Hi multipotentialite friends!
In celebration of the new Puttyverse website, which we just launched last month, I’ve decided to run a contest—woo hoo!!
I’m giving away 3 lifetime memberships to the Puttyverse community. As long as the ‘verse exists, you will have free access.
This contest is open to everybody: folks who aren’t currently part of our community, puttypeep (for the uninitiated, that means current community members), former puttypeep, and scholarship recipients. In other words, if you are or would like to be a member of the longest-running, most supportive, totally beloved community for multipotentialites, you should absolutely enter. 😀
It’s ridiculously easy to enter
Just scroll down and leave a comment answering the following question:
Why is the Puttyverse community exactly what you need in your life right now?
The deadline to enter is Friday, October 6 at midnight PT, and the three winners will be announced in next Tuesday’s newsletter.
Good luck, multipods.
xo Emilie
Because my life has fallen apart (again!) and I need to put it back together..
I know I have many skills and talents but I feel like the world is always working against my natural way of being. The multipotential community is the only place I feel truly seen and like I belong and I would love to be a part of Puttylike.
I’m new here and I just discovered this site yesterday and I feel much lighter now.
It is a relief to find a community you belong.
This year, I’m taking on so many career hats and after-work hobbies, it’s the most fun I’ve had but also the most anxious — I’d love to be in a community to grow and embrace my multipotentialite abilities and to navigate the overwhelm but still be true to who I am!
I’ve just discovered the Puttyverse and I’m completely fascinated from this amazing platform where I don’t feel for the first time a fish out of water ! I’d be very glad to be a member of the community after reading your book because I’m ready to change all the prospective of my life to be free to follow my different and creative passion for all my life and be who I am without hiding anymore. Thank you !
It’s a way of finding ourselves among our lost multipotentialite life.
I’m a mum in a neurodiverse family. We all contain multitudes of passions. Navigating being multipassionate and celebrating that is so much more fun than the diagnosis labels that accompany perceiving the world differently. I have followed puttylike for a long time and this seems like the perfekt time to say hey – this space and community is amazing!!! Thank you for making g the world bigger, kinder and more vivid!
I am really in need of this right now as I am coming to the end of my bachelor degree and heading into a new chapter of life. I have spent a long time trying to figure out a balance for myself within my career. I haven’t found it yet but I’m hopeful that I can! I know the support of likeminded putty people would help me to find the satisfaction I’ve been longing for all these years. Thank you for your consideration.
Puttyverse is the missing element in understanding myself and getting support from others like me. I cannot get this fully from my friends irl, meaning they can get some of it but I think not all. Plus I’m still discovering this part of me by myself so joining the community would definitely be a blessing!
As I read your reply, it hit me! I can’t relate more that it is the “missing element” indeed on my solo-rider self-discovery journey too! I hope we get to connect Kuba on this community and share our experiences, thoughts, and what we’ve come to so far! WISH you all the LUCK in the WORLD ??
One of the biggest hurdles I’ve had as a multipotentialite is marrying my crafts. Finding that perfect balance where none is overshadowed. There’d been no point of reference navigating this path and after years of searching I finally found the cohesion; being part of the Puttyverse community would be a source of inspiration and support through my journey.
I am in such a state of confusion and change, that to be amongst like-minded people who get it is hugely beneficial for my mental health. Unfortunately, I’ve just had to pause my membership due to money issues and a long-term non-paying client causing a lot of stress, so I would be eternally grateful to win this.
I want to be part of a community whose members don’t look at you funny for frequently flipping from one interest to the next, unrelated one.
Puttyverse is exactly what i’ve been looking for. Having a community of like minded people would help me, i’m currently setting up several projects (obviously) and need people with the same viewpoint on life to bounce some ideas i have off of. ? also think it would be a great place for me to understand myself better, so that i learn how to use my super power. ? am a Zimbabwean Living in Zimbabwe and being a multipotential is not very common this part of the world, so having access to my peeps would be awesome.
Now more than ever I want to feel the support of other Multipotentialites while I try to transfer universities and study programs. Because I learned that while being a Multipotentialite is many things, it isn’t doing things you don’t love. Would love to be part of that community and feel validated in the pursuit of my dream – thank you.
I am in a tough spot right now.
Co-founded a company but our runway is about to end this if we don’t get funding or payment from clients. This means I may have to search for a job soon.
And this makes me anxious.
I like to start new projects, to bring my ideas into the real world. And how do I present myself again to job recruiters as a multipotentialite? When what I have been loving in founding my company has been to really have to do it all, to learn everything.
I feel like I may need to go back to not being whole again.
And I guess I am not alone on this. There must be others that are feeling like me in this community.
The key is in the name! Multipotentialite is about living up to one’s own potential , but also about the potential we have as a community – to share ideas and encourage each other so that we learn, and grow or create fosters the potential of the planet itself – such a community of hope!
I feel like the Puttyverse community is exactly what I need in my life right now is because for the past I’d say 10 or so years I always felt out of place and like I didn’t belong until I found this community of people who are exactly like me! I absolutely love that I am apart of this and I don’t feel so alone anymore! I feel like I can be my true self and I don’t have to hide. I love how everyone bonds and shapes the community the way that it is and I couldn’t be happier to be apart of this. It is something I wished for but at the time was something I never truly knew I needed until I found it. It’s truly a godsend!
The puttyverse is what I need in my life right now because I have 50 jobs now, w/ 50 more ideas, and I will be successful in them all… just not sure how.. but that doesn’t matter ??
I’ve been surrounded by specialists all my life. Been constantly told what to do. I just need a break.
I want to feel seen. I want to be NORMAL again. And I feel like being part of Puttyverse can help me achieve that.
Because I need to find my people!
Because a community with people who have the same willingness to explore more subjects, interested and activities can be greatly inspiring. It’s the good contamination of ideas and methods that enriches us all!
These past few months of discovering and embracing my multipod identity have been nothing short of an incredible journey. While I find it exciting and inspiring, there have been moments when I’ve felt a little lonely. After all, as I’ve been diving headfirst into new interests, passions and projects, it’s become evident that I could really use some like-minded folks around me.
My husband, on the other hand, believes I’ve been single-handedly keeping the book and (on- and offline) course industries afloat over the last few years. He might have a point (don’t tell him I admitted it). But you see, I’ve realized that in this pursuit of knowledge and self-discovery, the Puttyverse community could be the missing piece of the puzzle.
In conclusion, I would really, really, really like to be a part of this community, to connect with others who share my multipotentialite spirit, and perhaps find a way to balance my love for learning (and shopping) with a supportive and like-minded group.
hi Bieke! I can relate to “keeping the book and (on- and offline) course industries afloat”! I’m guessing a lot of us here are what Barbara Sher calls scanners, and one of the traits of scanners is: we love learning!
I started understanding mathematics since I was in my Junior secondary school. For this reason, after my senior secondary school, which is called high school in other parts of the world, I decided to pursue Engineering in the university, Civil Engineering to be specific. After graduating I found myself in a dilemma, I understand engineering, but I love invention, I couldn’t figure out how to invent/innovative anything with my Engineering background. I decided to go for arts, I was thinking arts will allow me to at least create things from scratch even if I can’t event. For this reason, I learned 2d animation, I thought myself graphics design and video editing, I started a blog (in my native language) to sharpen my writing skills. I developed interest for entrepreneurship, so I started reading marketing and selling books, I started few businesses which failed, and I am still trying. I forgot to mentioned that my writing and all the content I was trying to create are psychology and mental health based, a field that is totally new to me because I have no background.
Now, the big problem is, I got a job as an academician in my field (civil engineering) and I am not battling with researches, engineering softwares and teaching. I couldn’t let go of my other skills and passions, and I can’t concentrate on one. That’s why I believe Puttyverse community exactly what you need in your life right now.
I have watched your famous Ted talk “Why some of us don’t have one true calling” several times, which give me hope as a person with many talents, but still I couldn’t solve the puzzle. I wanted to join your community, but living in a developing hindered me from doing so as I like the financial capability to join. I sometimes feel depressed, and I am doing my best in keeping hope alive. Thank you for this opportunity, and I hope I am able to make it clear that the community is what I need right now.
The Puttyverse community is probably what I need right now because I tend to avoid communities and groups as I am quite skeptical about what I can offer of value to them. But I realized that it is exactly what you try to avoid that can offer you the biggest opportunities for personal growth. So I think that the puttyverse community can help me understanding the value I can give and receive and how to continue improve myself and the work I do.
Why is the Puttyverse community exactly what you need in my life right now?
Well, because I’m tired of being the weird one, because I need people around me who can match my energy and see the bigger picture together. As a gifted child, multipod, polyglot, entrepreneur, life-loving soul I rarely find myself surrounded by ‘my people’ and it’s sometimes wearying. People averagely see my vision as naïf, as if I haven’t faced enough hardships in my life. I need people to be supportive, to believe in others, and to share dreams. I am eager to offer the same, and more. Years ago, when I first saw Emily’s Ted Talk about multipods, I remember feeling SO relieved: it was the first time I heard I wasn’t the only one, and ‘we’ even had a name. It really meant a lot to me. I’d love to feel at home with you all.
Also, I cannot pay for a Puttyverse membership at the moment so it’d be my only way in 🙂
Why is the Puttyverse community exactly what I need in my life right now?
Well, because I’m tired of being the weird one, because I need people around me who can match my energy and see the bigger picture together. As a gifted child, multipod, polyglot, entrepreneur, life-loving soul I rarely find myself surrounded by ‘my people’ and it’s sometimes wearying. People averagely see my vision as naïf, as if I haven’t faced enough hardships in my life. I need people to be supportive, to believe in others, and to share dreams. I am eager to offer the same, and more. Years ago, when I first saw Emily’s Ted Talk about multipods, I remember feeling SO relieved: it was the first time I heard I wasn’t the only one, and ‘we’ even had a name. It really meant a lot to me. I’d love to feel at home with you all.
Also, I cannot pay for a Puttyverse membership at the moment so it’d be my only way in ?
I need the Puttyverse in my life because I sometimes feel lonely: I live in a specialist family, my friends are all but one specialists and generally I get self conscious of how hard is to deal with my chaotic and multifaceted interests.
Being also an HSP, I tend to sense the importance of my environment and appreciate deep comments (even critics, although I am easily hurted if the criticism is not balanced with some praise, even minimal). Sometimes, though, it’s hard to receive that depth even from my friends.
They can judge me on a subjective basis, but often they’re more ablaze from how I mash up ideas together or on the amount of detail of my ideas.
Instead I need someone who can help me to judge how they are mashed and detailed, someone who get my multipotentiality and with whom I can discuss. The only multi-HSP friend is nice but I need some more opinions, as well to confront with other people in general.
I’d love to enter in the Puttyverse and if I don’t win I would work hard in order to pay the membership as soon as I can!
hi Francesco! I just wanted to tell you that, as an hsp & multipotentialite, I find the loneliness you’re describing sooooo relatable. you are not alone!!! I hope you find the deep, sensitive, nuanced & balanced feedback that you’re hoping for.
I’ve entered a transitional phase in life, having recently concluded a successful 27 yer career and 16 year marriage. Both ended on good terms, but the adjustment is challenging nonetheless. As a multipotentialite, I obviously have various interests and feel I could benefit from the support from a like-minded community, such as this.
I’m pivoting my business once again. The never-stopping need to do new stuff, launch, reinvent myself, or whatever you want to call it, needs some more exploration as well as some help. I’m curious for instance how multipotentialism relates to certain types of neurodivergence for instance. And (finally) finding a tribe of likeminded people would be great. I have been looking for a long time!
Growing up, I was a creative and curious little soul with many passions. I loved art, sport, gaming, animals, computers – you name it, i had an interest in just about anything! I think each year when I was at school and asked ‘what do you want to be when you grown up’ delivered a different answer each year, and as I got into my young adult life that soon changed to ‘I don’t know’. When it came to choosing my course at university I kept it as broad as possible because I still wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. One thing I did know was that whatever it was, it had to be creative. That has always been the constant. However I am still so curious about so much in the realm of creativity – and although I work full time as a digital content creator for a school, at the age of 31 I still question myself if I’m on the right path. My biggest dream is to start my own online business, through the means of creating videos and digital products that provide value to people who have struggled as much I have with their creative endeavours. Figuring out how everything I want to talk about will fit together is hard and because telling a multipotentialite to ‘niche down’ is the worst! It’s hard to buckle down, stay consistent and follow things through when you have such a curious mind and add a generous helping of perfectionism and potential ADHD (awaiting assessment) on top and you’ve got yourself a lifetime of struggles! I feel like I need help organising my overactive busy mind, but I also want to help others too. A problem shared is a problem halved, or when your in a community such as the puttyverse, it’s a problem spilt into hundreds of pieces! And that is why I feel it is exactly what I need in my life right now 🙂
Why is the Puttyverse community exactly what you need in your life right now?
As someone who is multi passionate and Neurospicy, I need that sense of belonging to a tribe that gets my vibe and challenges.
I need a space to feel seen and heard and be full of confidence to be my true authentic self and allow myself to be moulded into what I need to be, rather than feel stuck, blocked and full of self doubt and confusion from the noise, control and strategies of the neurotypical and the specialists.
I am a Generator with 2/4 profile and emotional solar plexus authority in Human Design.
I wish to live and breath more into that as well as be motivated and inspired by those who who multipotentialites and Neurospicy and to be able to collaborate with more people who get my brain and my vibe.
To connect with those who want to live a life that lights them the hell up.
To make their 101 ideas feel like one amazing vision and mission.
I’ve reached a point where I’m tired of burning out at every job after feeling locked down, stifled, and bored. Maybe, an opportunity to become a more engaged part of this community could help me create some more “freedom to be” that which I was meant to be.
Why is the Puttyverse community exactly what I need in my life right now? As a former PuttyPeep I thrived on the Focus hours. I would love to reconnect with international somehow likeminded people. And learn from the different classes offered in the community. I thought I could do it on my own 😉 But together we can do/be some much more.
Well, I guess my reasons are similar to everyone elses: as a multipotentialite I want to do many things ? I quit my job 2,5 years ago to start my own business. I ended up starting two business and during this time, also our second daughter was born. I come up with many great ideas and new propositions, but keep struggling with focus. With the result that none of my ideas reach their full potential. Would love to have the support of the community to learn from fellow multipotentialites! ?
