How To Fund Your Creative Projects Without a Day Job

If you’re reading this blog it probably means that you are an out and proud multipotentialite or at least exploring the possibilities. I, like many didn’t have a definition for my varied and often starkly conflicting interests. A life spent flitting from obsession to obsession: exploring creative, manual work, retail, office temping, academia, writing etc in the process.

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The Specialist Life Plan, and How To Navigate it when You’re a Multipotentialite

We are taught to think about our careers in a linear fashion. Each field is like a straight line, leading to an associated career. For instance, say in high school you’re interested in science. You might study biology, move on to pre-med, then go to medical school, do your residency and then become a doctor. [...]

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What does Your Childhood Reveal about what You Should be Doing Now?

In September I traveled to San Francisco to attend Cheryl Dolan‘s Platinum Presence workshop. It was pretty magical. I met some really amazing women, and I learned a lot of techniques that helped me prepare for my seminar. But the whole weekend was pretty revelatory. One of the exercises she had us do — the [...]

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How to Use Your Multiple Skills to Give You an Edge, Make Money and Be Happier

It’s not every day that a book comes out about how to combine many interests into one career. In fact, when I first heard about Ian Sanders and his new book Mashup!, I was a little stunned… Ian uses “mash” where I use “smoosh,” and “personal unifier” where I use “overarching theme,” but we’re basically [...]

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On Dream Jobs and the Importance of being a Self-Starter

I had a crazy moment the other night. I was up to my elbows in green goop (literally), and I suddenly thought: I’m getting PAID to make silly putty right now… This is my work. Now, nobody actually said, “hey Emilie, I’ll pay you to make silly putty with your friend Mike.” I set that [...]

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