Every Puttylike Article Ever
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November 2023
October 2023
September 2023
- Find Balance in Your Relationships This Fall Equinox
- 5 “Back to School” Inspired Hacks for Multipotentialites
August 2023
- What My Unconventional Career Taught Me About Multipotentialite Life
- So, You Think You’ve Found “The One”?
July 2023
June 2023
- Multipotentialite Mentorship Changes Lives. Are You Ready to Step Up?
- Summer Solstice Wants You to Treat Yourself
- The Joyful Intersections of Multipotentiality & Neurodivergence
May 2023
- When Your Difference is Your Superpower
- How I Held Myself Together When My Multipotentialite Life Fell Apart
April 2023
March 2023
- Our Definition of Success Needs to Shift
- “Are You Living Up to Your Full Potential?” Transforming the Burden of Representation into a Gift
- A Spring Equinox Ritual for Inviting Transformation
- How To Make Money as a Multipotentialite
February 2023
- Puttyhustle 101: Building a Foundation for your Future Business
- How I Let Go of Perfection and Embraced My Good-Enough Job
- A Multipotentialite-Multipotentialite Dating Story
- How to Make Healthy Comparisons—and Why You Should Try It
January 2023
- 3 Reasons You Should Say No More Often
- How—and Why—to End Something Good
- Coming to Terms With Life as a Disabled Multipotentialite
- New Year, New Me? Try This Instead.
- Befriending Time in The New Year
December 2022
November 2022
- 5 Steps to Recreate Your Space Today
- Dear Puttylike: How Do I Choose a Course of Study?
- A Month of Living Fearlessly
October 2022
- Elevate Your To-Do List with a WON’T DO List
- A New Moon Ritual for Multipotentialites
- Why It’s Okay to Abandon Some of Your Goals
- Two Tools to Decide if Your Ideas are Good
- How to Make Massive Progress and Reignite Your Multipotentialite Spirit in 24 Hours
September 2022
- The Four Types of Imposter: Which One Are You?
- What Are the Multipotentialite Love Languages?
- Show Me About Yourself: Personal Branding for Multipotentialites
- Is That Gut Feeling Your Intuition or a Distraction?
August 2022
- Does a Multipotentialite Life Have to Mean Chaos?
- Can You Do More by Narrowing Your Focus?
- Mindful Self-Care is More Than One Thing—Just Like You
- 3 Things I Lacked in My Portfolio Career (and How to Get Them)
- Dear Puttylike: I Have Tons of Interests, But No Dreams
July 2022
- Giving Up Control Can Make You Smarter and More Creative
- Stop Playing Hide & Seek with Your True Self
- Is It Cool to Care Yet?
- When Productivity Turns Toxic
June 2022
- Escaping the Shame Spiral as a Multipotentialite
- Feeling Unappreciated? Here’s Why.
- A Virtual Summer Camp for Gifted & HSP Multipods!
- Living The Good Life as a Multipotentialite With ADHD
May 2022
- My Multipotentialite Tour of Woo
- Dear Puttylike: Should I Quit Pursuing My Degree?
- Call for Writers
- The Demoralizing Truth About Learning New Things
- Laughter is Self-Care for Your Sense of Perspective
April 2022
- The Multipotentialite Community Changed My Life
- Ikigai Isn’t What You Think…It’s Much Better
- Why You Should Take Up Something Old
- How to Transform Your Haters into Helpers
March 2022
- It’s Time to Spring Clean Your Brain
- What Will I Do with My Brief Multipotentialite Life?
- A Love Note to Amateurishness
- Why Your Goals are Getting Away from You
February 2022
- Your Permission Slip for an Unapologetic Life
- Your Wins Exist. Celebrate Them!
- A Mindfulness Tool for Your Multipotentialite Curiosity
- Why You Should Keep Your Projects Secret
January 2022
- Dear Puttylike: Our Multipotentialite Kid is Exhausting
- What to Do When Trying New Things is No Longer Exciting
- Why You Should Get Used to Feeling Stupid
- Want to Do Everything? There’s Time for That.
- A Journey to Multipotentialite Self-Acceptance
December 2021
- Welcome Aboard. What Are You Here to Do?
- Dear Puttylike: What Do I Do with My Life?!
- How to Keep Surprising Yourself—and Everyone Else
November 2021
- Don’t Let Anyone Steal Your Multipotentialite Joy
- Anatomy of A Failed Month
- Dear Puttylike: How Do I Prioritize My Multipotentialite Life?
- Running Away from Your Problem May Be the Best Way to Solve It
October 2021
- Why You Can’t Stick to One Thing, According to Your Sign
- Can Niceness Change the World?
- This Coming Out Day, We Need to Talk About Grief
- Falling Down the Multipotentialite Rabbit Hole
September 2021
- A Multifaceted Designer Reimagines Lost Paradise in Provincial Japan
- What if We’re Never Going “Back to Normal”?
- How to Create a Business that Fits with Your Multipotentiality (+ The Bundle is Back for 24 Hours!)
- The 2021 Multi-Passionate Must-Haves Bundle is Live Now!
- How to Pitch Your Writing with Kristin Wong & Alex Webb
August 2021
- If It’s Meaningful to You, That’s What Counts
- The 2021 Multi-Passionate Must-Haves Bundle is Coming!