I need puttyverse in my life right now as I want to connect regularly with more multipotentialites! I moved to a new country a year ago, and I would love to have regular connections with folks who are everywhere all at once – like me!!!
I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder a few years ago. The diagnosis makes me question my judgment and ideas. It’s always hanging there in the back of my mind. I feel I can’t be as open about my struggle because I work as a lawyer. People look to me for sound advice and judgment, and I’m expected to inspire trust and confidence. But I feel alone, and I am not confident about executing my ideas because I wonder if it’s the mania or hypomania speaking. And close family and friends who know about my past episodes, are well-intentioned, but they don’t always seem to understand and I’m scared that they will associate my ideas to a manic episode.
That’s why I look forward to Emilie’s articles and blog posts from the community, and why I share Emilie’s TED talk. I want to show people that being creative, wearing many hats, and rolling up your sleeves to embark on multiple adventures of curiosity (to just give things a go!)…. is actually normal. It’s ok to be different and to keep trying different things. And it’s NOT because one is vulnerable to a mental illness.
I believe being part of the Puttyverse community could give me the support I need to help make our world a better place. I love the work you, Emilie and team, are doing. Please keep it up ?
I feel lost and think this might be what i need to clear things out!
I need the putty verse in my life now because I know I am unique and special in having many interests but I am not able to express them in my career. I would like to blossom as a flower leveraging my talents and developing them for altruistic purposes. I need a space which listens and nurtures
Why is the Puttyverse community exactly what I need in my life right now?
I believe the Puttyverse can help me build my networth network with like-minded individuals, learn from those that know just how to focus and integrate energy and action to ensure the right decisions at the right time in order to build a successful life and business around all my interests. I am on Passion and Purpose journey currently and being supported by a few individuals that have come alongside me to invest in that journey. I want to honour the work done already and that support by doing something special with what is within me and help start/spread a meaningful movement. Being connected to the puttyverse community feels like a great place to enable the kind of progress needed.
When I first came across one of Emilie’s blog posts about being a multipotentialite, I was astonished that perhaps I wasn’t the only person interested in 9,248 different things (on an average Tuesday) and also that perhaps this tendency isn’t entirely a bad thing, as I had always been lead to believe.
I was also interested that other people were finding ways to work around the downsides of a multipotential tendency – getting distracted, not finishing things, “helping” others with their projects when maybe occasionally you should ask for help yourself, or just not having enough time / confidence to do the things I want to do (or to identify what those things are, and be content that it’s OK to be interested in things, to try them, and also to move on to something else).
Also perhaps Puttyverse members have learned to express this kind of feeling in shorter sentences with fewer sets of brackets. I’d love to find out…
I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up and according to my passport, I’m very grown up indeed.
Why is the Puttyverse community exactly what I need in my life right now? I think being a member of the Puttyverse might help me to choose what I want to be *next* and to help others on similar (but also delightfully different) paths. I feel surrounded by people who don’t understand why I’m not like them. I think instead that I’m a little bit like a little bit of everybody, and it would be lovely to be part of a diverse group where that’s a positive and where we can help each other. Who knows, maybe I’ll even complete a project. Or at least help someone else complete theirs!
Through your Ted and website, I’ve discovered there is a “cure” to my lifetime journey. Being a multipotentilite has its upsides but also its downsides. I recently have been acknowledged that for both sides I need assistance. Everyone’s life is a journey but perhaps ours has even more paths and for that I’d like not only to have more friends besides me but a whole community.
For those who challenge themself constantly I believe the following quote cannot be more perfect: “if you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together”. I want to go together.
I’m struggling all my life with the one question everyone asks you; What do you want to become? There has never been one true calling for me. I’m interested in so many things and I always want to learn new things. With being a member of the puttyverse community I like to learn from other multipotentialites how they deal with having all those different interests on one hand and the pressure from society on the other hand to choose.
Well, simply to put, I’m having a little hard time with myself. I just found out that I’m multipotentialite but also probably rainforestmind. And my HSP and INFJ qualities aren’t helping me at all right now. I’m trying to figure out what should I do with my career path – which doesn’t exist. I’m over thirty but I have been in different workplaces just few years in total (well yeah, I also had some mental issues earlier).
Right now I’m home with baby, my two older kids are in the daycare center, so I don’t have too much money either. I’m also curious to know if there are any Finnish people, because it is really hard to find truly same kind of people from Finnish Facebook etc.
So, I really would love to find some like-minded people (with all my qualities?), to share some thoughts and tips. Anyway I’m quite happy about my life, just a little impatient to find out what could I be.
The Puttyverse community is exactly what I need right now, to learn more about other’s experiences and struggles in life when having multiple potentials and many interests. I am on a journey of finding out what I want to spend the rest of my life doing, and it is extremely hard to niche down and find that one thing you want to work with which is what everyone encourages me to do. My lifestyle may currently seem chaotic to a lot of people, but I have never been more excited and happy with my life as it is right now. The only problem is finances and then getting a job that actually would support my lifestyle and not take up so much time or make me so tired that none of my passions are possible. I live on a small farm and wants to create a bigger permaculture system here where all of my interests can have value. I love contributing to society, growing food, forage herbs and food, spending time with my two horses, painting/drawing flowers to learn more about their physiology, read books, and have time for my family and friends. It is really sad that in todays society this is not possible for a lot of people, and I really want to make a change so that more people can thrive together and live the life they want to while working with nature.
This community can help me in so many ways by most of all making me feel less alone with everything, and give me the opportunity to learn more from understanding people.
– Love, Karoline
Why i need the puttyverse community? I dont know whether i need it, bit it would be nice to have people to Discuss ideas and Projekts. Very interesting people here!
I’m at a pivot place in my life and career, trying to merge several parts of myself into a life and career that makes sense.
I would love to join your community since I ve recently discovered to be a multipotentialite and I am kind of lost in the future steps to take. Being part of a community and feeling part of something is crucial (in my opinion) to have a fulfilling life. I believe to possess a variety of skills such as problem solving, decision making, motivating skills but at the moment I am feeling lost and I feel like I speak to people who do not understand my point of view. So maybe being part of the puttyverse is a good opportunity to be included in a group of people who are in the same situation and share good insights to create a bigger community.
To meet and connect with other ‘crazy’ people like me. I move too fast for people but I feel like I don’t move fast enough. People don’t understand what I do, that I’m happy doing all the different things that I do. It doesn’t make sense to them but it makes sense to me. It can be a bit lonely when not everyone shares or understands why I do what I do. It will be so nice to be surrounded by people who get it, who sees the world I do. And I’d love to support those who feel the same as I do.
Dear all
I have always felt myself out of the box and it has been always difficult to fit in and for “normal” people is difficult to understand how complex I am so in order to survive to a normal world I had to address different side of myself depeding on who I’m talking so it’s easier to me to hide my whole myself and it’s easier for the others….I’m still not feeling to be part of something bigger and in the last time due serious family problems I’m starting to quit and not listening to myself and avoiding to live my whole life
My life has literally changed since I read your book: I suddenly (at age 46) understood myself so much more and viewed my patchwork resume 180 degrees differently. I ultimately started my coaching practice for multipotentialites in Holland (first next to my work as communications consultant). I give my clients your book (translated in Dutch) and am talking as much as possible about multipotentiality on Linkedin, Instagram, spotify, Youtube.
Emilie and Puttyverse changes lives, and I made it my mission to help as much multipotentialites in the Netherlands as I can. Firstly to discover their true nature and various passions! And if needed, I can help. For me, entering the Puttyverse would help enhance my understanding of multipotentialites and therefore equip me better to help them over here. I understand completely if you choose someone else, but wanted to express my gratitude to you anyway!
I first joined the Puttyverse back in 2016 whilst reading a blog and having watched the Ted Talk sitting poolside in Barcelona! I stayed for a while and when life took a change in direction I had to leave. Life is taking another change in direction and I recognise that help from the Puttyverse is going to be so valuable as I enter into 2024. Would be great to be involved again. Thank you.
PS: I am UK based and it now looks as though the UK community is far more active than it was – so even more reason to get involved again.
Many thanks
I am a petroleum engineer, working as a software engineer for over 5years with a master’s in IT. Now I’m stuck weather combining the two majors and exploring innovation in between is widely most likely acceptable in industries. I need some support and guidance and for this after watching and following this page, I think putty verse has the potential to transform my life.
The Puttyverse community is exactly what I need in my life right now because it has shifted the opinion I had about myself, from thinking that I was lacking something, that I was nuts and incoherent, since I had the resume of 6 different human beings; to understanding that I have a superpower, and the coherent resume of a doubtless multipod! Working on advertising, working on an art center in Barcelona, creating audiovisual content, creating an industrial patent, creating an eyewear company and a clothing company (researching how to produce clothes from recycled materials), drawing, painting, studying art and philosophy, reading and learning with an intense delight, Yeah! Once I can fully embrace my nature I can look different to my past and more important, to my future! The Puttyverse and the people on it are a gift to me.
It is funny that The Puttyverse was shown to me by a psychologist I went to help me with my incapacity to focus on any career path for long. Hahaha
The Puttyverse is exactly the community that I need right now because I have found that the rest of the world just isn’t prepared for all of me right now, and I need this space to find the things I am going to do now that I am done doing what I did for the past ten years (literally the longest phase of my career to date). So, I am going to dive in to see if they can help me find my future self. I hope that it’s out there standing with all the other selves I have had to build over the years.
Sincerely,
Chris Nelson
I need the Puttyverse community membership to help me value and appreciate my worth, both in what I am now and what I can become. Living among a circle of people who always see me as odd due to my multipotentialite nature, I’ve had to encourage myself to push beyond limits. Most of the time, I feel slightly depressed and confused about how to express my distinctive interests in various fields, both online and offline. I wish to create a path in a place where no one has gone before, so others with similar personalities as mine won’t feel alone.Where We can all echo with pride, ‘I am a multipotentialite.’ That’s why, after connecting with Sarah on LinkedIn and learning about what she does in the Puttyverse community, I know this is the right and most important community for me. Here, I can meet, network, and learn from people who share similar characteristics with me, and gain insights from their experiences, failures, and successes in different fields, across various geographical and cultural locations.
I hope I am among the lucky winners for the life membership opportunity to a well defined life and living .
I need the Puttyverse in my life because I’m pregnant for the third time. And on my way to finish studies on the third time and doing a career change, and I’m now understanding that I’m not a person of one thing, and I need support so I will be able to live in abundance and give all my gifts to the world
I’d be honoured to win a membership to puttylike.
I m in a transition phase from university lecturer to a new job situation (preferably one where I can combine my (business) anthropology background, my knowledge.of northern Thai bodywork and medicine and my artist side as a bubbleologist.
And moving continents is also planned for end of the year.
Exchange with like-minded multipotentialists would be highly appreciated and helpful.
Thanks for considering me for this membership.
Puttylike community is exactly what I need right now because it will help find a new direction in my career and receive the support I need !
The puttyverse community is exactly what I need in my life right now because more and more I discover that the two greatest things I’m lacking in life are purpose and community. Every day is kind of…empty. The people in my life never tire of telling me to just finish something, to just pick a path and stick to it, to find some stability, etc. They mean well. But they’re not like me. I’ve never met anyone like me, until I watched Emily’s Ted Talk. That’s when a light bulb came on in my head. Maybe being me could become a good thing.
Why is the Puttyverse community exactly what I need in my life right now?
Well, to be honest, I’m not sure if I need it “right now,” but what I will say is that, for the long term, it’ll be great to belong to a community of people who are striving polymaths, Renaissance men and women, (or basically, multipotentialites).
That said, I imagine that a recurring theme in the community would be about productivity–specifically, how people can be meaningfully productive across a number of feilds/interests.
I think that would be of most benefit to me.
And, I hope that I can offer a few things as well, such as morning routines and productivity practices. I imagine that, during webinars, I can offer comments that others would find helpful.
I need the puttyverse in my life to accept who I am, to embrace all the skills I have and to be able to mix and match all of me into my life and career. I’ve recently started my own business, but am scared to take action and actually go out there, because I feel I’m not specialized enough. I want to do multiple things, but I feel it will hurt my career if I do so.
I’d love to not feel alone in this and learn from others how to become the best multipotentialite I know I could be.
Hi! I’d love the lifetime scholarship and support from the puttyverse. It’s so hard for me to explain my value, and that I feel incomplete when I am not doing/learning something new.
I absolutely need Puttyverse in my life because it’s so inspiring to be a multipod but with no fellowship support it’s much harder to be one and feel at ease with multipotential self.
I also would like to advocate multipotentiality everywhere I go, in everything I do. Having the support form like-minded people will really help me in this.
I believe in a diverse multipotential world, there’s so much to learn out there. I’m in love with the idea of being a part of the community of multipods, and will bring my best to share with you guys.
Sending good thoughts and gratitude to everyone who’s reading this,
Tanya
I need the putty verse in my life because I am 100% a multipotentialite and all aspects of my life are scattered like a broken mirror in which each piece is an aspect of my multipotentiality. I would like to put this mirror back together and see myself as a whole again. In good multipotentialite fashion I have too many things going on and I never feel I can make the most out of a membership plan so I never committed to it. But having it in my life forever would mean not having the pressure to be in it at every second of the day and therefore be able to use the membership in a smarter way and more efficiently.
Dear Emilie,
I love to read Puttylike articles, coz I feel like here too I am not the last dinosaur :))
Your work is great, I highly agree with multipotentiality since… IDK my childhood(?)
I always felt normal, however also a “dino” (with pride and the belief that everyone has their unique path which should follow to be happy) 😀
I also put your official TED talk on my site, to share it with more ppl hope it is OK (pls let me know if it bothers u 😉 ) Have a wonderful week! V.
When I checked out the new website I saw a commenter mentioning . . . . “at this point in life” reaching out. That really connected for me. My life experiences in the 73 yrs on the planet have been diverse, have outlived my parents and siblings and much learned from that retrospective which I would love to share with the generations coming up; have worked in public service, with non profits, special needs population bringing art to middle school participants, family business delivering building supplies, psychic reader (still) and have endured loosing my partner in Flint River Water Crisis along with trying to support a residential population that is in ‘free fall’ from my perspective.
And I want to share my learning with others who share a more holographic view of the Universe. I want to stoke the creative fires in my own mind with new views and stoke the creative fires of those seeking interaction.
