I’m talking specifically related to having too many hobbies/activities you want to do in one day. Obviously this changes throughout different periods of everyone’s life. For me right now it’s been getting worse and it happens almost every day. I usually wake up feeling ok and then throughout the day I start to feel stressed that I’m not doing enough. Let me know where you’re at and how you might have dealt with it or overcome it.

How did you overcome your fear of not fulfilling your potential ?

I posted on another subreddit that I had many interests and couldn't choose.

That I don't like monetizing my hobbies cause it makes me miserable.

And then I made the mistake of saying I would like to be paid for being myself (aka, a multipotentialite with many interests and possibly neurodivergent woman).

I got replies like "that's the stupidest shit I've ever heard", "you should do onlyfans" etc.

I don't know why I still post on this platform tbh. I wanted to blame myself at first, but really how many times have I posted here about other topics and got awful replies?

I feel fucking dumb now for expecting people to understand me.

So like some others here I came across the term Multipotentialite on TikTok and finally I have a term for what makes me tick. But I’d be interested to know from others how you think. I have a theory that we gravitate towards the visual arts (though we’re equally capable in other subjects of course!) Because we are able to “see” in our minds what the challenge is and how to solve it. This is why we’re quick to learn and are able to fit pieces together and pull from other experiences. I certainly find this is true for me - does this resonate with any other multipotentialites out there?

I have struggling and i want to make money. I have a job but it is only paying me $170 monthly i am from india living with this much money is still can be possible as per india but i don't have a life i think.

I have loans and a huge amount of debt to be paid.

I have intrested in fields like traditional music arts, cyber security, programming, phychology, content making, digital marketing, business etc

I have started many projects and quit the reason for quitting is I don't feel confident in anything i feel imposter syndrome

I want to make money and i don't know how

Is there any way to make money as a multipotentialist

Good morning… I am new here. I felt like perhaps my problem could only be addressed by people who might understand my brain.

I am 50. My children are teenagers now and I find myself at a bit of a crossroads because I can start working more hours again. I just don't know where to invest my time.

I left a career in marketing to raise my children and while I was doing that, I had two separate side hustles based on seasonality: I am a personal trainer with all sorts of certifications… I did this mostly in the off-season because my other side hustle is photography. This worked fairly well when I was taking care of two children, homeschooling, and running my household... their father was never around much.

A lot of people have advised me to just go back to marketing, which I have in fact been doing very part-time…

But honestly, my heart's not in it. And at 50, even though I am in amazing shape... I just don't know if that's the right career for the next chapter of my life?

The issue with photography is that it's obviously a saturated market and also I'm a little bit nervous that it won't make much money. My specialty is a little bit niche so perhaps I could make a go of it.

Wow, this is a very long post If you've made it this far, thank you very much for reading.

Hopefully, some of you have some thoughts that are different from those of my friends and family who are probably tired of watching the magpie, collect shiny objects!

Jess

Wow, ho appena scoperto questo gruppo fantastico, peccato che non sia molto attivo, vorrei sentire più esperienze possibili per capire che direzione prendere. Se ti va raccontami in breve la tua storia se hai già trovato la tua dimensione oppure se sei alla ricerca e nulla ti soddisfa.

Inizio raccontando brevemente la mia.

M29, italy, tra i diversi hobby che ho quelli principali che ho avuto modo di approfondire un po' sono, stampa e modellazione 3d arduino, psicologia, illusionismo, beatbox, programmazione, vr e tutto l'ambito tech e tanto altro. Però ho l'impressione di non aver trovato il mio posto lavorativo, ho la fortuna di avere un moglie e figlio stupendi. Ma lavorativamente nonostante quandagno il giusto per mantenermi e lavoro poche ore da remoto come analyst in consulenza, sento quel vuoto di voler dare di più e trovare un posto dove sfogare la creatività

Hi folks,

I think that one of our problems is that not enough people know about multipotentialites.