- Have I Really Missed My Chance?
- How to Focus with Multi-Passionate Educator, D’Ana Joi
- How to Help Your Multipotentialite Kid Make Life Choices…Without Losing It
July 2021
- Who Are You?
- Can I Be Happy With My Mediocre Life?
- Dear Puttylike: A New Advice Column for Multipotentialites!
- From Legendary Diva to Brain Doctor, via a Cookbook That’s Not for Cooking
June 2021
- You Are Original. Here’s Why.
- How to Be More Chill
- Let’s Stop Categorizing Interests According to Gender
May 2021
- Uprooted & Bloomed: A Multipotentialite Life Abroad
- How to Keep It Weird When Life Gets Busy
- The Wonderfully Unattainable State of Normality
- Can You Be the Wrong Kind of Multipotentialite?
- Join Emilie for Two Free Multipotentialite Workshops
April 2021
- Passing Fancy or Next Big Project? Podcasts Can Help You Decide
- 4 Ways for Busy Multipotentialites to Stay Grounded this Taurus Season
- What an Artificial Intelligence Taught Me about Perfectionism
- The Stars Will Never Align. Don’t Wait to Start.
March 2021
- Do You Feel Like Too Much and Not Enough at the Same Time? You May Have a Rainforest Mind.
- A Case for Trying Less Hard
- The Astrology of Your Many Passions
- We Deserve to Be More Than One Thing
- Multipotentialites Need to Become Specialists. In Failure.
February 2021
- Pauli Murray: A Kick-Down Barriers Kinda Life
- A Kinder Way of Setting Goals
- When a Fun Weekend Project Becomes an Existential Nightmare: A Puttylike Comic
- Can Adversity Really Make Us Stronger?
January 2021
- 4 Coaches Share Their Best Advice for Multipotentialites
- 7 Books to Feed Your Multipotentialite Curiosity This Winter
- What If I Don’t Know What I Love to Do?
- The Infamous Goal-Setting Post of 2021
December 2020
- When Is It Time to Leave a Project You Love?
- Nom De Plume: The Passion, Politic, and Multipotentiality of Stacey Abrams
- 5 Tips For Beating Beginner’s Imposter Syndrome
- Where Were All the Multipotentialites in 2020?
- Fiction Is Proof That Humans Can Work Magic
November 2020
- How This Queer Multipotentialite Learned to Love Labels
- How to Make Fire: A Lost Tale of The Multipotentialite Harlem Renaissance
- Creativity is Not a Luxury
October 2020
- 6 Experiments to Help You Recharge When You’re Feeling Drained and Weird
- 3 Ways My Multipotentiality Has Changed the Way I Show up for My Community
- How Embracing Our Multipotentiality Makes Us Better Humans
- Why You Should Stop Telling Yourself You’re “Too Sensitive”
September 2020
- Happy Birthday, Multipotentialites!
- A Birthday… A Community Collaboration… And a Contest!
- A Grown-up’s Guide to Intuition
- The Case of The Missing Joy
- Isn’t There Something More I Should Be Doing?
August 2020
- 6 Ways the Pandemic Has Impacted the Lives of Multipotentialites
- What Do We Do With the Goals That 2020 Crushed?
- How to Let Go of an Old Life, or Neil Hughes and the Fiery Death of the Phoenix
- How to Make Time Feel Real Again
July 2020
- Being a Multipotentialite During a Pandemic
- Why You Should Make More Time for Awe
- Reversing a Downward Spiral With Physics & Cleaning Spray
- Welcome to Puttylike 2.0!
June 2020
- Looking Back at the First Decade of Puttylike
- How to Make Allyship an Active Part of Your Everyday Life
- Anti-Racism Resources for the Puttylike Community
May 2020
- Why I love Puttyverse Focus Parties
- The Simple Joy of Being Awful at Something
- One Life in Lockdown
- Delivering Bread During a Pandemic: A Small Story
April 2020
- We Asked You to Share Your #BrightThings. Here They Are.
- Mapping the Mind of a Teen Multipotentialite
- Birdwatching in the Age of Coronavirus
- The Bright Side of Getting Distracted
March 2020
- Welcome to the Colourful, Surreal World of Theo Morrow
- Let’s Share #BrightThings with Each Other Right Now. I Want to Hear from You!
- How Do I Know Who I Am If There’s No Word for It?
- Why “Stick to What You’re Good at” is Bad Advice
- When You Have a Love-Hate Relationship With Books… How to 2.0 Your Reading Life
February 2020
- 3 Ways to Find Focus for Your Projects Today
- When You Find Your Unicorn Job but Can’t Get Past the Gatekeepers
- “Help! My Multipotentialite Partner is Stressing Me Out!”
- Ask Emilie Wapnick Your Burning Multipotentialite Questions!
January 2020
- Multipotentialite Magic Happens Here: Why You Should Head to the Library Right Now
- Fearful About An Event On The Horizon? Tips from an Anxious Comedian
- What to Do When Your Bucket List Is Too Damn Long
- An Affirmation for 2020 to Help You Trust Yourself More
December 2019
- It’s Almost 2020! Emilie’s Reflections and Goals for the Coming Year
- How to Start a Project When You Have No Direction
- A Multipotentialite Response to Climate Change?