Being a multipotentialite is a gift and a kind of “superpower” but can also be a profound challenge. A thirst for knowledge, information and education never gets old for us. It keeps our minds engaged and sharpened. If you’re young you have a lifetime to discover a world of information and a myriad of interests. If you’re older and just now discovering you’re a multipotentialite you finally have some answers to the reasons for your diverse interests and drive for discovery. The Puttyverse provides invaluable support for one to be their full selves without pressure, and criticism from those who do not understand what it’s like to be in our heads and hearts. It nurtures our drives to explore, acquire knowledge and expertise and then move on to the next topic or career. To have the opportunity to interact with a group of people who in many ways are like you, and in many ways are different than you but still share a common thread, is a rare opportunity in our world today.
I need the Puttyverse exactly now in my life because I don’t know how to put all my interests together. In the past year I started to learn more about myself, I read the book “How to be Everything” by Emilie (which helped me a lot) and I 100% understood to be a multipotentialite!!! However, I still feel I need to be surrounded by like-minded people in order to get inspiration and find my way.
I am going to finish soon my PhD. I enjoyed many aspects of it, as well as I disliked and hated many others. In these past 4 years I definitely enjoyed the variety in my job, I needed to learn and apply many different skills (as a good multipotentialite), but at the same time I understood what was missing to make my job feeling *AMAZING*. The step forward is to put all my interests and passions together to create a well-suited career that makes me feel fulfilled and helpful for this society. I really wish to be able to join this community to get inspired by other brilliant minds!
My scholarship is ending next month and I am having some extra expenses (dentist, etc), so I am trying to save as much as possible… however, I have on my wish list to join this community for long time! If I get the possibility to enter the Puttyverse, I would be very happy, if not then I will be happy to wait and join later on! 🙂
Best wishes from Italy
I need the Puttyverse because I just feel stagnant. I have so many interests and I can never figure out how to take the first step. While I do enjoy my career, sometimes I feel unfilled and often bored after a couple of years. I could use a community to help support me and to just be around like minded individuals.
Congrats on the news website! ? I enjoy having the Puttyverse community because 1/ it’s a relief to be amongst others who have multiple paths and 2/ learn from all the amazing people out there and things they do.
I think for a lot of us neurodivergent folx, we didn’t quite have the community of consistent support growing up like we should have. I certainly did not; It caused me to lose confidence in myself and what my passions are for longer than I care to admit. Trying to fit in that mold was making me lose parts of myself. When I finally took stock of what it was I had lost by not stepping into my full potential, I realized how important it is to keep building a supportive environment- even all the way down to a personal thoughts level. The Puttyverse is perfect in my life right now because it is a supportive environment with people who know just how important it is to be inclusive, kind, creative, accepting, and understanding. I am beyond excited to meet new friends, share passions, and encourage others in their journey as well!
I guess it’s about feeling understood and finding out how others with similar treats get to thrive professionally and socially.
Hey Guys
Thanks to people like you Emily and this amazing world wide community, I have been able to change the perception of myself. From desperate meaningless purposeless careerless vagabonding in my head and in my life to potentially thriving through the birthing of my true interests and passion into existance. Regardless of the contest, I have already won! Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Hugs to everybody
I need the Puttyverse community right now because I very badly need a Time Turner, and and I think that if there’s someone out there who managed to create or simulate one, it’s probably a Puttypeep.
In the event that the Puttypeeps also do not know how to deceive the Laws of Physics, it would still be helpful to talk to someone who won’t have me committed for trying to to fit into my schedule:
-global priorities research
(in particular, applying my project management skills)
-finding donors to buy a remote island somewhere to study evolutionary processes
-taking my athletic performance as runner to the next level
(it would be embarrassing not to, I already bought the equipment!)
-start doing Modern Pentathlon
(I already know 3.5/5 disciplines, how hard can it be?)
-learn Spanish and Mandarin
(I already know another Romance language, that should make learning the first go faster, right? Right???)
-obtain some body language reading skills by doing improv theater
(I already have a contact for this, just need to wait for someone else to facilitate)
-check out my university’s debate club
(I founded and ran one of these in High School, it would be nice to not be responsible for everything for a change)
– write that Fantasy Story that’s been living in my head rent free
(it shares space with 2.5 SciFi stories… and ~5 sequels…)
-satisfy the people badgering me about the blog I started 6 months ago…
-find a legal loophole to continue the microbusiness I had to deregister because of a conflict with the terms of my visa
-get therapy, in part to get over the hangups that keep me from seriously looking for a Significant Other
(also part of that project: freezing egg cells to expand my reproductive window.. and >10 other items, some of which are NSFW)
-…
(I need to email the Accomodations Manager about the smoke detector in my room! It keeps blinking, what if the battery’s empty and it starts making noise in the middle of the night??? I do not want to be known as The Girl Whose Smoke Detector Went Off (TGWSDWO) for the rest of my degree…!!!)
Oh, and in the meantime I’m also starting my 4th attempt at getting an undergraduate degree. I promised everyone that THIS TIME I WILL FINISH, so I should…. Figure out… how to make myself prioritise that…
I mean… I can’t become a global priorities researcher… if I don’t even know how to prioritise in my own life… Right???
hi Antonia! I love the depth & range of all your passions. not sure what a Time Turner is but if it makes more time for all the things I love doing then I want one too!
I have been following the Puttyverse for a couple years now when I realized that I didn’t “fit in” even after years of trying to navigate within my career in tech without mentorship and constantly beating myself up for not fitting in the “mold” of what I thought I should be. It’s also hard being neurodiverse, non-binary, QBIPOC and in this community but it’s also hard to do LIFE without a support system, and every time I read the emails about the communities and coaching that are available I get hopeful but instantly discouraged because I realize that it’s yet another barrier because of my financial situation which is due to my disability which affects mental health. It seems like everything has been affecting everything, meanwhile, I am still coming up with ideas and fascinating ways to help the world, or people within the “muted nation” or those who feel like they don’t have a place in this world, but I feel powerless and voiceless because of my series of unfortunate events that have happened to me over the past year and more.
I would love to be given a chance for this, as I have been doing everything I can, while unemployed to up my skillset (sometimes I think which may be causing more skillsets which may lead to more areas in life that I can transition into), and I just feel lost, without a tribe, without a family, and feel that this would provide the second wind in life that I need or the fire under me to get me going.
Thanks for hearing me out!
(also my birthday is October 7, so this would be the best gift honestly!)
I’m currently experimenting with doing 2 very different careers but I have room to do something more in my life. I’d like to get started exploring a 3rd something-different-career but I know my traditional challenges: 1) choosing between the ideas swirling in my mind and 2) getting started.
The Puttyverse community is exactly what I need right now in my life because the first time a hear about multipontiality something was unlocked in my brain and in my heart, and knowing that there is a community that are pursuing all that they can be really motivates and encourage me to continue my journey. I understand the power of community and I will be more that happy to also contribute within it.
I would like to win membership to the puttyverse as I am a multpotentialite and have tried many other communities in the adhd world but believe your community would be a better fit for me to synthesize my interests and have support of like minded humans. I am not only looking to get support but also be of support to others. I have many skills – former lawyer, yoga instructor, and talk therapist. I am now focusing on meditation, coaching and cruise travel.
My ultimate goal is to take a group on a cruise and meditate on the ocean! I believe multipotentialites would understand and support this venture! Other people don’t seem to understand. Thank you for having this contest and creating this community!
The Puttyverse is exactly what I need right now because I normally have infinite spoons, but think I’m finally burned out (is this what burn out feels like?!). I need to reinvent myself, and maybe it would help to have help!
I have always felt like a jack of all trades, with a heart that beats to the rhythm of many different drums.
However, it often feels like the world around me is constantly pushing towards choosing one path, one interest, one career. Discovering the concept of multipotentialites was a revelation that there are others who revel in the beauty of pursuing multiple interests.
The Puttyverse community feels like the haven I have been seeking, a place where my diverse interests are not just accepted but celebrated. In a world that often feels narrow and restricting, it appears to offer a boundless horizon where I can explore, learn, and grow alongside like-minded individuals. Joining this community would provide the nurturing environment I need to thrive as a multipotentialite, and the support to build a life around all my passions. At this juncture of my life, being part of such a community isn’t just desirable, it feels essential.
When I recently found out that I am a multipotentialite, (thanks to the Ted talk) I felt relieved, angry and hopeful. Relieved to know that there is nothing “wrong” with me. Angry for all those years of struggling to put a name to my natural condition of curiosity. Hopeful to complete the many projects I’ve been wanting to complete forever now.
I am currently on a mini sabbatical after driving myself to burnout from 2 years of intense work as an international non profit professional along side care giving my father who got diagnosed with cancer, vocal lessons, guitar lessons, ultimate frisbee practice sessions, drawing projects — every week, all 2-3 times a week!
I NEED the multiverse community membership because I feel existential, defeated and lost, trying to find the courage and discipline to start something new at this moment in my life.
I dream of one day being able to write and illustrate my own children’s book, release a music album that speaks of grief, truth and love, start my own etsy store that commissions portraits, teach yoga along side my full time job leading educational nonprofits.
Here is why the multiverse community needs me— I am a loyal friend. I know as a member I’ll be active, committed, encouraging, non judgemental and champion other members and the community.
When I recently found out that I am a multipotentialite, (thanks to the Ted talk) I felt relieved, angry and hopeful. Relieved to know that there is nothing “wrong” with me. Angry for all those years of struggling to put a name to my natural condition of curiosity. Hopeful to complete the many projects I’ve been wanting to complete forever now.
I am currently on a mini sabbatical after driving myself to burnout from 2 years of intense work as an international non profit professional along side care giving my father who got diagnosed with cancer, vocal lessons, guitar lessons, ultimate frisbee practice sessions, drawing projects — every week, all 2-3 times a week!
I NEED the Puttyverse community membership because I feel existential, defeated and lost, trying to find the courage and discipline to start something new at this moment in my life.
I dream of one day being able to write and illustrate my own children’s book, release a music album that speaks of grief, truth and love, start my own etsy store that commissions portraits, teach yoga along side my full time job leading educational nonprofits.
Here is why the Puttyverse community needs me— I am a loyal friend. I know as a member I’ll be active, committed, encouraging, non judgemental and champion other members and the community.
I stopped thinking I was gifted as soon as I reached university. I felt like I had finally become on par with my classmates, and I was happy to fit in. One traumatic car accident, plus a health diagnosis of post concussion during the pandemic later, I realize one of the reasons my rehabilitation wasn’t working was there was this whole other side to me that I stopped exploring when I turned 18. My jaw literally dropped when my current therapist, within weeks of meeting me, asked if I was labelled gifted as a child. Although I found a lot of solidarity in concussion related forums…The level of burnout I experienced couldn’t be explained just by a trauma. Rediscovering my neurodiversity lead me to the putty verse. I know how powerful it can feel to be in community with like minded people. I just started a new part time job, but I’m making half of what I am used to so budget is tight as I catch up to pay debts etc. A free membership would be really helpful. thanks for running this contest!
I would love join the puttyverse! The past couple years have been a chaos of shedding my specialist beliefs working on every hobby I could get my hands on from pottery, 3d printing, painting, trying new food, traveling, going back to school, working my specialist job like a multipotentialite and sometimes getting overwhelmed in it all! I’m looking for like minded people and community so that I can help grow, shape my own passions into something more concrete, and help others along the way! I like having deeper conversations because I know that things are related and I revel at the chance to be a part of a larger community of individuals who are equally well qualified, well versed, and willing to have conversations that often times have bigger impact because we love to do it all!
I’ve always been the kind of person who thrives on juggling multiple projects and exploring various interests. At 58, I was diagnosed autistic, which shed light on my unique way of experiencing the world. The Puttyverse community is precisely what I need in my life right now, offering a place where I can be unapologetically myself. It’s an opportunity for me to connect with like-minded individuals who share my passion for diverse interests and creative pursuits, providing invaluable support and camaraderie on my journey of personal growth and exploration.
I need the Puttyverse in my life because I want COMMUNITY. People, people, people! I want more of them. But online so I don’t get overwhelmed, lol. I am an extroverted multipotentalite with ADHD, anxiety and CPTSD and I am in the process of launching my YouTube channel and online business focusing on self-love. You can check my content out on YouTube and Instagram @chichienu. My launch dates are Oct 17 on Instagram and Oct 20 on YouTube. Eeeek!!
I am also a non-practicing attorney, classically trained/opera singer and have worked as an admin assistant, training specialist and procurement assistant. In addition, I used to own a dog walking & pet sitting business and e-commerce store. Definitely a multipotentialite!
I know from previous experience that the solopreneur multipotentialite journey can get lonely. Having community will help me with accountability, and I would love to have the support of other entrepreneurs who are working on their businesses. I would also be able to support and encourage them. I would be a great addition to the community because I am friendly, cheerful and really fun. I also have a lot of enthusiasm and I enjoy cheering people on and celebrating their accomplishments.
And finally, it would help me out financially to win a membership. I had to resign from my day job in July 2023 after suffering a mental health breakdown. I was not eligible for short term disability because I hadn’t been at the job long enough. I have been in treatment since July and it has helped so much, I am doing much better. I am also doing a Gofundme which has been helping. The good news is that the mental health crisis inspired my self-love business. I am grateful to know that there is always a silver lining. Thanks for reading this and have a great day! ?
The Puttyverse Community is exactly what I need as I discovered through a soul-searching, self-actualization journey to ultimate transcendence that my purpose and meaning of life is self-discovery, exploration of the world, learning and seeking peak experiences through multiple endeavors, as this will only accelerate the process and make me live experiences 10X of a non-multipontialite my age! In my case, I chose the sweet spot between the Slash and Group Hug approach to accommodate my interests, passions, projects, and career paths into my everyday life, all aligning perfectly with my meaning, devour for variety, and money-making machine. Although I am pulling it through the wall in front of me, It’s just not easy to push such a lifestyle in a WORLD:
1. Stereotypical family: that sees a “jack-of-all-trades is a master of none” but never actually gets the second part of the sentence “but oftentimes better than a master of one,” experiencing and hopping from one profession to the other in their terms “not committing to one or even not knowing what I want”. Not only that, but it can even reach them to control my life, not allowing me to pursue a certain career path or a new endeavor of my choice at times for unreasonable or unjustified reasons: professionally acting, modeling, legally maintaining a CinemaTech or MarketingTech business of my own, or even becoming a Beauty Pageant Contestant and, thus, maintaining my Miss Mediterranean Queen title after fighting for it, for instance.