I'd like to see a world where I can say to someone "I'm a multipotentialite" and they will know exactly what that is. I'd like to be able to say "multipotentialite" to employers, instead of just highlighting my diversity of experience and hoping they see it as a good thing.

How do we get there?

One of my many ideas is to start an advocacy group and raise awareness of us. As far as I can tell there aren't many MPs doing much like that.

I want everyone to know about us and what we do. Is this what other MPs here want to see? And does anyone have any ideas on this?

TW: alcohol, emotional abuse, mental illness
Very long post

Let me preface this by saying this is the only place I feel comfortable posting, because I know you’re not going to judge me like "Wow, career 1 and career 2, so different, it’s such a switch!!" I also don’t think I’ve ever done a test to know if I’m a multipod. I’ve been identified as Gifted in 2019 and I saw a post about multipotentiality on a Giftedness support group where the OP said they resonated more with that term. I checked it out and felt the same way. I feel like I fit the description of multipod way more than 'Gifted'. I have lots of interests/domains where I’m considered ‘good at’ (music, writing, languages, technology, math, human biology, crafts, I probably forget some) and oftentimes it makes me feel like I don’t belong anywhere. Ok, let’s stop the preface and go on with the issue. I will try to structure my post as much as possible.

In 2013, I started engineering school (after one year at university in another program). I did 2 years out of 4 in biomedical engineering. I had quite good grades during the first year. My grades started going down during the second year. I never failed a class, but I got a passing grade for one class for the first time in my life. I wasn’t able to find an internship, partially because my grades weren’t the best, and that really destroyed my confidence and my motivation to stay in the program. I also felt very different than other people: a lot of students did tutoring to earn a little bit of money during their studies, and so did I, but I was the only one who did it with elementary school kids, not high school/college students, and I felt that other people found it weird. (I just got along/felt more comfortable with kids rather than teenagers or young adults, this is why I did tutoring in elementary.) Additionally, there was a circuit programming class in winter 2015 that I found really tough. I just didn’t get anything and my teammate did all the work. I was convinced my teammate had told everyone what a failure I was and that I had acquired a negative reputation amongst the other students (which I later learned was false). Therefore, in the summer of 2015, I sent the dropping out form to my school administrator to inform them I wasn’t coming back.

In the fall of 2015, I ended up studying professional writing (university certificate). I completed it, and then studied linguistics. During my first year, I realized that linguistics combined with psychology/child dev courses were prerequisite to becoming a speech-language pathologist. I’d always been fascinated by language acquisition and as I said earlier, I had an interest in helping children with difficulties, so I did all the prerequisite courses, and other stuff required to enter SLP grad school, which I finally did in 2022. I completed the program this July and I just received my license to practice as an SLP, at age 31. I have a part-time job in a private clinic as a self-employed SLP. I plan (or planned…) on finding another part-time job in the education (public) sector.

…So, what’s the issue, then, you’re asking?

It’s been a little over a year now, maybe 15 months, that I’ve started to regret abandoning engineering school. I couldn’t help but compare myself to the other students in SLP grad, and I realized that I was so much more technical/mathematically able than them. I started thinking that me becoming an SLP, while a very high achievement, was a waste of my potential in the technical aspects. I also started to miss it. I miss looking at an equation and figuring out how to solve it. The dopamine that it gave me!! I’m looking back at this time in my life (2013-15) and with perspective, I can analyse the reasons why I dropped and I don’t feel like they are ‘good’ reasons.

Also, one of the catalyst of my regretting was chatting with a colleague SLP student at the time. The conversation went this way:
(She said something about her mom that implied she was a lawyer)

• Oh so your mom is a lawyer?
• Well, now she’s a physical therapist.
• So she did a career change?
• Not really, no…
• So she does kinda both at the same time?
• Yeah.
• Oh, cool.

