Creating the life you want involves a lot of saying no—sometimes in ways that feel counterintuitive. Here’s how I rejected giving influential people too much power over my life, cut out obligations that I no longer found important, and retooled systems that just weren’t working anymore.
Articles tagged "priorities"
Elevate Your To-Do List with a WON’T DO List
Do you have undone tasks and projects eating away at your psyche? The accumulation of these tiny failures can be a constant source of low-level stress. Here’s the most powerful way I’ve found so far to banish them—and the related guilt—forever.
Two Tools to Decide if Your Ideas are Good
Multipotentialites can really struggle with comparing different projects and ideas against one another—we want to do it all! So, what actually makes one idea better than another? Here are two tools to help you get clarity around your options.
Can You Do More by Narrowing Your Focus?
Multipotentialites put pressure on themselves to make progress on all the things, all the time. Not only is that exhausting, it can be really demoralizing! Here’s how I simplified my life and set myself up to win.
It’s Time to Spring Clean Your Brain
We all accumulate mental ephemera—business ideas, creative projects, and potential collaborations that never quite got off the ground. Over time, these knick-knacks of the brain start to weigh us down. Here’s how to give your multipotentialite mind a sweep and start fresh.
What Will I Do with My Brief Multipotentialite Life?
When I reflect on the brevity of my family members’ lives, I also contemplate what this means for my own mortality as a multipotentialite. If I don’t have much time, I need to realign my life with my values now.
Dear Puttylike: Our Multipotentialite Kid is Exhausting
He is interested in absolutely everything, and his thirsty mind seems impossible to satisfy. So, how can the parents of a brilliant multipotentialite kid balance their own self-care with teaching him life skills and feeding his curiosity?
Want to Do Everything? There’s Time for That.
Multipotentialites are notorious for wanting to jump headfirst into every new interest—even though it’s physically and emotionally impossible! Here’s how to decide what to pursue, what to put on the back burner, and when to jump in.
Dear Puttylike: How Do I Prioritize My Multipotentialite Life?
A busy reader in a constant state of overwhelm wonders how to choose what’s most important—or even what to do next. Mel offers tips for creating authentic priorities that take individual personality into account.