2. Eastern Culture, Traditions, and Customs: breaking free of these customs engraved inside of each one of us as we grew up was the first step due to our adaptable, malleable nature. Although it is more lightweight and eye-opening with such zero entanglements and zero prejudices, it is the hardest to find even that one person that you deal with in your everyday life that actually aligns with you and gets you.
3. Society Norms and Pressure: Having said that, you are consistently pressured to pull it through, live, respect, and pay attention to society norms and measures enforced because you are at the end of the day living with them and one of them.
4. Peer Pressure: Of course, all sorts of social media, offline events, gatherings, etc doesn’t fall short of these.
Midst all the previously mentioned, you feel deserted of the sense of belonging, support, and appraisal through the journey that this Puttyverse community is not only much needed but crucial to our survival, well-being, growth, development, and motivation to thrive and move forward. Not to mention, bolstering and constantly fueling and flaming what we have long built, including, but not limited to, our self-worth, our mental and physical health, and also our need for transcendence of knowledge and experiences and giving back to the world and our community!
The Puttyverse community is exactly what I need because, for the longest time, I felt like I was trying to fit into a mold that just didn’t suit me. I’ve always been fascinated by people who had a clear passion and direction in life, but I couldn’t quite pinpoint where I truly belonged.
When I stumbled upon Puttyverse, it felt like a stroke of luck. It’s amazing to see that someone has been able to look at life from a different perspective and find something positive in it. I’ve also started reading your blog articles, and it’s been a great experience so far. I think it could provide answers to many of my questions and allow me to learn from others who have already found their paths. I hope to meet you all soon, whether I win the competition or not! 🙂
Being part of a community of like-minded individuals is incredibly valuable, especially for those of us who identify as multipotentialites. It’s a space where we find validation and acceptance for our diverse passions. This community provides understanding, empathy, and inspiration, allowing us to thrive in a world that often expects a singular focus. Recently, I’ve had to make some major career choices, and having that validation and acceptance really motivates me to pursue what’s most important to me.
Hi beautiful puttyverse team!
Before knowing about multipotentiality I felt I was lost, I didn’t understand myself too much…I thought I have to pick one or two of the many things I love and forget about the rest or just see them like hobbies, but finding Emilie TED video made feel I was not wrong and some of us want to follow many paths in life, so I started to read more about multipotentiality.
I want and I need to be part of puttyverse because I would like to talk with people with the same way to see the world (making multipotential friends will be great and it willed encourage me to follow all my dreams), I have always loved to talk with people from another cultures and I need to learn A LOT more about how to live with my multipotentiality, You know…like be more organized with my many projects and interests.
Thank you so much for this opportunity 🙂
Perfect timing! Im juggling several careers while leaning into my creative outlets like singing and standup. It’s a lot. People think im crazy haha. I’ve always been drawn to a community like this.
I was so relieved to find out that there isn’t something ‘wrong’ with me. I have carried the ‘right way to do things’ for a long time. I need to remember to celebrate what makes me me and you you. I’m beginning an audacious new mid-life season with much anticipation, and I need the puttyverse to help me to remember that I’m exactly where and who I need to be.
Because I need a place where I can focus my ideas and take support from people like me, and not from who think I should stay with a “regular and guaranteed ” job.
It’s exactly what I need right now because, at 39, I’m lost. I’ve spent my whole life being pulled in every direction – doing everything to care for or please everyone around me – and always neglecting myself. Starting with an abusive step parent and an authoritarian father in my youth, to now with meddling in-laws with old-fashioned ideals, a curmudgeon of a spouse, and two wonderful, messy, busy children. For 30-some years I was told I had to pick one career, I had to always have the highest level of success, I had to put aside my wants to keep everyone else happy. Any pursuits outside of the strict path expected of me were chided as wastes of time and money. Any search for fulfillment was deemed selfish and indulgent. Well, unsurprisingly, I burned out. I fell apart. And I slipped into a very dark depression.
Now, crawling out of that darkness, I’m trying to piece my life back together – this time with the focus on me and my own wellbeing. I still have those certain people nagging me to “stop being selfish” and to “be more productive,” but I’m working hard internally to keep their demands at bay and try to build the life I need on my terms.
I would really benefit from a community that understands and supports me in my multiple passions and explorative nature. My past has me conditioned to negate my needs – to gaslight myself, constantly questioning whether my efforts now are indeed selfish and wasteful. I am desperately searching for encouragement, positive reinforcement, and kind words to help keep me on my path of personal growth and fulfillment.
I need the Puttyvers in my life because I need to feel part of people like me with muti intersts, jobs, interests. Given my multicultural background (Belgian/Moroccan) I would be very happy to be part your international community especially at this precise moment. I just quit a fixed part time and well paid job in order to jump into a freelance professional life with multi activities. It is enjoyable and scary at the same time. And I feel I need support to surf the coming waves during this transitional phase. In terms of finance, I am not currently in the best position, that is why it would be great to win this membership access to the Puttyverse community. bisous
I am currently struggling a lot regarding the alignment of all my interests. I always feel like not having enough time for everything I like. It just feels so hard to prioritize in a way I feel happy. As no one of my environment seems to really understand me, I would like to get in touch with like-minded people. I want to have exchange ideas on how to design a successful (=being happy) multipotentialite life.
I need the Puttyverse in my life because of its strong community where there is access to support from many like-minded individuals striving to express their unique talents and skills without restricting themselves to any narrow market or niche.
Plenyy to learn as well as to contribute to the community.
I need the Puttyverse in my life right now because this community encourages me to own more of who I am. As an Asian American woman, I’ve internalized messaging that tells me I should be goal-oriented; focused on singular, profitable success; and that if I’m not working towards that end in a given hour, I’m being lazy. My well-trained inner critic also tells me that engaging in creative pursuits or a myriad of random conversations or information rabbit holes shows that I lack common sense. Puttypeep, who are interested in EVERYTHING and can geek out about whatever right along with me, have helped me to love myself more. In one rare community, I can find people who are engaging deeply in music, spirituality, parenting, cross-cultural and language exploration, and more. When I, myself, hold all these interests and engagements in my individual body, it is so affirming to see them all included in a communal body. In times of questioning my validity and worth as a multipotentialite, it is lifesaving to be able to have real-time conversations with other multipotentialites. Lastly, the support within the community for discovering and pursuing career paths is fantastic, and has informed and affected my job trajectory. So, so grateful for Puttylike!
well said, Sunita! just wanted to recommend a book that was recommended to me and is in the process of changing my life. you might love it too… “Laziness Does Not Exist” by Devon Price. all the best to you, fellow multipod! <3
I’m needing some more community and support in pursing all my interests, even if the list is long and evolving. I’d like to have a better understanding of how others have navigated and harnessed the strengths of being a multi-potentialite. How do you stay on a course that feels true to yourself?
Lately I have been having difficulty motivating myself to participate in my passions. The Puttyverse may be the catalyst to engaging with them again with support from likeminded people. It may also be a means to give back that energy to others once it is regained. Good luck to all participants!
As someone like me new to this website and this community, I have to say… It’s great to know that few of us share this amazing gift on this big planet, we’re living in. and I’m glad that I’ve discovered it in me as well as knowing that is actually a thing. I need the Puttyverse in my life for a couple of reasons: 1. is that I’m in a time where I can’t decide which one of my many passions should I focus on. 2. Having a community of people who you share the same traits with can be a great source of Motivation, Leaning and getting the help and support a Multipotentialite can benefit from to Gain friendships, Achieve goals, Or even dreams. 3. Is to prove to others that anything is possible, and we should go and live with what makes us happy and excited. For me: Growth, Happiness and Excitement are my true focus on this journey I’m having, And I can’t wait to be one of this community here at the Puttyverse.
Because we ACT to make TESSERACT
Chronic health issues have impacted my various work projects and I am at a crossroads. I hope to gain inspiration from others in the community and to also determine what I next want to do with my life.
The putty verse has been a home for me of hope and of people like me who are curious dreamers, experimenters, and dreamers. I’ve had ebbs and flows with my involvement over the years, but this is where it all started and will always feel a bit like home!
I was a member of the PuttyVerse a few years ago and I loved it but then in typical ND style, life took over as my husband, my kids and I all got diagnosed ND in some way or another. I should have rejoined when I realised that I was now an auDHD individual but it always got pushed the bottom of the list of things I needed to do. The community of the Puttyverse is so comforting, relaxing, and inspiring and that is so what I need as I am the care giver for the others. I need to make sure I am looking after myself so that I can be of service to others. This is where the PuttyVerse comes in and I would love to know that it is always there for me. To be around like-minded people is so important to not feel alone. Community is key and multipotentialite community is the bomb!!
Even after being less active for a while I’m sure that when becoming more active again, the ‘verse’ will embrace you like you’ve not been away. Or even better they will let you know that, yes they missed you, and are now glad you’re back.
Where else could you : 1) put together the most incongruent, old, new, passed, dried, wet, edible, non-edible, yet to be invented, gluten free, lactose free, full milk, whole wheat, all types of sugar, x, y, z… ingredients- 2) following a recipe which steps scattered through different books, apps, websites, kindles contained in a holographic library shelf spread around many impossible dimensions, 3) bake them all a different temperatures, constantly changing ovens 4) have a choir or children nodding in enthusiasm and… ‘drumming” 5) still get to have a cool cake and eat it? (“liking fingers”). The Puttyverse, of course!
I have so many different interests and often find it hard to navigate it all/get traction in projects involving different mediums. I feel like the Puttytribe would be a great way to connect with a community of like-minded people, find center and be provided with accountability. I’d also love to give back by offering the same to its members and make the world a better place.
I am putty-ing along trying to figure out what to do next with my life… I look forward to connecting with my tribe for inspiration!
Thank you so much for the opportunity to join your awesome community Emilie. I find the verse so valuable because for 70 years I always thought there was something wrong with me. Finding that I am not alone and there is nothing wrong with me was amazing and helped incredibly. But after all those years, I am having trouble getting myself together and embracing that I am a multipotentialite and actually getting something – anything done!!! lol I think this is the only community that can possibly help me.
Why is the Puttyverse community exactly what I need in my life right now?
Because the Internet is my daily joy, where I cheerfully browse every day discovering a new aspect of a new or old interest, here I have to take a welding class, here this scrapbooking class is for me but here it is, I have to take this house-staging class, but my unconventional dollhouses are waiting for me full of dust, but I should continue my path in self-publishing… and on and on every day and 1000 new interesting and must-have topics! But can the Internet also give me a solution to all this? I so hope I win, maybe this time it will work.
Puttyverse community is what I need right now because I have so many things I want to learn and do and start, and I feel constantly anxious about what I’m not doing or not doing well enough. I would love to learn how to focus, how to let go, and how to live through the different interests I have courageously!
Because it is nice to hear advice, solutions, and empathy from people who experience life and the world similarly to me.
Because I need a community where people just get me … ans not just think I’m jack of all trades or have yet another hobby or course they don’t understand. I would love to grow and develop my multipotentialite mindset with people who have been there too. I hope to inspire others yet to realise the beauty in being a multipotentialite.
I am in need of a roadmap and better direction when it comes to my different passions and navigating my career path. Thanks!
having the puttyverse community in my life could be a stabilizing force as i navigate in my early 40s here my recent ADHD self-diagnosis, being a musician in the 2020s, and trying to parse out what i truly want for my life VS what’s expected of me. for example.
i’ve been learning about the ways that I’ve played roles in my family as our “glue” because of my multipod-ness; and realizing that me fulfilling those roles has held me back from fully pursuing my passions for creation, connection and change. i’m a musician/songwriter, small music business owner, music coach, web designer, and would like to lean into my witchy urges to make salves and potions (something i explored a bit in pandemic lockdown and which gave me so much joy and fulfillment).
the puttyverse was SUCH a positive influence in my life when i joined in COVID, and then unfortunately also due to covid, i cut practically all of my monthly subscriptions to plug those lil money leaks in a time where income was trickier for a performing musician.
i learned so much from my fellow puttypeep, and would love to again be a part of and contribute to the inspiring gaggle of multipods that is the puttyverse… to be digitally surrounded by folks who GET it.
Because I am all over the place. I need to embrace my interests in many things, at the same time, rather than fighting against it. I can’t seem to accept that about myself and need to work on that more intentionally.
Like-minded people to talk with.
I can’t only do one thing. I’ve tried; it just doesn’t work for me. So I’m running/launching more than one business at a time and I’m being careful about not getting overwhelmed. A supportive community that understands this would be super helpful for me.
I need this because of connection. Connection to ideas, connection to amazing people, and most of all, connection to me. I feel more connected to myself than I ever have been and the Puttyverse is a big part of that.
because I am still struggle about defining a path on my life due to multi-potential and many interest , distraction and multi interest considered a ghost chasing me since 22 yrs old , Now I became 39 yrs old 17 yrs struggling and started many things then gave up or gotten bored , so I need guidance and support , my cycles revolve as this today I am the performing artist tomorrow I am the creative writer yesterday I am psycho-analyst social communicator the next week I am the media maker , so here we are distraction distraction distraction the nightmare and the ghost chasing
Because I feel a supportive community is also what I would love to create in the little town where I live, a town that is always skeptical when it comes to introducing new elements in people’s lives. I struggled to find “my way” my whole life and I’m still figuring things out – as we know it’s a lifetime journey – but now I have a new, more rooted vision of where I’m going and I would love to grow in a community of people that feel the same and share the same values. Having access to an online international community would be a great support and feel like a hug 🙂 thanks for reading this and I hope one day we’ll be able to have a “real” chat 🙂 sending hugs and energies!
Puttyverse Community is exactly what I need right now, because I feel lost.
I have passed many years of my life wandering and wondering who I really was and why I was here in this world, trying desperately to be myself.
Almost three years ago, I have discovered to be a multipotential person thanks to Emily’s book and the reality struck within my soul: I was not a mistake just like the others said!
I was only made from different shades, just like a painting.
I hope that this community will help me reach out this unexpressed potential so I can develop it and help out people like me to shine like a star in our wonderful world and let the others feel, like a jazz play, what they are missing and lead them home.