- Self Care for Multipotentialites: Advice from the Puttylike Community
November 2019
- How to Deal When You and Your Partner Are Both Having a Bad Mental Health Day
- 5 Super Helpful Mental Health Articles for Multipotentialites
- Death Anxiety, for Those Who Die More Than Once
- What If There’s Nothing Wrong With You?
- When Every Day is the Same, and You’re Waiting on that Dream Trip
- November is Mental Health Month at Puttylike!
October 2019
- How to Deal with Negative Critiques of Your Art
- Six Lessons from Writing the Book I Swore I Wouldn’t Write
- Emilie Wapnick is Leading a Mastermind Group for Multipotentialite Business Owners!
- “There is peace and purpose in finishing things”
- Multipotentialites vs The Climate Crisis
September 2019
- Here’s What Happens When 100 Multipotentialites Get Together for 4 Days
- What Your Doldrums May Actually Be Telling You
- How to Deal with Multipotentialite FOMO
- “The slightest reminder of paths not travelled can be agonizing”
August 2019
- The Reluctant Multipotentialite: What to Do When You Feel Like a Master of None
- Why You Should Do Something Badly Today!
- How to Start Your Own Multipotentialite Mastermind Group
July 2019
- I Created My Own Job Description. You Can, Too.
- A Mid-Year Check-In from Emilie: People, Projects, and Life
- A Simple Trick to Sidestep Your Self-Criticism
- How to Tolerate Uncertainty When You’re Waiting for Feedback
June 2019
- You Might As Well Do The Thing: How to Make Decisions While Anxious
- When Depression Gets in the Way of Your Multipotentiality
- 12 Myths About Multipotentialites and Affirmations to Overcome Them
- How to Stay Productive When Circumstances Get Weird
May 2019
- Win a Free Ticket to Everything Conference 2019!
- Feel All The Feels with Tim Manley, Multipotentialite
- Is It Time to Monetize Your Hobby? Ask Yourself These 3 Basic Questions
- Why You Need a Multipotentialite Mentor
April 2019
- How to Be a Newbie: Advice from the Multipotentialite Community
- How to Conquer Self-Doubt and Do All the Things
- The 3 Ways My Ideas Die
- How to Break into a New Field… Without “Years of Experience”
- How to Deal with a Mean and Chatty Inner Critic
- April is Newbie Month at Puttylike! We’ll Be Exploring the Thrills & Challenges of Exploring New Things
March 2019
- How Physics! Can Help You Find the Perfect Work-Life Balance
- Are You a Playaholic?
- 5 Productivity Hacks to Help You Juggle Multiple Projects
February 2019
- The Final 40 Everything Conference Tickets Are Now on Sale!
- When Prospective Employers Want Your Full Attention… And Also Your Soul?!
- What Is Your Myers-Briggs Type? Is There a “Typical” Multipotentialite?
- Don’t Let Anyone Shame You for Having a Day Job
January 2019
- How to Have Fun With Your Specialist Partner
- How to Change Your Life with One Small Move
- Hey, Guess What? We’re Organizing a Multipotentialite Conference in 2019!
- The Year of Getting Messy, and Four Things I Learned in the Sandbox
- The Infamous (Anti-)Goal-Setting Post of 2019
December 2018
- So, You’re a Multipotentialite. Here’s How to Break It To Your Specialist Family.
- “Are you sure that’s a good idea?” asked a family member, doubtfully.
- What Did Our Community of Multipotentialites Get up to in 2018?
- How to Recover After a Setback
- I’m Blushing Over Here…
November 2018
- What If You’re the Only One?
- Now What? How to Cope With “Post-Project Depression”
- How to Use “The Immersive Approach” to Make Big Progress on a Project
- How to Make a Difference When the World’s Problems Seem So Big
October 2018
- My New Course on Building a Multipotentialite-Friendly Career is Out Today!
- Announcing a New Course on Building a Multipotentialite-Friendly Career!
- How to Find a Role Model as a Multipotentialite
- My Experience with Chronic Illness
- When You’re a Multipotentialite with Chronic Illness…
September 2018
- How to Deal with the Fear of Being “Too Complex”
- Why Goals Aren’t Enough—You Need to Set Directions
- How to Explore a Curiosity Before Going All In
- What Does a Community of Multipotentialites LOOK Like?
August 2018
- What to Do with ALL THIS STUFF?! 11 Tips for Multipotentialites
- Why You Should Embrace Your “Amateurish” Side and Get Over Yourself (Occasionally)
- “Every time I’m required to specialize, I feel trapped”
July 2018
- How to Deal with Imposter Syndrome
- “Help! I want an accountability buddy, but I’m scared…”
- How to Write a Resume When Yours Doesn’t Make Sense
- Feeling Exhausted and Unproductive? Here’s How Not to Feel Bad About Yourself
June 2018
- Want an Accountability Buddy? What’s New This Month in the Multipotentialite Community
- How Tiny, Unconscious Habits Can Lead to a World of Pain (And How to Prevent This!)
- What to Do on a Personal Retreat – Part 2
- I Need Your Suggestions! What Would You Do on a Personal Retreat? [Video]
May 2018
April 2018
- How to Find Your Purpose When What You Do is… “Everything”?
- Win a Signed Copy of How to Be Everything + We Won a Book Award!