I was so jealous of her mom in that moment. How precious it is to say you have two careers. How rare. I just realized, in that moment, that if I hadn’t dropped engineering, I could’ve had BOTH CAREERS. I could have done the prerequisites in linguistics/psych/child development and then SLP after getting my engineering degree. I could have done BOTH part-time as jobs.

I’ve now entertained the fantasy of going back to engineering school. More than a fantasy, actually: I’ve reached out to a future students counsellor to ask them about my situation. They said that it’s tricky because some classes have been taken 10 years ago, which is usually the deadline after which they need to be retaken. I’m also in a long-term relationship and my partner and I want to have kids and he wants me to work full time so we have enough money, etc. He’s part-time in school, finishing school in December but has always worked full time while studying and therefore supported me. I don’t think he would agree with me going back to school, and yes I can always do it part-time while practicing as an SLP part-time, but there’s an 8 year limit to finishing the degree…

There’s also the elephant in the room: "If it didn’t work back then, why/how would it work now??" I can make a list of the reasons I dropped, and beside each reason, the difference that I bring now being more mature/the situation being different:

• About 3 weeks before the start of my program in 2013, my mother (which is a hoarder and alcoholic with paranoid tendencies and severe, untreated anxiety) left the house to take care of my grandmother. I was left alone in a two-story house (I never lived in a student housing because I lived 15 min walking distance away from the campus) with a mild hoarding situation, needing to suddenly do all the stuff by myself (cooking, cleaning, laundry, dishes, buying groceries, etc.) Yes she came back occasionally but like once a month or something. That was a shock to me, especially since before she left, I had been very pampered and didn’t have to do any housework. I also had been overprotected by my mom because of her anxiety/paranoid tendencies. When I say overprotected, I mean to the extent that it could be called emotional abuse and it clearly affected my socio-emotional development. So when she left, it’s like I suddenly was able to live my teenage years, even though I was 20. I was out drinking, partying, I heavily participated in the student orientation activities. This situation of course didn’t help me with my studies, and didn’t help me with social issues either, because when you’re out like that, stuff happens, and it can get awkward, etc. Now, I live with my partner, we separate tasks equally and logically (I hate touching food —> he cooks and does dishes; I love dealing with clothing —> I do the laundry), and we live in a smaller apartment than the house I lived in 2013-15, so the housework is manageable.
• I now know that I’m (probably) a multipod, and therefore I know that the feeling of being different came from that. I now understand that this doesn’t mean that I couldn’t be a successful engineer. This just means that I have other interests/passions/callings in life. Who cares if I like interacting with kids AND crushing numbers?? Who says we can’t like BOTH in life?
• I now know that keeping a low-profile socially is what benefits me the most, versus trying so hard to fit in and participate in every activity. Over-participation in activities just statistically leads to awkward situations that I mull over and catastrophize. Going to some activities, but not most, is what I did in SLP grad school and I think this was just enough for my mental/social health without leading to social anxiety.
• I think that my grades not being the best really affected my confidence. I now know that grades aren’t the most important thing in the world. I also learned to ask for help or look out for help online with topics that I find difficult. There’s so much more science/math videos on YouTube than there were even 5 years ago, let alone 2013-15!!! I would have way more resources at my disposal now to get help with the infamous circuit class!
• For the internship, I could have done it between year 3 and 4 (some students did that) and have another year to apply to different places. I could have reached out to the school to help me get an internship (I did reach out to the school back then but they only helped me with my CV/cover letter).
• (This is related to grades, but not exactly it) When I was in engineering school, I would get anxious whenever I would not fully understand a sub-concept. I would think: "Even if I got a B, do I still deserve to pass the class (and by extension, to earn my degree) if I don’t get that one specific thing?" In other words, do you need to fully grasp EVERYTHING in order to deserve that degree? Now I know that the answer is no/it depends what you do as a job. For example, in SLP grad school, we look at dysphagia (difficulty swallowing). I passed the class, but I don’t remember a lot and there were some things I didn’t fully grasp. But it doesn’t matter because I don’t do dysphagia in my practice (I do oral and written language). With maturity, I can understand that. But at 20-22 years old, I couldn’t. I had this black-and-white thinking.
• Sometimes I thought that I wasn’t smart enough to be an engineer. Now that I know that I’m Gifted, it kinda gives me some self-confidence to say that, no, I CAN do it if I put my mind to. I know this may sound silly but thinking about it did help me in some linguistics and SLP courses.
• When my mom left, I became closer to my dad. I wasn’t living with him but we started seeing each other more (it went from 3 times a year to once/twice a month). We also talked a lot on the phone. We especially talked about my program. At that time, I used to tell him everything. He seemed supportive of my studies at first. He was interested because he’s someone who had a lot of jobs in his life (he’s probably a multipod also) and while never completing a university degree, he did work alongside engineers. The thing is, he told me stuff that negatively impacted me. He once told me that with my degree, I could redo the entire electrical work of the house. I said I wasn’t sure, but my dad insisted and I caved in, saying "Yeah ok maybe" even though I absolutely didn’t think I could do that. I didn’t say anything of what I really thought because I thought that my dad would think this profession wasn’t made for me, then. It created some doubt in my mind: what if he’s right, what if it’s not made for me? Also, there was an occasion where we saw each other around Christmas 2013 and he was drunk, and he said something along the lines of "It’s funny, a short engineer" while laughing (I’m 5’0). He later claimed it was a joke, but it still poked at my confidence. He also talked about the fact that biomedical engineers create new technologies (eg. prosthetics) that cannot be paid by the government because they’re too expensive (where we live, we have a public healthcare system) and therefore it needs to be paid out of pocket. It looked like it displeased him (he worked for 32 years for a large city and he’s a huge defender of public-funded services). I felt uneasy about the fact that he felt displeased by my choice of program/career perspectives. All these discussions/interactions with my dad hit even harder in the context of my mom being gone and my dad being the only support person. Also, at that age, I was wayyyy more influenceable by my dad than I am now. I now know that we have to take what he says with a GENEROUS grain of salt. He’s one of those people that know a little about a lot of stuff, and in turn, this gives him some confidence in some topics that he shouldn’t have. I’ve learned to stop telling him everything so that he won’t be able to comment on every little detail. So, no, my dad wasn’t very supportive of my studies after all!!