Well, it is not a happy comment. I am moderately depressed. I turn 68 on this Saturday. I really thought that once I retired, it would be a dream come true. But I am on limited income. My three friends passed away. I thought my hobbies would keep me happy. However, I just can’t seem to focus and complete anything. I have given up on any dreams. What’s the point at almost 68 years old trying to accomplish anything? I have been a receptionist all of my life, working in the field of education. No one that I know understands why I cannot complete anything, especially, and I emphasize especially now that I have time to complete projects. I’m just really down and I also actually get anxious about not completing projects. I mean, really, completing my own projects, I am concerned about that – more like what they call a first world problem. I feel ridiculous even mentioning all of the above here. Yet I feel if I had a community like PuttyVerse in my life now, I would have support, friends maybe, who will cheer me on in whatever endeavours I wish to pursue.
I just lost the job I loved the most, so now I am leaning on the Puttyverse to keep me positive. I am taking this as an opportunity to grow in a new way, so, Puttypeeps – let me hear it!
The Puttyverse let me see that I’m not alone – I’ve never met anyone that understood me like this community does.
I just left academia and moved 1650 miles from Arkansas to Maine which I am loving! Now how do I integrate all my creative (e.g., photography, ceramics, watercolors) and environmental (e.g., marine and avian stewardship) interests without getting in over my head?
As a multipotentialite, I am constantly pulled in a million different directions. I have just left a stable and comfortable career and am now at a crossroads. I’m facing several opportunities (in my current field, and 4 other fields as well) and the Puttyverse is full of amazing people who can relate to what I’m going through and don’t judge me for my indecision. It is an incredible resource for those of us who can do too much too well, both as a place of camaraderie and as a place of networking and career-piecing-together. Fingers crossed!
I need inspiration through connection! I also need to learn from others who balance several projects.
The Puttyverse would be a great next step for me. I have always had multipotentialite leanings and an achingly wide range of interests. I have had to quit working in the last year though, due to my life partner’s terminal illness. For the time being, I am a full-time caretaker.
I cannot “retire” yet, and have no intention of doing so when my time becomes my own once again. I have too many projects in various stages of being on hold. Sewing. Gardening. Building my own log home. Flying airplanes. Designing clothes. Archery. Surfing and suntanning at the beach. They are all there with me in various phases, like quantum computations, of being fully completed or not started yet.
Right now, all my energy goes into making my partner’s final days as comfortable as possible. Whether that is for 6 months, a year, or more is unknown. What is known is that when this life phase is over I will be bursting at the seams to get on with all the rest that have been patiently, and impatiently, waiting at the sidelines. I think that being in the Puttyverse will help me direct that explosion of energy when that day comes.
Hi Emilie and Multipods! I am a lifelong multipotentialite, and I am entering this contest because I’ve always needed the guidance and support of you and the multipod community, but especially right now… Why? I’m creating too many projects, too many businesses (even a learning academy) because like you all, I can do most of the tasks, but have spread myself so thin, not able to afford helpers or marketing to sell what I’ve created. I know it’s time to get your support and knowledge, to feel validated and guided to the next steps that I can’t get to right now, feeling so overwhelmed. Thank you!
I have maybe 1, 1 1/2 hours of free time in the day, removing family/job responsibilities. I have two polymathic projects I started and need to continue. But oh man I’m tired in the evening. I’d need peers to talk to, to let the mind fly over interpolation of subjects, to stimulate it and motivate it, to progress and be accountable and accounting so we could move forward together.
Because. I. AM. A. Multipotentialite!
Because this is an opportunity of a life-time. I have moments I feel oké for months and then I have couple months that feel hard. I would love to join a community to feel save and know I can grow in confidance as a puttypeep. For now I focus on couple things, but don’t feel happy because I know I can live a life that is more daring and joyfull than this.
I have never fit in with groups, my whole life I have been on the outside looking in. I learned about a year ago that I am a multipotentialite! I am so excited! I also am trying to build a life I love and I believe Puttylike would really help but sadly I can’t afford the membership.
I believe fitting in somewhere would be life changing.
Oh, you mean I really don’t have to stick to one thing and finish it before moving on to another?! I wish someone had told me that about seventy years ago. I’ve become so tired of being called a quitter, a dabbler, a dilettante.
Now I’m over eighty and perhaps have only a decade left. Before I die, I’d like to complete my favorite project (I’ve been writing a new religious order for humanist women), make progress on a couple more projects and explore numerous other areas. However, I have such difficulty with prioritizing and balancing all my choices. I’m feeling a special kind of time pressure.
I’ve been following Emily and Puttylike for years because I’ve wished for people who could understand my muddle and may help me organize my options. Then I may be able to listen to other Wrinklies with empathy and offer feedback. I want to be vital and useful right to the end!
love this, Maggie! from a fellow writer & wrinklie 😉
I have been a personal coach for 25 years and have a niche specializing in working with multipotentialites. As a multipotentialite myself, I have great compassion for the complexities of weaving together multiple passions in a way that honors our innate way of being while balancing our health and our relationships. Belonging to Puttylike will gift me with opportunities to deepen my understanding and learning to better serve my clients.
I need this in my life because I’m someone with a wide variety of interests and I have always struggled to choose just one! This group would be the perfect community to learn from and grow with!
Why is the Puttyverse community exactly what you need in your life right now?
Because I am really finally starting to fly and I want more genius multipotentialites to fly with, to collaborate with, to learn with and from and to maybe create the Giana Ecovillage of my wildest dreams with.
In this moment of my life I need something able to shake my daily life and my routine. Maybe you can help me.
I was a part of this community a while back and loved it. I was starting to make connections and find my way when life hit the fan and I had to cut corners wherever I could. Not much has changed other than I’ve have kept making strides in owning my multipotentiality and stopped owning the “eye rolls” of others. This time I’d have something to offer…dance party anyone? 🙂 I would love to come back…a “wish list” item ever since I left!
Everyone needs community and a sense of belonging to really thrive. I’m hoping that the Puttyverse can become that seed of community and belongingness, as I struggle with understanding who I really am in the wake of a devastating job loss, coming to terms with learning I am neurodivergent, and the complexities of a midlife re-evaluation of priorities. The difficulty of going through life not fitting into any particular mold can be a lonely and burdensome process, and has left me scarred and unsure of myself. I think the Puttyverse may be just the place where growth and healing can start–not just for me, but for all of us who have struggled with the burdens and joys of being a multipotentialite. As a student of psychology, I lead with empathy towards others, and I value helping others become their best selves. Yet, it can be so hard to see my own struggles with empathy and grace, unless I also see that struggle reflected in others. That’s why for me being in community is so valuable and necessary. I hope to be able to join you soon, and to be part of a community that lifts each other up, and in small but important ways, helps all of us to be our best selves.
In the larger wolrd, I constantly feel like the odd duck out because I don’t have the urge to select just one path. I need the Puttyverse community because I need a place where I feel understood. A place where I’m encouraged and supported to thrive in my multiple interests and passions.
Because Twitter has gone pretty much to hell and that was a big place where I hung out with my fellow Polymaths. And now I have to juggle many different sites and groups for each of my different skills and areas of interest where I’m making progress. :sadpanda:
I’ve spent the last four years learning, researching, absorbing all of who I could potentially be. I lost myself completely until I realized I could make a path based on who I want to be. I am forging my first steps on this new path. The start of being instead of just thinking. Of doing instead of just dreaming. Of deciding the path I get to create and actually walking it. I let go of who I was so I could be who I am and it is time to allow everything in. All the dreams, all the desires, every bit of uniqueness, every ounce of me. And I am so ready to make friends with humans that are doing the same scary shit. One step at a time. Cheers to this step, I’m excited to see where it leads me.
Sage
Having wandered through diverse professional realms across the world, from hospital doctor, to festival stage manager, to fashion entrepreneur, I find myself at a crossroads. Recently back in NZ, I’m juggling various ventures from fostering youth voting to launching a dad-centric baby bag. Stumbling upon Puttyverse was like finding a missing puzzle piece. It’s a space where eclectic minds converge, a potential ground for both giving and growing. In the midst of numerous endeavours, being a part of this community seems like a gentle nudge towards a path of coherent multiplicity. Engaging with this community, I see a roadmap amidst the exciting yet often bewildering multipotentialite maze
Emilie, thanks to you, I’ve learned that it’s not only okay but also wonderful to love and pursue many things in life. I wear multiple hats as a teacher, artist, copywriter, social media manager, herbalist, and astrology lover. My Sun is in Sagittarius, my Moon in Leo, and I have an Aries Rising. Can you imagine that combo?! Your influence has empowered me to embrace and celebrate the richness of my multipotentialite identity.
Winning a lifetime membership to The Puttyverse would be an incredible honor and opportunity for me to further explore and connect with a community that shares my passion for diverse interests. It would mean the world to me.
Thank you, Emilie, for being a beacon of inspiration and validation for multipotentialites worldwide. Your work has touched my life deeply, and I’m excited with the chance to continue this journey with you and the amazing Puttyverse community.
After 25 years abroad, I’ve returned to the U.S. so my daughter could go to college here, and I feel like a stranger in an even stranger land. With this membership, I feel like I’d have access to a supportive group of like-minded multipods who will inspire, understand, and support my efforts to juggle everything everywhere all at once. It’s been a struggle-filled year, but now that daughter is thriving, it’s time for me to find a way to maximize my own potential, instead of spending all my time helping her to maximize hers.
As a fellow multipotentialite, I’ve often felt torn between my diverse interests, unsure of how to navigate a world that often values specialization over exploration. Your journey and teachings have been a guiding light in my life. Thanks Emilie!
Hello everyone! This is Pia from Peru. I am a licensed architect, who has been working in higher education and is currently learning about visual storytelling (and many activities more).
The Puttyverse community is exactly what I need right in my life right now because I want to keep growing as an educator and story artist and have been struggling a little for not understanding my multipotentionalite features. I would like to focus my efforts and to connect with other peeps to get to know their stories and recommendation to move forward. Also, to share what I’ve learned so far in my journey.
I’m at a point in my life where I want to (need to!) actually prioritise what I want to do in life, but I’m terrified and I’m no good at identifying my skills and seeing how they can be translated in different ways, or how they can complement each other to form something new. I need some advice, accountability and a supportive community with different perspectives.
I have found myself falling out of love with my career that I was once very passionate about. I have a whole assortment of other passions that would like to pursue, but I could really use some guidance on how to combine those into a career that I love and will always keep me learning and growing!
I’ve spent 12 years in the rat race chasing promotions and climbing the corporate ladder and living out other people’s aspirations. I ran out of rungs to climb at my company recently (not because i’m at the top, but because i’ve run out of doors open to me) and I discovered how lost I was. I’m currently going through a journey of self-discovery probably for the first time in my life and I stumbled on your site from your TED Talk. Everything made so much sense and its given me such a sense of excitement to keep exploring and uncovering what truly makes me happy.
Puttyverse is a blessing in disguise for a person like me who has multiple interests. It is here where I don’t feel alone knowing that there are others like me out there. Knowing that it’s a blessing and not a curse to have multiple interests has changed my perception towards life. I need Puttyverse to find like minded people and find my unique gifts and talents and make it work for my in my personal and professional life. And after I find my calling I’d love to be of help to any and everyone who’s on their journey to find their inner hero.
After a divorce, I am restarting yet another chapter and being someone with so many interests, I could use a community to help me navigate this.
“Everything” tells me I’ve been a potentialite all my life: taking the Einstein approach during my 30 years in HR while slashing it to ribbons, and flirting with writing and music at sundown. Now at 66, I found the perfect group for that big hug — The Puttyverse Community!
When Duran Duran broke up, each took a different path, but alone they were not successful, while together they were the very strong Duran Duran. We need to work as a team.
It would be sooo really really nice if my running around in cirkels between all the many things i love doing, finally start to get some structure and i would reach some goals. ? ( …and Tuesday is my birthday ? what a great gift would this membership be!)
Finding Puttylike and the term “multipotentialite” was fantastic… I’m not the only one to change direction when it matters, and to wonder how it all fits in. I’d love to be less stressed about it though. Being multi-skilled and multi-qualified, I still feel sometimes that I have betrayed my talents by not following path XYZ. So instead of celebrating a multi-faceted life, I sometimes mourn lost opportunity and beat myself up for not being more successful in the mainstream sense. I’d like to swap notes with other multipods on how to squeeze all the puzzle pieces into one lifetime without freaking out, how to stop exhaustion, and how to celebrate more! Go, the multipods!! 🙂
Discovering the idea of being a multipotentialite as opposed of simply being broken changed my take on life forever (thanks Emily for that Ted Talk!). I’ve been flirting with the idea of being part of a community, but I am afraid that by joining I would feel more overwhelmed than I usually do. I wish to share with others, learn from them, and perhaps also sparkle something on someone else. Having the opportunity to join the community and learn to navigate it, to add value to life without adding to the pile would be wonderful, and removing the financial anxiety while doing so would be just brilliant!
PuttyLike made me discover that I don’t have to change my way of being in order to fit in our society. I figured out that I can give what the world needs, by remaining exactly the way I am! For the first time, I don’t feel guilty for being a multipotentialite. I don’t feel alone. I feel good about myself and I love to share this wellness with others, too! That’s why the Puttyverse community is so important to me. 🙂
The Puttyverse community has been an amazing source of support and inspiration for me in the past, and I miss being a part of it. It has provided a safe space for me to share my struggles, challenges, and successes, and it has played an important role in my personal growth over the years. I want to rejoin because I long for the sense of belonging and the valuable connections that I had. The friendships I formed within the Puttyverse hold deep meaning to me. Lastly, I think that being a part of a community is not just about receiving, but also about giving. I believe that my experiences and insights could also benefit others in the community. I want to contribute and share my knowledge to help fellow multipotentialites on their own journeys.
I’ve always felt incomplete. I never had a single talent I could claim to be wonderful at. I have a great voice, but I’m not exactly a good singer; I dance well but only when I copy/learn from others; same with art- I’m good at it but not as good as the many people I know; I’m good at studies but I never get a rank; I’m good at making videos for Youtube but I get very little views; I’m good at photo editing and collaging, but not enough to make a career out of it; I’m good at writing but have not gotten much attention for it; I can go on and on. It’s like whatever I try, I’m never good enough at it.
