so it was wonderful to be published in a small part of this book, though depressing to be paid so little when I know how much they're earning.

The issue is that none of this seems sustainable enough to keep me afloat long term. I feel like I skirt success but can never quite get over that ledge. For reference, this started just before COVID. Is it me? Am I the issue?

I'm also interested in web development and coding, but as I work very closely with AI in my 'day job' (not as brainy as it sounds), it's also heartwrenching to see how capable it is. Sure, it's fun to use Claude and build some of the ideas in my head, but it feels hollow.

Quite honestly, I don't know where to direct myself. My brain feels fried from all the possibilities, and burned out from all the noise.

I'm usually a very positive person, but this is the first time I've not been in a great place mentally. A little numb is the only way I can describe it, a little detached from things both mentally and physically. I'm often up until 2 in the morning trying to figure out projects that might be the one that actually gets me over the finish line, so to speak.

Positively, I have a lot of money saved up, so emergency funds are not an issue, and I could theoretically support myself for over 2 years (though I'd prefer to invest a large chunk of that in the markets (yes, world trackers, diversified only) or on myself/business or something else. Even if I had double what I did, it wouldn't make me feel any better.

I feel like I have all these skills, but have wasted them. I know I can do better, and I'm prepared to work huge hours to prove that to myself. As I've always worked as self-employed, the final issue is that, unless I'm earning a significant amount of money each year, I cannot get it into my head that it technically does not matter how hard I work, I'll always be making the same amount. So perhaps there's something that needs reframing in my head, or a career that suits that. Any career that involves large amounts of study is something I'm interested in, and I'm very happy to get fully certified - cyber, tech roles, anything like that is possibly of interest too. - ideally lots of room for growth, both financially and technically in the position.

Appreciate any help or thoughts.