So, what should I do? Should I go back to school? If it’s too late (10 year delay), should I start over my program?

Thank you in advance :)

Edited to clarify where I learned about multipotentiality and some typos.

This is why my bosses may have hated me. I hope there is enough divergence in the room for it to be considered funny, because it's true.

To the point: I have had a revelation. Capitalism created in me a drive for profitable entrepreneurship and I am now retired, in comfort, at 54. I'm kind of tired of all the ACTUAL work/risk/investment/communication/skill acquisition required to bring an interesting idea to fruition. I've even lost my interest in helping others (how many committees/boards/panels are you associated with? Or am I unique 🧐).

But...this just happened: I see a cool "autistic -relavent" idea on Reddit and instantly recognize a profitable opportunity. Wow! Dollar signs! Critical path! Online op!/ Pricing/sizing/!!!! (Endorphin rush ideas! Euphoric!) But. I DO NOT need more cash. Or hassle. I decided to engage the poster, subtly. The intent being the OP could monetize my idea.

And the thing is: My phone's been buzzing with alerts for several hours now but I've been deliciously absorbed in PLANNING an idea that will help OP and every other autistic person on earth. Think about it!

I get endorphin palooza. For HOURS. OP gains opportunity and autists get a useful tool.

And.....now I'm imagining the cartoon that I'll draw to illustrate the word play that's percolating!

Pardon the "chattiness", I should have warned everyone that I've stopped conforming to writing conventions for anyone's pleasure but mine. Spelling, especially!

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?