And one day, I came across the Puttylike website. I took the multipotentiality test and felt so happy and relieved when I found that I was one too. This explained my varied interests and inability to focus on a particular skill. The thought of being stuck with one job makes me panic, so I have a vision of how my future should. And it all made sense when I learnt more about this.
I learnt that it’s okay if I’m not a specialist. I just need to harness my energy in a better and more productive way. But I don’t exactly know how to do it. That’s why I think the Puttyverse community is exactly what I need in my life right now. I can’t pay for courses or communities like these without my parents’ permission, and they always say I can join these after I complete my education, which will be 3-4 years from now. However, I want to learn more and know how to improve myself because I don’t think the career I am pursuing will be the only one. I have so many plans; I don’t know how to execute them. However, I hope that joining the Puttyverse community will provide me the courage and guidance I need to embark upon my next phase of life. I hope to connect with people who I can relate with.
Thank you for this wonderful opportunity, Emilie! I’m very grateful to you and the many articles in your website.
turning 50 this year. would rather not fall apart, as i look around and see how “scattered” my (prof, love) lives seem to be… but would rather keep reframing it through the multipotentialite lens. Voilà!
For the longest time, I have been actively hiding parts of my life from everyone I know. A desperate attempt at fitting into a specialist world. And this hide-and-seek act was burning me out. A few weeks back, I confided in my therapist about this tendency and how much it prevented me from tapping into my fullest potential. I have started some inner work to get the confidence to show up as my multipotentialite self. However, being around people who value specialist traits over multipotentiality it’s really hard to keep going on the healing path. Here is where I believe the Puttyverse can step in – offering me a safe space to connect, learn from and collaborate with other multipotentialites; shedding a lot of the imposter syndrome I have accumulated over the years; and explore my multipotentiality unabashedly. I look forward to joining the puttypeeps!
To my many interests, a new one was added recently: caregiving for my dearest partner who has been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. Truly not an interest I was looking for, but here it is. So I can use all the support that the universe has on offer.
I was made redundant at the beginning of this year, and still can’t settle on which job options to combine to keep paying my bills. Meanwhile, I feel like I have so many hobbies/interests I want to try and end up leaving most of them by the wayside. I need the puttyverse to give me some perspective and help me to feel more settled instead of hopping from thing to thing.
I read Emily’s book just few months ago and it allowed me to recognize myself!
Now I understand why any conventional strategy for time management, starting a business, focusing, etc. have never worked for me in the long run! I mean, they didn’t work not because of poor results but because when applying them I never felt good, in the right place doing the right thing and – above all – at the right time… I mean “right” for me!
Thanks to Emily I’m discovering that having a safe place, a sort of “nursery” where you can grow safely, is the “killer app” for a multipotentialite!
We have many resources within us, which we simply cannot bring out and thrive in a world based on settled compartments.
I am also a HSP (highly sensitive person) such as approx. the 20% of the global population. According to my direct experience, there is a very close connection between HSP and Multipotentiality: I would like to verify this event, but I estimate that at least 80% of multipotentialites are also Highly Sensitive People.
I would be thrilled to have the opportunity to delve into this hypothesis within the community!
Thank you so much for everything, Emily!
With love,
Nadia
For so long, I knew that there was more to my inability to “settle” or find my niche. There were too many things I wanted to do! I felt frustrated with the conventional idea of finding my passion as it suggested that there was just one and we know that is preposterous… (insert eye roll here)
The concept of multipotentiality feels so affirming.
I really miss the community feel, and especially one that understands the need to chase the multiple shiny objects. I would love to be in a welcoming space to explore new ideas, get excited about random new things, and be accepted for just being me.
This is the community I’ve been looking for years. The opportunities and supports from the community that has the same traits and personalities as I do are exactly what I need to keep me accountable and thrive.
I’ve had to reinvent myself so many times for survival. I’m on my fourth career, a mom of two, and trying to balance all of my responsibilities for my family. Multipotentiality has given me resilience for that, but I’m also finding that in all this caretaking and providing, I’m starting to lose myself. I need this because I need a community to help me recover and protect myself, so that no matter what life demands, I stay me.
The Puttyverse community is exactly what I need in life right now because at the very beginnig of my second fifties
I wish to surround myself with the right people and the right energy to restart my mission which is not simply to survive but to thrive. And to do it with inspiration, kindness, laughters and a certain charm (ft maya angelou)
I am multi-potentialite that struggles with having so many different things going at once that I sometimes feel overwhelmed and I then just choose one to focus on to get it under control, then I move to a different. This leaves many projects not finished at the same time and the overwhelm cycle starts again. I think being part of a group like PuttyVerse where others understand my way of working and processing and how other mutlipotetialites deal with all their ideas and projects, in a way that I can fulfill that creative multi project/interest to completion, without getting bored or overwhelmed.
Why is the Puttyverse community exactly what you need in my life right now?
Where to begin? I’m not sure of how you will choose the three lucky recipients for a free membership, but all I can say is that it would be a godsend as my world is falling apart…
In the short space of the next few weeks, I will be losing a beloved aunt to cancer—-her third, brave fight, and very likely my marriage of over 30 years. On the bright side—-of there is any to be found—-this will begin a whole new life—-at least according to the Zen master author of SIMPLE LIVING 100 Rituals. It’s one I reinterpretation of loss, although it is not under my control. The essential
Idea is that loss allows something new to take its place.
This is my pseudonym. I have found it gives me untold superpowers, because in art as well as in life, one must be completely free to create. When I joined a few years’ ago, I was flooded with the overwhelming feeling of freedom to be who I am and always have been. To be myself and proud, validated. To meet others with a similar story of feeling un valued by society that commands us to choose our lane or be a dilettante. But financial circumstances forced me to step away. It’s been too long especially as I look ahead to unbelievable loss weeks’ ahead.
It would therefore be incredible to find my way back into The Puttytribe, now Puttyverse again. A chance to be reborn and to support and be supported by a such gracious and kind community.
Because as an entrepreneur I need people who think different than: you have to focus on 1 thing and choosing 1 thing to be an expert at. I really helps my creativity and think in possibilities. I feel blisfully normal when I talk to peeps ?
The Puttyverse community is what I need right now because I’ve been feeling kind of lost in this ‘atomized’ world. I’m sure there are more people feeling like me, struggling to find someone who feels lost and alone sometimes, even guilty, and I’m sure many of them are already in the Puttyverse community. I just hope to have the chance to meet them and connect and help each other thrive.
The Puttyverse community is exactly what I need right now because I just went back to a retail job (despite never wanting to work in retail again) because I want to do so many things at the same time that none of them ever seem to get done. I’d rather be a small part of others doing their Big Thing while I do my Big Thing than in charge of a bunch of No Things.
To be supportive and learn from others who are also fascinated by what this life has to offer. I love how this community is often trying to figure out how to get the most out of life since we love to do so many things!
I work best in partnerships, groups, in general, collaboratively. It’s my jam, aioli, lemon curd, maple syrup, chili oil and all the other condiments that make life and work delicious. In my (non-work) life, I’ve always surrounded myself with other weird, genius, creative, magnificent multipods. After my many years adventuring in the land of normal(ish) jobs, professions, art, entrepreneurial ventures, I’m beyond ready to free my life’s pursuits from the artificial constraints I had placed on the idea of what “professional” means.
I have, over the past 3 years, been trying to transform a three headed baby business (focusing on one head at the moment) into something that can be an expansive, transformative community based on a shared concrete, practical group of services and core principles. …But I can’t do it alone. What I’ve discovered is I need like minded (puttylike) partners, not just employees and colleagues. I need people in my life who are like me but different. That means, people who have experience doing zillions of different things (just like me). I want to connect with multipods whose time has been spent developing their experience in different practical areas where I have not, people whose experience and professional guidance is beyond “this is the way it has to be done.” I want to be in a community of people who aren’t disturbed by or even suspicious of my basic nature. I am hardwired to challenge, transform or reinvent most of what I touch. I need the Puttyverse!
First of all, wow, I never imagined so many comments from people who identify themselves as multipotencial and would like to enter the community.
I read Emilie’s book (I think a person on YouTube mentioned it and I automatically knew I should know more), I loved it!! expresses some ways to solve the way of organizing our life project. I think many times we feel too stagnant or trapped and a small change of point of view fixes everything.
Thank you Emilie, your book really is like an incredible tool to me.
The fact that so many people are participating gives me a beautiful feeling that we are not alone, we can support each other, and incredibly we share more things with others than we think. Long live the internet haha
In my not so long life I have gone through moments where I hit the wall and I don’t know what to do, but in some way (many times not the most ideal) I have managed to change my perspective again and again, seeking to concentrate on what and why it will be. my next move, while ensuring that the path you take fills and nourishes you. There are thousands of people and thousands of possible lives, why we close our minds to change and diversity in a life time?
I would like to participate with others to share what I have done, and also because I am very interested in the path that others have traced, in the end that is what communities are for, to support each other.
The Puttyverse is a place where I feel able to truly be my full self, with other multipotentialites. It helps to know that I was not alone. People may have seen me as defective, or solely a dilettante (or both), but I began to see myself as just wired differently. The puttyverse helps me be much less apologetic about myself.
Society benefits from both specialists and generalists. Those who fall into the latter category are often the objects if ridicule and derision. I wish dabbling weren’t always something to jeer at and was more often a vehicle for curiosity and conversation instead. I am more proud today as a polymath than I was before learning about a community of Puttypeep. Moreover, the Puttyverse is one thing that helps me to overcome my fears of pursuing what I want to in life. Fear can be good for us, certainly. It helps to protect us. But fear can often be a hindrance too, keeping us from being the people we could be. Do I approach everything with equal skill and aplomb? No, and I concede that. But that, I have also learned, is not the point.
I believe the world is a better place because of the Puttyverse (and I mean that sincerely, as hokey as that statement may read.)
And, finally: I honestly just like to nerd out whenever I can; The Puttyverse helps me do that!
I need this lifetime membership now because, while I’m not exactly in dire straits, I am certainly in a position financially where I have had to make a lot of cuts and sacrifices. I miss being in the Puttyverse (I was in for a time during the pandemic at a discounted rate) and a lifetime membership would help immensely. The Puttyverse also helps when I am depressed, which I have been for quite some time. It would also benefit me as I am in my 30s and really narrowing down exactly what I want in life and trying to shape what I do professionally and personally to reflect that (partially fueled by a cliche existential crisis, but it’s more than that).
Thank you for your consideration,
Danielle Hayden
the puttyverse community is exactly what I need right now because I’m a unicorn tired of trying to make it alone & getting lost & overwhelmed in the process… I’d love to meet other unicorns so we can share our gifts & make magic together & get it out in the world. the world needs us multipotentialite unicorns & we need each other!
“The reason I kneel is to gain momentum.” There is a meme about planting a knee kick in the stomach of an opponent with the line: My life is now on its knees like this meme! But I am never pessimistic about my life. People who only taste a little bit of this and that have both pros and cons – they get hungry and can eat a lot in the future.
I’m currently majoring in art, hoping to work in film, worked hard last summer to grow 35 different types of tomatoes in my garden, taking a MOOC course in biology and sustainable soil management, and growing 20 unique tropical plants in my room. , I am studying and collecting Chinese cars, I am studying English and German in addition to my native language Korean, I have collected 37 business ideas in a memo app, I am employed by a company as a home-based website designer, and my main job is art work. I think it’s about creating. When I think about these things, I am very excited and scared at the same time.
I have ADHD. When I was diagnosed with ADHD, I was deeply confronted with the things I couldn’t do, such as ‘structuring many thoughts’. The thought that things like structuring would not be my thing in the future because of my characteristics gave me a sense of helplessness. Why do I need the Puttyverse community? Because you were really the first people to give ADHD the words alpha, possibility, and even power. It took me out of my feelings of helplessness and fear.
I’ve felt out of sorts in the last few years, not feeling like I’m in the right field, but not exactly sure how to go further without burning out.
I would like to learn and get inspired from everyone in the Puttyverse community on how to embrace my multipotentialite self and seek out the best career(s) path!
“The reason I kneel is to gain momentum.” There is a meme about planting a knee kick in the stomach of an opponent with the line: My life is now on its knees like this meme! But I am never pessimistic about my life. People who only taste a little bit of this and that have both pros and cons – they get hungry and can eat a lot in the future.
I’m currently majoring in art, hoping to work in film, worked hard last summer to grow 35 different types of tomatoes in my garden, taking a MOOC course in biology and sustainable soil management, and growing 20 unique tropical plants in my room. , I am studying and collecting Chinese tea, I am studying English and German in addition to my native language Korean, I have collected 37 business ideas in a memo app, I am employed by a company as a home-based website designer, and my main job is art work. I think it’s about creating. When I think about these things, I am very excited and scared at the same time.
I have ADHD. When I was diagnosed with ADHD, I was deeply confronted with the things I couldn’t do, such as ‘structuring many thoughts’. The thought that things like structuring would not be my thing in the future because of my characteristics gave me a sense of helplessness. Why do I need the Puttyverse community? Because you were really the first people to give ADHD the words alpha, possibility, and even power. It took me out of my feelings of helplessness and fear.
The question: ‘Why is the Puttyverse community exactly what you need in your life right now?’
My answer: Being 83 and, yes, I will either openly or surreptiously work that into every post because it has a direct bearing on being a ‘multi-P.’
Being a ‘multi’ is a lifelong thing; it is who we are. Community is something that I and all of we Multi-P’s need now and forever in our lives.
Anything that is lifelong cannot and should not be borne alone. You need a community of like souls to bond with, both for strength and moral support.
“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” – Helen Keller
For me, and I suspect all other Multi-P’s; Puttyverse Community provides that friendship for all of us – for we are all in need, at whatever age, of the kinship of a common solidifying bond of like people.
Thus, ‘Puttyverse Community’ is exactly what I need in my life at this [or any] point in time.
John Monroe [Putty 83]
As a neurospicy creator, I think that being a part of the Puttyverse community could help me feel less like I’m publishing my content in a void and it could enable me to create connections with other neurospicy creators.
I need help to focus on my need to unfocus and do ALL the things!
The Puttyverse community is EXACTLY what I need right now because it is the center of gravity in a universe of multipotentialite existence for me! It’s where I can go to feel centered, acknowledged, appreciated, validated, and most importantly, encouraged to be my full mutli-passionate self with no judgement, only full acceptance.
