What to Do with ALL THIS STUFF?! 11 Tips for Multipotentialites

“Stuff is great; so having more stuff is even more greater!” – a genius When I was young, I more or less believed this (obviously made-up) quote. I liked the things I had, so it made sense to want more things. As I got older, I began to feel differently. Perhaps I grew as a […]

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How To Get Out of a Multipod Funk

Note from Emilie: This is a guest post by Paul Strobl. The roller coaster of life’s successes and disappointments can have much higher peaks and deeper valleys for multipotentialites than for non-multipods. When things are really firing, we’re on a high of creativity and productivity that lights us from within, helping us to push the boundaries […]

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Is It Too Late for Me?

At some point, everyone worries if it’s too late. Time comes for us all. Our lives drip away at a constant rate of one second per second. This is – to put it mildly – slightly worrying. Worse, we can’t escape the realization that every choice we make forces us to leave all other paths untaken. […]

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Oh Look, a Squirrel! How to Find Focus with an Easily Distracted Mind

Note from Emilie: hi everyone, meet Brenda! Brenda is our second new Staff Writer at Puttylike, and this is her first post on the blog. Let’s all give her a warm welcome. (And enjoy this piece; I think you’re going to relate.) ** In my life, I experience a strange mix of being easily distracted and […]

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Are You Having Any Fun?

As the new year arrives, I feel compelled to look back over the past twelve months and start to make plans for what’s to come next. A new year is so symbolic: it’s like a blank canvas. Anything is possible – even the things we might not ordinarily dream could become a reality. I like […]

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Finding Your Multipotentialite Life Purpose

It seems like an oxymoron. Multipotentialite life purpose. That ONE elusive holy grail Purpose for your multipotentialite life. That ONE thing you’re supposed to focus on forever and ever? Does it even exist? A recent article on Why You Don’t Need a Life Purpose had me nodding my head. “It wasn’t that I didn’t have […]

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Be Gentle with Those Around You

Sometimes I forget how weird I am. I don’t mean that in a self-deprecating way. Weird is a compliment in my books. What I mean is that it’s easy to forget what you’ve been through. Ideas that were once novel, even radical, are now the norm for you. You forget that you went through a […]

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What do You do when You’re Stuck within a Rigid Structure that Doesn’t Value Your Multipotentiality?

I have mixed feelings about the time I spent in law school. I don’t regret going, because I learned a lot of transferable skills and one class I took in my last year is what lead me to entrepreneurship. Plus my choice to go to law school was a result of me listening to my […]

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