- The Struggle to Find a Balance Between Freedom and Security
- My Job Looks Great on Paper, so Why Doesn’t It Feel Right?
March 2018
- Multipotentialite Money Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)
- Which Multipotentialite Season Are You In?
- How to Choose the Right Path When There are SO MANY POSSIBILITIES
- Need Help With Your Multipotentialite Career/Business/Life?
February 2018
- 6 Tips to Learn More Effectively as a Multipotentialite
- When Working On Your Projects Feels Horribly Painful…
- Explaining Multipotentialite Life Choices: Your Happy(!) Stories
- I Do, Therefore I Am…?
January 2018
- How to Be Everything is Out in Italian, Dutch, and Korean (with More Languages Coming)!
- Why You Should Stop Freaking Out About Wasting Your Time
- Why You Should Listen to Yourself and Do What You Want to Do
- A Tool to Help You ROCK Your 2018 Goals
- The “Awards”: A Super Fun and Insightful Way to Review Your Year
December 2017
- 2018 is Nearly Here! Looking Back & Looking Forward
- Share Your Multipotentialite Story and Get Featured on Puttylike
- You Know You’re a Multipotentialite When… (The Comic Edition)
November 2017
- Sometimes the Impulsive Choice Is the Right Choice
- Use It or Lose It?
- How to Grow Your Blog’s Audience
- Why “Success” is an Unhelpful Idea and How to Really Flourish as a Multipotentialite
October 2017
- What Makes a Successful Multipotentialite?
- Does Sharing Your Goals Sabotage Your Chances of Success?
- Why You Need Your Multipotentialite Inner Child
- The Science of Being an Authentic Multipotentialite
- How to Multitask Effectively as a Multipotentialite
September 2017
- Self-Doubt, Confusion, and Feeling Like a Mess When You’re a Multipotentialite
- Should Stop Striving for “Mastery.” Aim for This Instead.
- 10 Awesome Careers That Will Keep You Learning Forever
August 2017
- 3 Ways to Try Something You’re Pretty Sure You’ll Be Terrible At
- Need Some Support? Meet Your Community of Multipotentialite Friends (Plus Some News!)
- Why You Should Pursue Things You’re Bad at and Don’t Get Paid For
- Filling the Gap After a Big Project Ends
July 2017
- Why Multipotentialites Should Become More Resilient
- Giveaway: Win a Signed Copy of How to Be Everything
- Why It’s Impossible to be a Renaissance Person, and Why That’s Okay
- What Does A Multipotentialite Look Like? | Part II
- Do You Suffer from Multipotentialite Imposter Syndrome?
June 2017
- Career Advice for My 20-Year-Old Self
- New Beginnings, Anxiety, and the Plurality of Emotions
- How to Make Your Free Time Count
- The SINGLE, GREATEST Piece of Advice for Multipotentialites
May 2017
- When Learning Gets Hard…is it Time to Quit?
- What Does a Multipotentialite Look Like?
- “Like many people, I hate talking about money.”
- Well, I’m Walking on Air…
- It’s #HowToBeEverything Week!
April 2017
- Your Questions Answered + A Sneak Peek of How to Be Everything!
- The Serious Business of Tinkering Time
- 15 Things You Might Not Know About Me
March 2017
- Physics + Photos: Meet Davide Greco
- How to Find Your Intersections (Or, What’s Your Super-Horse?)
- “Why am I Neglecting My Interests?”
- Does Having Three Jobs Make Me a Multipotentialite? (hint: Maybe Not)
February 2017
- The Surprising Challenge of Having Fun for Fun’s Sake
- A Sneak Peek of My New Book, HOW TO BE EVERYTHING!
- 3 Questions to Ask When You Don’t Know What to Do with Your Life
- Do You Plan, Ruminate, Worry, Poke, Prod, and Fumble? How to Stop Overanalyzing Your Projects
January 2017
- Pre-order my book, HOW TO BE EVERYTHING and you’ll get some sweet bonuses (plus my eternal love)
- “Multipotentialites can’t stick with anything long enough to build successful careers.”
- Do You Feel the Need to Be Impressive?
- The Multipotentialite Year: 12 Projects in 12 Months
- 2017: The Year of… Rest?
December 2016
November 2016
- How to Deal with Information Overload, the Multipod Way
- If you’re having a hard time…
- How to Figure Out Your Overarching Theme — The Definitive Resource List
- How to Create the Perfect Multipotentialite Environment
October 2016
- Is It Arrogant to Call Yourself a Multipotentialite?
- What Are You NOT Interested In?
- 4 Common Misconceptions About Multipotentialites
- What Does “Puttylike” Mean?
- Ask Yourself This Question to Find Your Overarching Theme
September 2016
- “I Never Finish Anything”: How to Stop Feeling Guilty about All of Your Unfinished Projects
- When Was the Last Time You Let Yourself Do Whatever You Wanted to Do?
- That time I got married…
- In Praise of Boredom
August 2016
- How to Be a Happy Multipotentialite in a Traditional Career
- How to Get Over Multipotentialite Guilt and “Wasted Talent”
- Are You More of a Phoenix than an Octopus?
- Multipotentialites and Love: Do We Eventually Get Bored in Our Relationships?