The Puttyverse community is exactly what I need in my life right now because I believe being surrounded by likeminded people is critical for cultivating new interests. I have been drawing for most of my life, and I feel like one of the biggest reasons I have kept up with art while other interests have been dropped or paused is because I am surrounded by artists – there are several in my family, my friend group is comprised of them, and I frequent websites populated by artists. Not to discredit my own efforts, but I feel like you aren’t giving yourself a fair shake if you don’t have anyone to share your interests with. So, I want to find and surround myself with people who also have a wide variety of interests, and who support and believe in my attempts to widen my abilities. I want to be able to be inspired by and cheer on my peers. For a long while now I have desperately wanted to make progress in some new hobbies, and I think joining Puttyverse could be instrumental in that. Thank you for reading.
becuz i’m afloat in life again & looking for others drawn in multiple directions
I would love a membership here so I can continue to learn how to be who I really am. I just always thought I was kind of unique with having so many interests throughout my life. Being here and reading about what others are saying and doing really makes me happy to know I am not the only one. With all of my interests I have gained a few degrees, and certificates, joined groups on Facebook, and attended a few colleges with or without dropping out. This site and membership would help me guide myself into the next step that will actually benefit me and not waste any time.
The Puttyverse is what I need in my life right now because I am trying to run 3 separate businesses as a scatterbrained ADHDer who also has to be off ADHD medication due to health issues, and my brain feels like a runaway freight train! So many ideas, but struggle with consistency and remembering them all, as well as “shiny new business syndrome”… which detracts from my current ones. 🙂 I know I can succeed, but I need accountability, and advice from people who GET IT. Who get what it’s like to have multiple interests and even businesses, and can offer a sense of community that I miss in my everyday life from friends and family who think I’m a flake who “never follows through.” I’ve been earning enough to (barely) support myself and my family for 4 years as a full-time freelancer now, so I know I can succeed more to actually be profitable and not just breaking even (or less) each month… but scaling up my multiple creative endeavors has proved challenging. In short – I need the Puttyverse in my life right now because I want to learn from everyone else, feel that sense of community I miss, and also give back to others with what I do know about business too. 🙂 Thank you for this contest!
Puttyverse is the multiverse for a multiperson, without beeing only virtual: just your curiosity instead of changing avatar’s skills and settings. We don’t live also in a multiverse, we are multiversions 🙂
Because I want to find belonging within a community that is a safe space to continue to explore my multipotentiality and I hope to find guidance on how to combine my interests into a meaningful and fulfilling career.
On this journey of self-discovery, I seek a community where I can belong, learn, and grow. I yearn for a place where I can be my authentic self, without judgment or fear.
I have finally settled into acceptance with my learning ad working nature, quit my job and started to change my antennas for opportunities and new structures that work for me. Beyond excited as every article I read here resonates with me and I am feeling a sense of belonging reading the stuff here. I am generally extremely difficult when it comes to asking for help or feedback from others as I have a severe fear of failure plus mostly feel misunderstood in my conceptualization. I think with this community I could elevate into a direction that is sustainable for me, for good. 🙂
I will try to keep this short.
I’ve come to realize that I need the help of some good people who can relate to what I’m going through.
I like making music. Should I play more guitar and make an indie pop album? Or play synthesizers and make an electronic album?
Should I start a sketch series on TikTok? Or become a wedding photographer?
I also love languages, travel, drawing, graphic design, writing. I like teaching and sharing my knowledge.
Could I earn money from any of these? And how do I find the time?
I’ve got to make some changes. I need a community. I need this community!
Big hugs from Northern Germany.
Because although I’m pretty good at keeping all the balls in the air… most of the time! I feel like I need a community of like minded souls to share the ups and downs, the tears and wins, the laughs and good times… and somewhere I can put out my craziest wildest ideas and others “get it” rather than trying to talk me down!
I really need the Puttyverse in my life right now because I’ve got to the point in my life where I can’t continue the way I am living. If I continue down my current path of forcing myself into being something I’m not (someone with a single hobby and single career) then I will become a shadow version of myself. I came to this realisation this year after another failed attempt to work in a “normal” job and falling into a deep depression. It took getting to rock bottom this year for me to realise that I can no longer live like this.
I owe it to myself to explore living and truly embracing the multipod life. After trying very hard to live a mono life, I now want to pursue a life where I draw, write, coach, knit, crochet and do whatever else I feel like!
I owe it to myself to try making money using my creativity – especially my drawing – which is something that I’ve been good at since I was very very young. So I’ve got to give that a try. I’m 35 now and I feel like I’ve denied myself the right to pursue what I like for too long. I’ve also denied myself the right to do lots of different things for too long. I owe it to myself to embrace all aspects of myself.
I need to accept myself as a multipotentialite and allow myself to become the person that I want to be. Being part of the Puttyverse will help me to do this. I personally don’t know many multipotentialites and I’m keen to learn from others who are living the multipod life. I am trying very hard to live a multipod life on my own, but I know that I would have much more success in becoming a multipotentialite if I was in the Puttyverse.
Watching the original TED talk (and later the book) was a revelation for me, finally putting words on a weird feeling of not belonging nowhere.. and anywhere at the same time. Joining this Puttylike community would be a great privilege. I don’t know yet how it would change me, but I’m sure the effect would be as surprising and revealing as the discovery of the TED Talk has been.
Right now, I feel like an unguided missile locking on to so many things that I lose focus and then interest. I would love to interact with like-minded people, young and “old” to learn, to exchange and to be part of what I see as a great hive-mind.
Being able to connect with like-minded folks not only gives me some comfort and understanding of myself but helps me feel not so alone in the world. All of my life, I’ve searched to understand myself. Why I function the way I do; why I am always so restless and searching for something better; why everyone else isn’t the same way. Finding out I’m a multipotentialite has helped me understand myself, but I need to delve deeper to unlock my potential.
I have so many ideas swirling through my mind. I have stacks of glorious notebooks where my ideas grow and come to life. All I’m missing is my people!
Sometimes the difference between getting an idea up-and-running, and it staying in a notebook, is one moving piece. Sometimes my mind decides to make new ideas instead of the solution. A group of like-minded people, all who have streams of ideas like me… well, we could fill in those spaces and bring anything to life!
Plus I need the occasional reminder that I’m not an imposter.
What I need from the Puttyverse is the weekly interaction with puttypeeps in the “Morning” Business Huddle. It’s always a surprise who shows up, but it’s never a surprise to have meaningful interactions with those who show up.
Because the moment I first heard the word “multipotentialite” something clicked inside my brain. I have always been someone to try multiple things and chase multiple dreams at the same time. That started back in my childhood, when my parents encouraged me to try out a variety of extracurricular activities (from ballet to volleyball and from playing the piano to foreign languages) so by the time I was finishing high school, I had so many stimuli in my life that I struggled a lot when deciding what I wanted to study. I settled for Physics (I loved learning, and Physics is a good place to start) but it was actually art that pushed me towards science – I was taken art classes throughout my teenage years and our teacher was particularly fond of Astrophysics. Parallel to my studies I became an active volunteer (devoting 500+ hours) and science communicator/educator, before moving abroad to do a master’s in Astronomy. Currently I am working as a software engineer, I am the co-founder of a non-profit organization, and I am still discovering my path as I go. I want to do more public speaking and I am flirting with entrepreneurship and I want to finally publish the novel I wrote ten years ago and if a multipotentialite space is not the right place for me to be in then I don’t know what is.
I have met people who are like me, but l yearn to be part of a whole community of people with whom I share a similar experience and mindset. I am, most of all, a lifelong learner, and I want to surround myself with individuals who understand the struggle and the magic of it. I wish to be motivated and in turn motivate others, support and be supported, exchange ideas and share good practices. I am always happy to share any knowledge, insights, and resources I have with anyone who is interested or can benefit from them.
Everybody needs a community, but I need the Puttyverse community to feel like I truly belong in this world.
Because I need others around me who can understand me, not judge me, and inspire me all at the same time!
I’m extremely scattered, burnt out on my money making business and seem not to be able to shift gears to new interests and/or make significant progress on my personal projects.
Whether our first day of kindergarten, starting a new job, or moving to a new neighborhood, we all have a timeless and universal desire to find a place where we belong. The PuttyVerse is the one place I know I belong. I need it now every bit as much as when I first joined.
Hi, I’d really like to connect with others who also have many passions but not enough time! Also I’d really like to connect with some accountability buddies to aid me in organising my time.
The puttyverse community is exactly what I need right now because the type of multipotentialite who dives deep into something and then leaves when I’m done wanting to learn about it. And yes people think I’m crazy because I “could have become” something big and important if I only stuck with it. But I need this community now because I feel ready to leave yet another career and I need the support of people who understand this. I also can’t quite define what’s next and could use some help there. I feel like I’m looking right at it but can’t see it.
When I read about multipotentialites and recognized myself… it was such a relief to know I’m not just a quitter who can’t hack it.
I recently read Emilie’s article about being a phoenix versus an octopus multipod. The part about how some sources say a phoenix can slowly die and decompose before being reborn really jumped out at me. On the personal side, I have been blessed to be reborn with my transition into motherhood. On the career side, I have been working as a specialist in healthcare for a while now and have been slowly burning out and decomposing. I’ve finally gotten to the point of ashes and (after a period of rest) am ready to get reborn again.
I am leaving my current career this month, which feels like a terrifying leap into the unknown, especially as a daughter of immigrants who engrained in me the importance of getting an education, earning a degree, finding a stable career, and working that one career until retirement or until death (whichever one comes first). I recognize my privilege to be able to explore new paths, and it’s incredibly exciting and surreal to seize this opportunity.
There are so many possibilities that I see! So many ways I could positively contribute to the world! I love learning about everything and am so fascinated by all the things us humans can do! This awe also comes with overwhelm and a sense of being lost.
So I would love to have a community to help support me through this process, possibly find some mentors to guide me, and gain the confidence and clarity to take this leap of faith into a more unconventional, refreshed, and authentic life. Thank you, I am so grateful for your consideration and for the Puttyverse community.
I love ALL my interests so much, however hard I try I can’t bring myself to sacrifice any of them!
There’s being lucky and there’s feeling lucky. I know I’m lucky. I was born into a loving family. I got a good education. I have a job that pays my bills. When I try to speak with friends about my situation, they look at me puzzled. How can I explain my feeling of total dissatisfaction?
I’d like to feel lucky. If you feel lonely, isolated and aimless, are you really lucky? Is luck a comparative thing? I know I’m lucky compared to the millions of people who don’t have enough food to eat or proper shelter or even physical safety. I don’t usually compare myself to them, though I know I probably should. Instead, I compare myself to an imaginary me, a me that has accomplished something, a me that is satisfied with her life. Other people see my graduate degrees. I see degrees that are sitting unused—expensive wall decorations. A life that could have been meaningful, wasted.
I love my friends, but I don’t think they understand me. Here I feel understood. And that makes a world of difference. My dissatisfaction confuses my friends. I can see everyone here nodding in understanding. Maybe here I can start to feel lucky…
I recently found out what it means to be Puttylike. As soon as I did, I immediately felt like I was at home. I am now on a new journey to understand myself more, explore my passions, and capitalize on my newfound understanding. I would love for the Puttyverse to be there with me for my journey
Why is the Puttyverse community exactly what you need in your life right now?
I’m a 2023 Computer Science graduate – lost – finding my first job – understanding my power as a multipod.
I have multiple interests: Computers, Marketing, Writing, Drama, +10 more 🙂 And the phase of life I’m in Puttyverse is the exact place which could help me understand the life of other Multipotentialites, and how they navigate throughout their life. I want to listen to their unique stories, perspectives, and ways of leading their life as a Multipod! I believe Puttverse is one place that can make a major positive impact on my life, allowing me to “leverage the power of a Multipod” while driving my way through life and leaving an impact.
I also have a unique perspective to share. The interest, enthusiasm and excitement to nurture and support the community in every possible way.
I discovered the concept of the Multipotentialite fairly recently (just in the last month), and when I did I experienced an overwhelming mixture of relief, connection, and existential crisis. What happened was this: a friend and mentor sent me Emilie Wapnick’s TED talk thinking that it might resonate with me, especially because I am in the process of orchestrating a career change and struggling to decide exactly how to hone in on what my next career will be. She was surprised when I called her up mid-panic attack, trying to figure out what my path forward looks like on my very non-linear professional journey, and how to process this new, fundamental part of my identity. My mentor calmly told me that it doesn’t change anything; I just need to reframe my story. So wise.
I’ve often run into the dreaded “you have to choose” scenario when I pursue more than one interest. In High School, I had to choose between art and music because of how classes were scheduled. I chose art, and I thought that was going to be what I specialized in for the rest of my life. I earned a degree in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design, and despite having excellent technical design skills, I had not received any kind of preparation for the business aspects of a career in Design or Fine Arts. I graduated during the recession of 2008/2009, and immediately got suckered into a job scam right out of school. I did some freelance projects that didn’t pay enough to eke out a living. I took on whatever jobs I could- I had an interest in plants, so I worked retail at a greenhouse and started designing their signage when they learned I could use Photoshop. I went on to work at a floral shop and eventually was trained to work with clients designing wedding stationery. It was a part-time gig and I knew it wasn’t what I wanted to do, so I thought I’d try to make myself a better candidate for jobs with more stability. I’d always loved reading, libraries, and books. . . but I hadn’t really let go of my passion for art, so I went back to school and earned two Masters degrees simultaneously, one in Library & Information Science and one in Art History, Criticism, & Conservation. I was in New York but I am not a big city kind of girl, and I jumped at the chance when I was offered a job at a public library back in my home state. I worked as a programming librarian, organizing events and teaching classes in a wide variety of subjects: art (of course), juggling (did I mention I’m also a circus performer?), resume writing, how to create a drought resistant garden, how to make chainmail. . . you get the idea. In some ways it was perfect, but the other side of public libraries is that a very large part of the job is navigating how to support people in the community who are dealing with very real and devastating issues. I didn’t have any training in social services, and limited resources for coping with the emotional despair that accumulates with that kind of work. When an opportunity came up to move to a more behind-the-scenes role in support services at the library, I took it. I’ve been trying to make the “Einstein” method of having a “good enough” job work for several years now, but the reality is that it’s not really a structure that works for me. I don’t have energy, time, or money to devote to what I actually love doing, and I desperately need a change.
