When you have tons of passions and pursuits, it can be difficult to know when to quit any specific thing. Especially something you still love! Here’s why this beloved Puttylike writer is moving on.
The Overthinker’s Guide to Getting Older
When your birthday is more “crushing emotional weight” than “parties and cake,” it might be time for a change in perspective. Here’s how to reframe some common anxieties about the passage of the years.
Elevate Your To-Do List with a WON’T DO List
Do you have undone tasks and projects eating away at your psyche? The accumulation of these tiny failures can be a constant source of low-level stress. Here’s the most powerful way I’ve found so far to banish them—and the related guilt—forever.
Two Tools to Decide if Your Ideas are Good
Multipotentialites can really struggle with comparing different projects and ideas against one another—we want to do it all! So, what actually makes one idea better than another? Here are two tools to help you get clarity around your options.
Can You Do More by Narrowing Your Focus?
Multipotentialites put pressure on themselves to make progress on all the things, all the time. Not only is that exhausting, it can be really demoralizing! Here’s how I simplified my life and set myself up to win.
3 Things I Lacked in My Portfolio Career (and How to Get Them)
Every multipotentialite career model has specific drawbacks and deficits. Here’s are the pitfalls I wish I’d known about when I set out on my portfolio career, and how you can avoid them—or at least accept them with open eyes.
Is It Cool to Care Yet?
As a young multipotentialite, I learned to dial down my enthusiasm for everything, at least in public. It became a habit to hide both the things I cared about and the extent to which I cared about them. Now, I have the confidence to be unapologetically, excitedly me—mostly.
Feeling Unappreciated? Here’s Why.
We all need recognition for our achievements and efforts, but sometimes it’s surprisingly hard to come by. Here’s the key to getting the affirmation you’re craving.
The Demoralizing Truth About Learning New Things
When learning something complex, it can feel like the goalposts escape you as new areas of knowledge open up. Planning and persistence are key to avoiding overwhelm—so is knowing when to pivot.