- “Should I Add This Project to My Life?” (Here’s a Simple Flow Chart to Help You Decide)
July 2016
- One Moment that Changed My Life
- You Know You’re a Multipotentialite When… (Part 2)
- So, I’m A Multipotentialite… What Now?!
- What’s Your Multipotentialite Origin Story?
June 2016
- Are Multipotentialites a Particular Myers-Briggs/Astrological/Enneagram/etc. Type?
- How to Stay in Shape (or Maintain Any Healthy Habit) when You’re a Busy Multipotentialite
- Why You’re So Confused About What You Want
- The Evolution of an Overarching Theme
May 2016
- The One Defining Principle of My Life That Kept Me from Achieving Greatness
- How Deep is Your Love (for What You Do)?
- “Be Curious. Stay Curious.”
- How to Find Your Niche as a Multi-Passionate Entrepreneur
- An Uncommon Tool to Help with Tricky Decisions
- Success, Creativity, and the Fear of Being Pigeonholed
April 2016
- How To Get Out of a Multipod Funk
- 11 Inspirational Quotes for Multipotentialites
- A Great TED Talk for Anyone who Struggles with Anxiety
March 2016
- What Might a Multipotentialite World Look Like?
- What if I Lose Interest?
- Saying No to Protect Your Time and Emotional Energy
February 2016
- How to Pursue Your Many Passions When You Struggle with Chronic Illness
- Is It Too Late for Me?
- The Multipotentialite Resume Part 2: The Unwritten Resume
- The Multipotentialite Resume: Part 1
January 2016
December 2015
- What Are Some Interdisciplinary/Multipod-Friendly Fields?
- The Multipotentialite Identity Crisis
- Zen & the Art of Multipotentialite Maintenance
November 2015
- How to Deal with Anxiety
- What Does a “Real” Multipotentialite Look Like?
- Have You Fallen Down a Rabbit-Hole, or Could This Be Your Creative Spiral?
- Is This The Biggest Multipotentialite Fear?
- 10 Ways NaNoWriMo Benefits Multipotentialites
- The Next PuttyRetreat! *News*
October 2015
- 9 Ways in Which Cats Are like Multipotentialites
- A Bad Case of Imposter Syndrome
- The Major League Multipotentialite: How to Excel in Multiple Careers
- 3 Things I Didn’t Have Time to Say in My TED Talk
- Do You Have One Why or Many Whys?
September 2015
- How to Escape the Comparison Trap as a Multipotentialite
- Puttylike Turns 5 Next Week!
- Oh Look, a Squirrel! How to Find Focus with an Easily Distracted Mind
- Multipotentiality Didn’t Change My Life… It IS My Life
August 2015
July 2015
- The Upside of Obsession: Why Being Picky About Your Workspace Pays Off
- Come Hang Out with Me in Portland at the First Ever PUTTYRETREAT!
- 3 Strategies to Help You Run Multiple Businesses (Without Losing Your Mind)
- How To Stop Feeling Guilty about New Interests
June 2015
- Are You Sick of Making Zero Progress on Your Projects?
- “Emilie, what happens if you lose interest in Puttylike?”
- Can’t Find the Common Thread? Find the Jewel in Your Heart
- How to Stay Calm when Giving a TED Talk (or Doing Anything High-Pressure)
May 2015
- Why Some of Us Don’t Have One True Calling (Our TED Talk is Live!)
- A Multipotentialite’s Guide to Dealing with Anxiety (Plus the Process of Writing and Publishing a Book)
- A Personal Note from Emilie Before the TED Flurry Hits
- How Do You Know when it’s Time to Pursue a New Interest?
April 2015
- How to Deal with Imposter Syndrome AMONG MULTIPOTENTIALITES
- I GAVE A TED TALK LAST WEEKEND
- I’m a Multipotentialite!… Now what?
- “I’ve been meaning to do that for months now…”
- How to Be Proud of Your Slash Career
March 2015
- Why It’s Good To Be A Multipotentialite
- Why Multipotentialites Rarely Start from Scratch
- How to Make a Living from Your Multipotentiality
- How to Start Blogging as a Multipotentialite
February 2015
- Ever Wish You Came With Instructions? How To Create Your Own “Me-Manual”
- How Leaks, Mold, and a Broken Refrigerator Can Help You Grow Your Confidence
- The Multipotentialite Morning: How to Work on All of Your Projects Before Lunchtime Every Day
- “The limiting identity of expert…”
January 2015
- Do You Overcommit? How To Deal with Problematic Multipotentialite Patterns
- Is “Multipotentialite” a Real Thing? Is it Really Okay to Be this Way?
- The Best Support System for Multipotentialites
- My Goals (or Lack Thereof) for 2015
December 2014
- 2014: A Year of Change, Upheaval and Growth
- The Case for the Use of Labels
- How To Hit the Pillow Each Night Feeling Completely Fulfilled and Satisfied
- “Mike the Musician” or The Dangers of Doing Only One Thing
November 2014
- Are an Introverted Multipotentialite?