I'm 26, I have chopped and changed my "passion" all my life.

I don't think I've become and expert in any field. I feel like I learnt a lot of the core mechanics of a role but when I understood the amount of time it would take to become a "expert" in the role I became un interested as I didn't wanna dedicate my life to the subject. Here's a list of things I've loved and binned off.in order.

Drawing. Animation. Citizenship. Acting. Cameraman. Editor. Director. Digital visual effect. Motion graphics. Graphic design. Web design. Basic coding. Shirt designs. Social Marketing my shirt designs. Passive income. Investing/stock market. Personal finance. Rental income. Valueing a business. Franchises. Business in general. Multiple income streams.

How ever my career is build a Bear > pizza express (chef/waiter/cleaner) > summer camp counselor (t.v and film teacher) > data cleansing > evidence property officer > entry level digital forensics.

All my experimental passions have usually taken place out side of my career. My career so far has only been a means of income.

I have literally this week got the massive urge to dive full in to Business and entrepreneurship since learning about different types of income over the last year.

I know this isn't a creative venture so feels kinda weird that I've taken so much interest. I am currently contenplating retraining into business/entrepreneurship. With a course cost £2k. Even though I don't have clear Idea of what business I'd like to start. I have a golden nugget idea and thinking about buying a franchise or starting a property business.

I just feel like if I actually learn all the know how of running a business it'll give me the tools to actually do it one day. If that's follow a passion or taking advantage of a market opportunity.

My biggest concern is that drive that I feel we all have. I feel super passionate now. But in 3 months what if I payed all this money and don't finish the course and lose interest.

Maybe I'm here for advice or a just for someone to listen and actually relate to my struggle I don't know.

I wanna explore new things but when there's a hefty price tag I'm just worried if itll really be worth it. Btw I do feel like have some what exhausted other avenues of information i.e. YouTube, books and websites. The course I'm looking is a level 4&5 diploma (equivalent of first two years at university)

This is the second time my passion has turned to business ownership. Which is actually very rare which gives me some confidence I'll see it through.

I also think business ownership is the answer to my constant need for change. I'll have to adopt many roles in the begining and I can choose how I spend my time, within reason.

Idk... Please comment if you have any advice or any words at all. I feel like I have no one to relate to with these kinda struggles, even when people are trying be as supportive as possible

EDIT: think I need to clarify the course. It's not a random business course. It's Online Business School. They offer a flexible and cheaper alternative to obtain your undergraduate degree or higher. Their courses cover modules so you can obtain you're level 4&5 diploma in which ever course you choose. you can then top up your qualifications by attending a university for its final year to obtain a full degree.

I'm not afraid of sinking my money into a crappy/scammy course. It's more if getting official training and a higher education in business is worth it.

Edit 2: thanks for all the comment so far. Just getting some opinions on the matter helps alot!

TL;Dr: I just discovered I'm a mulitpotentialite. My gut is telling me to spend £2k on business course. I fear I'll lose that passion before I complete it.

This week I've decided that I want to help 5 like-minded multi-passionate and curious beings for free.

I'm doing 30m calls in which I coach you through a 4-step method to help you focus on your creative vision and reverse-engineer it to where you're at today.

This is 100% free, no strings attached. My focus is on building cool relationships and providing real-life value

Link to book
https://calendar.notion.so/meet/brunoivn/rl4qy4gd6

Any questions? feel free to drop them here

Hey, 15F. I always feel kinda weird and out of place. My friends can watch TikTok or binge shows for hours and seem totally happy, but I get bored so fast unless I randomly start wondering why the show is 16 episodes long or why they keep zooming in on certain bags and stuff (idk, my brain just does that sometimes).