That brings us to where I’m at now: I’m ready to embrace my multipotentialite nature! I’ve been working hard to turn all of my skills and passion for creative projects into a career in Graphic Design. The obstacles I need to overcome are: 1. My path has been so focused on library work for so long that I no longer have a relevant portfolio and need to build one from scratch, 2. Despite knowing that I have the skillset and abilities to be a great Graphic Designer, I feel imposter syndrome sneak up on me sometimes, 3. I have limited time and energy outside of my full-time job and commute, and 4. I could really use a community of multipods to share stories and encouragement with.
My sleeves are rolled up and I’ve been doing the work. Within the last couple of weeks I launched my website, set up an LLC, I have a goal to publish one design project to LinkedIn every week, I have two branding projects underway so that I can show current work on my portfolio, and I’ve met to pick the brains of two professionals in the field to make sure I’m on the right track. There are a lot of unknowns, even as I set the groundwork for changing my career, but one thing is very clear to me: I want to collaborate with other people, I want to see what they are working on, and get excited about a variety of projects together.
At the moment, I can’t afford to join the Puttyverse, although I have been eagerly reading the blog, Emilie’s book and book recommendations, and learning as much as I can about how other people are navigating a culture of specialization as multipods. It would be an incredible opportunity to be able to connect with so many other creative and multitalented people, and I’m very much looking forward to joining this community whether it is in my near future or further down the line.
Because I want more creative joy in my life right now, and less ‘later’.
I have recently discovered the Puttyverse, and I am really enjoying it. It’s particularly useful right now for me, as a new empty nester trying to think about what comes next. I put so, so many interests and ideas on hold while raising my kids. Which should I pursue? Maybe there are new things I haven’t even thought of yet! It could be anything! How do I pick? It’s all a bit overwhelming, and I think the Puttyverse could help.
For years, since I found out I’m a multipod, I wanted to join puttyverse.
But since I am a single mom not able to work fulltime because of health issues, I never had enough money for it.
I thought about asking for a scholarship, but I could not guarantee that I will always find enough time to contribute enough. So I never did apply.
But every time a new blog post is released, I dream about becoming a member.
Since my multipod mentality challenges me a lot, I hope that being part of such a special community could help me to overcome my multipod troubleshooting and feeling to be o.k. as I am.
I studied chinese culture and language, but am working on an organic farm, and I am coach for the use of wild herbs and trees, playing folk harp and planning to do tutorials on mainly scandinavian folk, I learn playing cello and hurdy gurdy, and I am learning swedish at the moment after some other languages.
I’m also interested in psychology and natural healing and alternative living in communities.
In another time of my multipod life I mainly was creating things from wood, chicken wire, wool, wax, glass beads, leather and was sewing and knitting, upcycling.
But never did I succeed with all these things I love to do to make my living without myself burning out.
I really’d love to learn from multipods in the puttyverse how you guys did and do find ways to integrate all these interesting topics into your life.
Well, hi. I’m Fede <3
I have been a huge fan of the Puttylike website (and of the Puttyverse, in general) for years now. Emilie's TED talk on multipotentiality felt like the most unexpected and welcome warm embrace of an older sibling to the wide-eyed, lost teen that I was back in 2015.
You made me feel so seen and valid. Labels may not matter to everyone equally, but suddenly having a name for what I was felt so powerful. Suddenly, I, or, at least, that very precious and intimate part of me, really existed. And I was *beautiful*. And what I could do was worth *something*.
I know that you (and by *you* I mean all of the wonderful Puttypeep here) don't personally know me, but you have all played an integral part in my growth and in my journey of self-acceptance and self-love. You have no idea how many times a blog article or a newsletter of yours gave me respite from the (quiet and unspoken, yet somehow simultaneously very loud?) expectations of society for me.
I am genuinely so grateful for everything you have done for me and for all the multipotentialites all over the world. This website has always felt like such a cozy, valuable, safe haven. The amount of kindness, encouragement and love I have managed to witness throughout the years even just by quietly scrolling through the comments is incredible. Yes, I admit it. I have always been a silent reader of yours, never really commenting on anything. You all looked so impossibly bold and bright to me, and it made me shy. And I think that is precisely the reason why the Puttyverse community is exactly what I need in my life right now. It's true, I have been a silent reader of yours forever now, but lately I have been itching to *really* make a change. I would like to make a positive impact on my social circle first and, then, hopefully on the communities I belong to. I dream of forging my own multifaceted path, and I am aware of the fact that a community like the Puttypeep would be pivotal in that kind of process. Not to mention the fact that I ache for a tribe to call my own, for a community of kindred spirits and like-minded, brave people ready to cheer each other on. And I have for years on end, now.
I know the odds aren't exactly in my favor, but I really wanted to try this.
No matter the outcome, I am so glad I decided to give this a shot.
No matter the outcome, I just really want to say thank you. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Thank you, Emilie. Thank you, Puttypeep. You have consistently shown (and keep showing) me and all the multipods all over the world that a life where we can be everything all at once *is* in fact possible. You are the best mentors little Fede could have ever wished for. And I say this with all my bright-eyed admiration. I wish you the best. Guys, gals and nonbinary pals in the Puttyverse – y'all are wonderful. AND IT SHOWS.
Lots of love (and cookies, too!),
Fede
Hey there, fellow multipotentialite extraordinaires!
Let me tell you, I am a bona fide multipotentialite through and through! It’s been quite the adventure, but I must admit, it can get a tad lonely on this eclectic journey. I’m like a walking Swiss Army knife of skills, talents, and passions (I’ve rocked more than 10 different jobs in just 20 years!). People often look at me like I’m some kind of rare unicorn.
But you know what? I’m on a quest to find my tribe, my fellow multipotentialite adventurers who know the joys (and occasional struggles) of being everything all at once. I’ve even got Emilie’s book as my trusty guide, and I’m itching to dive even deeper into this fantastic world of multipotentiality.
So, here I am, waving my multipotentialite flag high and mighty, ready to connect with all of you amazing folks. Joining this group would be like a rocket-fueled boost to my life, guaranteed to be a game-changer. Pretty please, with a cherry on top, let me in! I’m your number 1 fan, and I can’t wait to share stories, experiences, and laughter with my newfound tribe.
Let’s embark on this epic journey together, and remember, we’re all stars in our own unique constellations of talents and passions! ? #MultipotentialiteMagic
Puttyverse is what I need because:
1. It fits with my current life theme: Recalibration
2. It is proof that…it’s not too late, I’m not too wrong, and I’m not alone
3. It makes we want to try. And that try has already yielded 3 major (and many minor) good things.
4. It speaks my language – multiple dreams, multiple possibilities, multiple chances.
Because i am easily excited by many things and find a peace and synergy from not focusing on just one specific direction… and I just realized I’m not alone!! My non-linear career progression actually is interesting to people and excites them. And it allows me to bring my best self to work! So rather than trying to stop it, I want to learn to lean into it and dance with it!
I have a million big picture ideas and I think this community could help me focus my efforts and build a framework that would ritualize important tasks and push me forward.
Because I’m kinda lost in myself. I think I might be a ADHD person, and most of my mechanisms are mostly not working anymore. Also I’m a SO courius individual and i get nervous if don’t know the answers i wanna know and i have no the access to the doctors i need to really know if i’m really neurodivergent (i pretty sure i am, i’m must not able to make myself with the confirmation)
So, by now, i’m desperately trying to make myself another mechanisms that actually work for me right now, trying to get a base them in the experiense of other people with experiences/peculiarities similar to mine
I really hope this is understandable even if it is pretty obvius that english is not my firt language
I’m pushing 50, weary of the corporate grind. I’m a multipod with diverse interests—engineering, acting, tarot, languages, and tech. But career change support at my age is rarer than a unicorn.
I tried consultants, but they couldn’t fathom my medley of passions, claiming ‘lack of focus.’ Puttyverse feels like my stage. It’s a community of fellow multipods, a creative haven where I can learn, share, and grow.
I left a traditional job in March 2022 to do it my own way as a solopreneur. Since I was going to already be my own boss, I decided that is was okay if I had a side hustle to my main hustle. So I founded two LLCs, one for my job relating to my specific license and education, and the other to monetize all of my other multipod skills. It’s going well but I’m sure it could be better. I’d love to share what is working for me with the Puttyverse and learn from the Puttyverse on how I can improve my endeavors.
Emilie,
What a fantastic community!
I would LOVE to be a part of Puttyverse world. The idea of crafting a life around ALL of my passions is thrilling!
I am 59 yrs old, have 3 children. The oldest is a junior in college and the other two have disabilities that will require them to
live with me for life. I have always followed the motto of “Focus on what I can do instead of what I can’t do!”
I am determined to speak French, learn to play the piano, write a book on accessing classic literature with your teenager, visit as many Van Gogh paintings around the world and develop a master plan for a real estate project for families who are struggling to find a housing solution.
Along with a full time career in healthcare!
It is a lot, but like many people here I want to embrace it all! Our time on earth is short and I feel so lucky to be here every day exploring new possibilities.
I would be honored to be part of a community that is so curious and passionate about life!
I would be great to be part of a community of kindred spirits. It can be really frustrating navigating the world as a “multi-potentialite” without having a space to connect, work out things, and just simply be heard and understood by those who GET IT. I have been following the “putty verse” for a long time now and would be thrilled to finally commit to being a part of the ‘verse.
Why is the Puttyverse community what I need right now? In all honesty I have been waiting for something like this for 30 years. I grew up in a small logging town in northern Ontario Canada with a population of about a 1000 people at a time when getting a “good” job was a common goal and the word career was rarely used. Finding anyone who could relate to me wanting to pursue many different paths was pretty well impossible. I did eventually leave that town to live in the city where I had many different jobs, but still ran into people with the one career path mindset. I was so relieved Emilie when I saw your Ted talk a few years ago. Finally someone understood me! I have since moved back to northern Ontario to be close to my aging mother. Although it is in a bigger community, I am constantly reminded as to why I left the north in first place. I did not grow up with the internet and I am still unsure how to use it to my advantage. I think a community like this would give me confidence as well as help me get my ideas off the ground using this modern day platform. Thank you for your Ted talk and the articles that you send out on a regular basis. I do appreciate them.
As a child when I was asked what I wanted to be when I grew up I would answer: teacher, painter, dancer, horsewoman, volleyball player and a list of other professions listed all at once. I am almost 40 years old and I feel like I haven’t changed my thinking much. Only now I find myself unemployed and paralyzed by the anxiety of getting my next move wrong: I feel like I can do a lot of things but none well enough to make a living, I feel like companies are not really interested in soft skills, but just want to pigeonhole me into a role, demanding my time and devotion and taking away my energy for the other projects I would like to pursue.
This community seems to be full of people like me who don’t want to be pigeonholed. Can you teach me how to do this? I am looking for the courage to be happy!
For a long time, I felt out of place for starting so many things and not finishing, for having so many “passions.” I felt super bad when it was my turn to choose a musical instrument to accompany me until my life’s end. I looked at other instruments from afar.
I didn’t know what was wrong with me, the black sheep of the family; I’ve tried everything, and I don’t stick with anything, let alone finish. When I knew what it was to be multipotential, I had an aha moment; finally, I had a name and a surname for what I was. Even though I already know it, I often feel alone in this. Everyone seems to be so clear about what they want. And I still have a hard time defining myself. I would love to belong to a community where everyone feels the same and is happy with that. My anxiety would diminish a lot, and I would bring value from all I am.
This past year in the Puttyverse has opened my eyes to so many possibilities. Time spent in the community has felt comfortable, like I’m among friends who get and support me. The sense of belonging and acceptance is so strong. I love how the opportunities are there to get involved in whatever way works for you, and I’ve enjoyed participating in a variety of ways depending on what felt like a match at any particular time — from going to and running different huddles, to posting and replying to posts in various groups and categories, to leading a Puttycomps, to sharing and supporting all different types of creativity, to making new friends, and so much more. Throughout all of this, I’ve gotten to know and accept my multipotentialite self better, and what I need right now? The chance to always be a member of this welcoming community.
Because it’s the combination of all my putty pieces that makes me who I am. Seeking especially those folks who are artsy engineers. Hard to find!
I want to thrive. I want be valued for my acquired wisdom and supported without doubt across many interests. I crave community and am drawn to be active in this one. It would be great to be appreciated instead of “too much ” among my peers.
After watching Emily’s video, I’ve realised I’ve been a multipod all my life … but was actively discouraged from pursuing multiple passions (“you have to choose one …”), so ended up entering a highly specialised field. I’ve since managed to pivot, twice, to two different research areas in my academic field. But I’m dying to break out beyond that … way beyond that! I’d love to connect with like-minded puttypeep from across the world to share ideas!
As I live in the in-between of mourning my lost grandmother and living my multipotentialite life, I feel comfort in the ‘and’ rather than or. The intersection of life and who I am is what makes me a potentialité and the verse makes me empowered.
To be one person, living a singular life; and to want to experience the world and my multitudinous interests, I often get caught up with the idea of “What if’s”. What if I were someone else? What if I was born elsewhere? What if I pursued (insert something) when I was young? What if I were born to different parents? What if I was raised in a multilingual culture? What if I grew up monolingual?….will I still be “who I am” today?…What if, I could be more than “who I am”? I believe this community can help me discover the answers, even not to all, but maybe, to most of my what if’s.
I’m just reading “How to be Everything” and it is so inspiring I would love to have more of this insightful positivity in my life, instead of hearing the same sighs of “again?!” whenever I start a new job – which tends to happen every 2-3 years…
I need my community. I want to be in a space where people think link me. I also would love to promote the Puttyverse to other multipassionate people.
It’s helping me feel better about myself, knowing there are others like me. I love how what the world views as strange or annoying about us is celebrated instead, and viewed as a strength. I’m learning it’s something I can be proud of.
I have spent 50 years as a multi-potentialite, and am only just now learning that there is such a thing, and that there are people in the world experiencing the same crazy way of living and pursuing ALL the passion projects we can find. Finding the puttyverse was like the universe telling me: it’s time to join the ‘verse.
Hi Marcas, this contest is long over but I hope you join us in the ‘verse anyway! 😀