- How To Turn Your Art into a Renaissance Business
- 5 Reasons Not to Feel Guilty About Dropping an Interest
- The Overarching Theme Kit: a Free Quick-Start Guide to Help You Combine Many Interests in One Business
- How To Come up with a Business You Can Stick with
October 2014
- Help! It Feels Like Everyone Else Is More “Together” Than Me
- Why Multipotentialites Make the Best Artists
- The Kindness of Strangers and Trusting the Universe
- Why You Find it Hard to Talk about Your Various Projects
- How To Grow Your Business Multipotentialite-Style
September 2014
- The Puttyfest Wrap-Up Post (Including All of Your Amazing Blog Posts) #puttyfest
- Puttyfest Starts Today! Will You be Celebrating with Me? #puttyfest
- What is a Multipotentialite? (a Video Message from Emilie)
August 2014
- I’m About to Embark on a Quest!
- Why Procrastination Is Your Greatest Friend
- 5 Ways to Avoid Overspending as a Multipotentialite
- Doing Your Own Thing Takes Courage
- Why You’re Never Too Old To Be A Multipotentialite
- The Ultimate Guide to Dealing with Friends and Family Members who Disapprove of Your Multipotentiality
July 2014
- Are You Blurring the Line between Work and Play?
- Socializing as an Introvert
- 9 Ways to Explain Your Multipotentiality to Non-Multipotentialites
- How To Make the Most of Your Networking Experience
- How To Be A Mindful Multipotentialite
June 2014
- Why There’s No Such Thing as “The Right Decision”
- How To Craft Your Elevator Pitch as a Multipotentialite
- Struggling To Work Out Your Overarching Theme?
- How To Overcome the Paradox of Choice
- Personal Growth and Overcoming Limitations: a Profile of Puttypeep, Leah Waig
- The Simultaneous-Sequencial Spectrum, and How To Balance a “Primary” Focus with All of Your Other Interests
May 2014
- I Miss You Guys
- How To Juggle Your Interests Without Dropping Any
- “Oh Look! A Shiny New Idea!” – A Tale of Tangents
- Who Else Hates the Term “Jack-of-All-Trades”?
April 2014
- Do You Feel Like A Fake?
- How To Deal With Negative Thoughts
- The Pop-Up Shop: an Awesome Opportunity for Multipotentialites?
- Launching Books, Lifelong Learning and Living on Your Own Terms: a Profile of Puttypeep, Thea van Diepen
- On Turning 30…
March 2014
- Public Speaking: It’s Not About You.
- How to Deal with Interests That You Regularly Fall in and out of Love with
- You Know You’re a Multipotentialite When…
- How To Launch a Business or Blog When You’re Not an Expert
- How To Balance Multipotentiality and Parenthood
- A Rant on the State of Education
- How to Cope with Overwhelm
February 2014
- How To Curate Your Experiences and Organize Your Life
- Dream Big. No… Bigger.
- Why Multipotentialites are Attractive
- How To Use Your Multipotentiality to Stand out from The Competition
- 3 Nifty Strategies for Picking Your Next Project
January 2014
- What Happens When Those Closest to Us Don’t Accept What We Do?
- Are You Living Your Life on Autopilot?
- 4 Skills that will Dramatically Increase Your Chance of Thriving as a Multipotentialite
- How Moving the Body Shifts You For Success
- Are You Having Any Fun?
- Finding the Thread That Ties Your Story Together: a Conversation with Pam Slim
December 2013
- The Infamous Goal-Setting Post of 2014
- My 2013 Annual Review: The Highs and the Lows
- How to Kick-Start Your Learning When You Get Stuck
- Labels: When to Use them, When to Shed them and the Paradox of Identifying as a “Multipotentialite”
- Reinventing Yourself as a Multipotentialite Entrepreneur
November 2013
- How a Varied Career Path Can Translate to Entrepreneurship
- “What if we just take a month and write an album?”
- Want to Evolve as a Human? Start a Blog
- I Built a Standing Desk! (And Kicked a Limiting Belief to the Curb)
- The Extremely Unsexy but Effective Key to Being Creative
- What Are You going to Do with Your 11 Lifetimes?
- Could there be a Multipotentialite Career Revolution Brewing?
October 2013
- Isn’t Curiosity Enough?
- Playing Music Might Aid in Your Success
- Using Music to Cook, or Why You Must Diversify Your Study
- Embracing Restlessness
- Multipotentialites, What Do You Wish Your Parents had Done Differently?
- The 5 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Launching My First Blog
- Telling Your Boss about Your Multipotentiality…
- How To Keep Things Running Smoothly When Collaborating with a Friend
- How to Pick a College Major When You Have a Lot of Different Interests
September 2013
- Are You Scared that You May Never Fulfill Your True Potential?
- Why You Should Track Your Small Wins
- Ever Feel like You’re Not Making Any Progress?
- Why You Should Develop Your Personal Style Instead of Aiming to be “the Best”
- Why the Multipotentialite Mindset Makes Sense from an Economics and Philosophy Perspective
- How to Learn Anything… FAST! A Conversation with Author, Josh Kaufman
August 2013
- Is there a Multipotentialite Nemesis?
- So, What Do You Do? A Multipotentialite’s Guide to Introductions
- One Multipotentialite’s Look into Polyamory
- How to Rock a Specialized Field, Multipotentialite Style
- Are You a Lark or an Owl? Finding Your Optimum Time to be Creative
- The In-Between Times: How to Deal with Transitions and Breaks in Your Creative Routine
July 2013
- Finding Your Multipotentialite Life Purpose
- Is Your Mind Feeling Full? Here’s How to Free Up More Thinking Space
- Is Your Skepticism Holding You Back?