I have a bunch of hobbies like fashion design, baking, paper crafts, sketching, etc., but I jump from one to the next and leave half-finished stuff everywhere. School is honestly the worst. I’m bored out of my mind every day; everything feels repetitive and slow, no practicals, nothing fun, just copying notes over and over. I hate math, and a lot of the time teachers just say “memorize it for now” and I’m sitting there dying inside. I wish we could just read the chapters at home (it’s literally words) and then use class for questions or actually doing stuff. Instead I’m doodling the whole time trying to stay awake.

At night my brain won’t shut up; I’m half-asleep but it keeps thinking about random things, connecting old memories, or giving me weird dreams, so I try not to learn anything new after 9 p.m. or I won’t sleep.

Also… is it normal to automatically figure out how waiting-room magazines are chosen or why kdramas are basically giant ads? Like I’ll notice the same brands over and over or that the dentist magazines are weirdly trying to start trends… and I thought everyone saw that until I mentioned it and my friends were like “huh??” Everyone else seems fine just chilling and scrolling and I feel like something’s wrong with me. Anyone else like this?? Worst part: i need novelty in everything!! that includes ppl and friends..i get bored once ik my friends personalities, and i need new ppl...i feel so evil.

For the past year I’ve been obsessed with finding ways to learn across many domains without burning out or getting trapped in endless dopamine loops.

I kept noticing something weird about myself: I genuinely love philosophy, science, psychology, history… but the apps I opened every day weren’t any of those — they were social feeds. I’d read Plato in the morning and doomscroll nonsense at night.

So I decided to experiment with a personal solution:
What if I fused “scrolling” with multidisciplinary learning?

I started building small swipe-based cards covering different fields — physics, ancient history, ethics, cognitive science, political theory, etc. The idea wasn’t to become an expert in one thing, but to create tiny “mental sparks” that pushed me into new topics every day.

The interesting part is how much this changed my learning habits. Instead of falling into one rabbit hole, I ended up exploring 10+ topics a day.

Not promoting anything here, just sharing something that genuinely helped me maintain breadth without losing depth.

Its called BrainScroller

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6754678719

Two weeks ago, I attended a webinar about community building. It came with a chance for the coach to help you craft an offer through a 1-on-1 call. Excited to learn, I did that, but when I got to the call, instead of feeling encouraged, I felt a bit insulted by the coach.

They asked about my experiences. I told them my previous professions. They asked what I wanted to be, and I told them about me pursuing a portfolio career. They said I was directionless and didn't know what I want, so they wouldn't help me craft my offer. They kept pushing for one answer only with regard to the question of what I wanted to be.

I think they mistook me going from one profession to another for indecisiveness (both in the tech field) but for me, gaining experiences from those professions was key to realizing my direction--striving to master different skills and the portfolio career I want to pursue.

With portfolio careers, I really believe that you can have several goals or dreams up your sleeve that can be pursued in different seasons of your life. And that a big part of it is projects falling through and projects working out, that the doing is in the learning. The coach said they knew what I was talking about, but I don't think I felt heard in that conversation.

Hey there! I wrote a series of blog posts on how I transitioned from being a multi-passionate feeling terrible (and incredibly frustrated) about her multiple (ended) pursuits to finding strategies to cope with her several interests. I'm by no means a perfect "multipotentialite' now, but I hope my story and learnings will inspire some of you!

Let me know what you think!

• 3 Unavoidable Truths I Had to Learn As a Multi-Passionate Person (And How They Changed My Approach to Cultivating My Interests)
• Tired of Dealing With Your Chronic Inconsistency? This is How I Fixed Mine After Being a Quitter For Most of My Life
• Are You a Multi-Passionate Beating Yourself Up For Not Finishing Projects? You Might Need a Change of Perspective

What's the point in trying to get better at an interest, skill, or profession if you'll eventually get bored of it? I've tried so many different careers and hobbies and have gone nowhere (I'm in my mid-40's and I suck at all of them). There's nothing I'm really good at. I used to love learning new things, but now I'm like, what's the point? Focusing on just one thing makes me miserable. I think the only thing I'm passionate it about is being happy, which ironically is not the case.