- Multipod Friends, Don’t Let Me Lose $1,000!
- Multipotentialites in History: Charlie Chaplin
- Are You Addicted to Learning?
- Stuck on a Project? Here’s a Little Trick to Generate Fresh Inspiration
- How To Brand Yourself as a Multipotentialite in a Way That Makes Sense to Conventional Employers
June 2013
- Have You Made This Common Multipotentialite Mistake?
- How To Age Gracefully By Being a Multipotentialite
- In Dire Need of a Sense of Completion! How to Focus on Multiple Projects and Feel the Progress
- In Case We Forget: What Being a Multipotentialte Means
- How to Focus When There Is No One Focus
- The New PuttyTeam: Introducing Janet, Josh & Bev!
- A Letter to My Readers and Friends…
May 2013
- The Hardest Question for a Multipotentialite to Answer
- The Secret to Finding a Fulfilling Career (or Three)
- 5 Tips to Get Your Rituals to Stick, or How I Finally Managed to Start Exercising (Finally.)
April 2013
- How to Be a Beginner: Again, and Again, and Again…
- How to Approach a Passion That Has No Obvious Practical Application (At Least Not One That You Want to Pursue)
- The Multipotentialite Musician (Or Why Your Message Is More Important Than Your Skill Level)
- How to Get Your Head in the Right Place When You’re Starting a Business
March 2013
- What to Do If You Lose Interest in Your Business Before It Becomes Profitable
- The Lateral Freelancer: How to Make a Living Doing a Little Bit of Everything
- “I don’t believe that you can do all the things you say.”
- The Curse and Blessing of the Multipotentialite (Or the Month in Which I Was a Rock Star)
February 2013
- Losing Interest in Something You Are “Gifted” At
- How to Induce a Flow State on Command
- Revisiting My Identity as a Musician
- How To Fund Your Creative Projects Without a Day Job
January 2013
- The Dogged Defense of Mastery, and the Fear Lurking Behind It
- The Specialist Life Plan, and How to Navigate It When You’re a Multipotentialite
- The Time I Spoke to 90 Teenagers…
- The Infamous (Anti) Goal-Setting Post of 2013
December 2012
- My 2012 Annual Review
- Express an Idea Before You Choose a Medium
- Launching a Product in 30 Days! A Case Study of My Apprentice, Jason
- How You Get the Puttylike Snowball Effect
November 2012
- What Does Your Childhood Reveal About What You Should Be Doing Now?
- Are Your Friendships as Varied as Your Interests?
- Why You Must Simply Begin
- Help! I Want to Combine My Interests in One Business. Where Should I Start?
- The Stovetop Model of Life Design
October 2012
- How to Use Your Multiple Skills to Give You an Edge, Make Money and Be Happier
- What Lies About Yourself Have You Made True by Believing?
- On Dream Jobs and the Importance of Being a Self-Starter
- How Do I Know If I’m a True Multipotentialite?
- The 7 Multipotentialite Super Powers
September 2012
- Reflections on Two Years of Puttylike
- How to Stand Out in a Sea of Specialists
- What Students With Many Interests Need to Know About Their Careers
- What It Means to Be “Entrepreneurial”
August 2012
- What It Means to Be an Amateur
- What Would You Do With 24 Hours of Free Time?
- Multipotentiality Doesn’t Mean Multitasking
- What Do You Do When You’re Stuck Within a Rigid Structure That Doesn’t Value Your Multipotentiality?
- Are Multipotentialites Driven by Discomfort?
- The Eclectic Life of a Zoo Mystery Author
- Using Your Multipotentiality as a Test, and the Power of Human Connection
July 2012
- A Glorious Outpouring of Multipotentiality and the Contest Winners
- Hustling, Building and Creating a Sustainable Dream… Even If It Means Staying up Past Bedtime
- A Sneak Peek Inside the Puttyverse (and Your Chance to Win a Free Lifetime Membership)
- Why Every Multipotentialite Needs a Confidence Toolbox
June 2012
- Why You Should Stop Trying to Be the Best
- How Introspection Can Help You Uncover Your Overarching Theme
- Big Plans Ahead, and How to Design a Wildly Inspiring To-Do List
- Grendel
- Getting Smooshy: Lawyers Can Be Multipotentialites Too!
- Businesses that Exist in the Intersections
- Help! My Goal Is Too Big: How to Get Started When Your Project Is So Massive It Scares You
- How Specialists Help Make Us Better Multipotentialites
May 2012
- A Little Trick for Dealing With Negativity and Criticism
- Lessons in Puppy Training, and Being a Beginner
- The Fear that Lurks Deep in the Hearts Of Multipotentialites
- Why Mastery Is a Freaking Snooze (For Multipotentialites)
- How To Raise Healthy Multipotentialite Kids
- 3 Things I Learned About Learning (When Learning Social Skills)
- Hey Puttypeep, I’ve Got a Challenge for You…
- You Are Not Broken
April 2012
- Dealing with the Loss of Control
- My New Obsession, and Why We Crave Community and Movements
- How to Interpret Silence from Your Audience
- Meeting a New Family Member
- The Relationship Between Multipotentiality and Education
- Contest Time! Win a Lifetime Membership to the Puttytribe
- Are You a Shy or Introverted Multipotentialite?
March 2012
- Are there a Lack of Multipotentialites in Your Daily Life? (a Loving Rant and an Announcement)
- “My Family Disapproves of My Pursuits…” (Advice to a Friend)
- Why You Shouldn’t Finish What You Start
- The Relationship Between Productivity and Happiness
- How to Deal with Multipotentialite Burnout
February 2012
- Multipotentiality and Puppies (or um… Children)
- Is Your Career Path Determined By a High School Kid?
- Things I’ve Learned in the Last Two Weeks
- The Gratitude Jog (or Using Ritual to Kick Yourself into Gear)
- What to Do when a New, Shiny Idea Pops Up and Distracts You?
January 2012
- Do You Struggle with Productivity? (Ha, no this isn’t a trick question)
- Pick Your Purpose: How to Find Your Life Mission by Asking the Right Questions
- My First Big Fuck Up
- A Super Ninja Secret for “Finding the Time” and Inducing a Flow State
- My Very First Interview on Live Radio! (or How to Boost Your Confidence before a Nerve-Wracking Event)
December 2011
- Why You Must Embody Your Goals Long Before Achieving Them (or How I Picked My Winter Hat)
- The Infamous Goal-Setting Post of 2012!
- My 2011 Annual Review: Looking Back
- Returning Home
- How to Choose Which Activities to Focus On in Your Renaissance Business
- Multipotentialites are Everywhere! (If You Just Look Out for Them)
November 2011
- Magic Days in Santa Cruz
- Your Parents and Your Multipotentiality
- Why You “Lose” Your Personality when You’re Feeling Insecure (and How to Get it Back)
- Building Your Confidence from Scratch (a Personal Confession)
October 2011
- How Do Your Dots Connect?
- What’s Your “No Matter What”?
- The Myth of the “True Calling”
- The Common Languages of Blogging, Music and Multipotentiality
September 2011
- Renaissance Business is Here!
- Puttylike, 1 Year Later: A Book Launch and a Birthday Sale
- It’s Cool to Be a Geek! How Rami Smooshed Together his Interests in Video Games and Dating
- Renaissance Biz Case Study: Bringing Together Family, Natural Health and Photography + What Makes a Good Name?
- Why Some Brands Are Addictive and Others are a Little Embarrassing
- Renaissance Business Case Study: the Web Designer, Filmmaker, Entrepreneur, Activist
- Can’t Settle on a Niche for Your Business? Not a Problem
- The Reason Nobody’s Hiring You (and What To Do About It)
- How to Avoid Overbooking Yourself as a Multipotentialite
August 2011
- A Multipotentialite-Friendly Guide to Finding Your Purpose
- How to Stay Inspired When You’re Slogging Through It Day After Day
- Holy Cow… She’s Releasing a Book!
- Does Having a Diverse Background Make You More “Specialized” Than Even… A Specialist?!
- How Bollywood Dance Changed My Life
- Front Burners, Back Burners and Pulling the Big Scary Plug
July 2011
- Looking Up From Your Laptop and Feeling Like an Alien
- My Tumultuous Relationship with the Violin, and Why Some Interests Deserve a Second Chance
- How To Skirt Resistance and Become a “Productive Procrastinator”
- Are Multipotentialites the Innovators of the Future?
- How to Avoid Identity Crises When You’re a Multipotentialite
- How to Decide Which Projects to Focus On
June 2011
- A Love Letter to Portland
- How To Get it Together when Things are Falling Apart
- How Multitasking Can Make You MORE Effective
- How to be a Multi-Focus Maverick
- A Really Honest Post…
May 2011
- How to be a Multipotentialite Badass (like James Franco)
- 1 Week Till Blast Off: How to Prepare for a Big Life Change
- Multipotentialitie Mornings: How to Guarantee Success for the Day
- WTF Was I Thinking?!
- The Moveable Architecture of Creativity
April 2011
- The Fine Art of Bringing Together Unrelated Ideas
- How Your Digital Life can Make Your Physical Reality AWESOME!
- Why You Should be Charging for Your Work
- What Does it Take to Change the World?
- SLASHERS UNITE!!!!
- A Global Experiment in Failing #failweek
- Failure Celebration Week Begins! #failweek
March 2011
- Starving Artist, Meet Web 2.0
- You Must Ask Yourself This Question Before Starting a Blog-Based Business
- You Cannot Fake What is Real
February 2011
- Criticism Stings, and that’s Okay
- Why Every Multipotentialite Should Start a Blog
- Being Queer in the Blogosphere
- Who the Fuck am I?
January 2011
- Slicing Cucumbers and Testing Assumptions about Life
- How to Overcome Shyness (and Meet a Small Army of Remarkable People)
- The Recipe for Magical Partnerships
- We’re in this Together
December 2010
- My Epic Goals for 2011
- I’m Jewish and I Freaking LOVE Christmas
- Everyone’s Got Many Interests… How Are We Not ALL Scanners?
- Culture Shock: A Fantastic Reason to Travel
- 10 Life Lessons I Learned from Law School
- Am I a Failure?
November 2010
- Conformity Begins on the Playground
- Screw Employment, Invent Your Own Job!
- Does the Idea of Having One Job Forever Sound Miserable?
