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What Are You going to Do with Your 11 Lifetimes?

This cartoon by Zach Weiner is a beautiful response to the 10,000 hour argument and proves that multipotentialites can indeed do many things.By Emilie Wapnick

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Your Turn

What are some things you’d like to do with your 11 lifetimes?

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Originally published on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, republished with permission by Zach Weiner.

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Published on November 7, 2013
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Emilie Wapnick (she/they) is the founder and creative director at Puttylike and The Puttyverse, where she helps multipotentialites build lives and careers around ALL their interests. Unable to settle on one path herself, Emilie studied music, art, film production and law, graduating from the Law Faculty at McGill University. She is the author of the award-winning book, How to Be Everything (HarperCollins), and her TED talk has been viewed 8 million times. You can learn more about Emilie here.

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  1. Em says

    November 7, 2013 at 10:11 am

    I like that idea. Makes me think like I have plenty of time to do the stuff I want to do right now and I will have another plenty do to another when I find new interest 🙂 And not like months, whole years!

    Reply
    • Emilie says

      November 7, 2013 at 11:00 am

      I know, right? Imagine if instead of asking kids what they want to be when they grow up, we asked them to make a list of 11 careers they’d love to try? So much more fun and freeing!

      Reply
      • Em says

        November 11, 2013 at 1:39 am

        So true 🙂 But maybe it will happen. They used to tell us it’s normal to pick one job and stick around forever, but I don’t think it is anymore. These days, people are mostly just not suited for such task like our parents and grandparents. Maybe kids will hear soon enough “It’s normal to switch careers or even live nomadic life, whatever you want to do and wherever, don’t limit yourself” 🙂

        Reply
  2. Katie says

    November 7, 2013 at 3:31 pm

    Goodness, this is fantastic! Just discovered your site today and I’m learning so much about myself and the people around me.

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    • Emilie says

      November 10, 2013 at 7:16 pm

      Yay! Thanks Katie, it’s nice to meet you. 🙂

      Reply
  3. Josh says

    November 7, 2013 at 7:46 pm

    This is great. I’m at an age where people start thinking that either what they’re doing is what they’re always gonna do, or people are hurrying up to try to find what to do so they can finally stop worrying about it.

    It’s probably been said on this site already that that worry comes more from society and stories we hear growing up. In a place like Japan it comes from this belief that nobody will hire you if you get into a new field after say 30 or 35. I can’t wait for the time when these worries are finally proven as irrational by reality, by people like us.

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    • Emilie says

      November 10, 2013 at 7:17 pm

      Amen!

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  4. Lori Stalter says

    November 7, 2013 at 8:29 pm

    Ooh. This is a fun concept to play with. I turn 45 in a little over a month. The other day I made a mental decision that this year is my “middle year.” That’s right. I made a conscious decision of planning to live until 90. Check back in 45 years and I’ll let you know how that went. lol

    But that means I get four more lives. Awesome! I’m gonna go do me some living!

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    • Emilie says

      November 10, 2013 at 7:18 pm

      You’re so inspiring, Lori. 🙂

      Reply
  5. Martin says

    November 7, 2013 at 9:00 pm

    I always tell people I am 40 and I am still wondering what I want to be when I grow up.

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    • Emilie says

      November 10, 2013 at 7:18 pm

      Some of the most interesting people I know are in that exact position.

      Reply
  6. Faith Presley says

    November 9, 2013 at 10:37 am

    I love this colorful presentation! Thanks for this fun and poignant cartoon.

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  7. Jess says

    November 10, 2013 at 10:57 am

    This is so liberating, I am glad I found this website. I thought there was something wrong with me, being surrounded by mono-life individuals, but these words are like a breath of fresh air. I have been looking for you for so long. Thank you for unclipping my wings.

    Rethinking life in these terms makes it even more exciting. I have spent one life being a graphic designer and one being a fitness instructor, and now I look forward to my next reincarnation. I have lately become obsessed with poetry and death, we’ll see. All I know is that life as a multipotentialite is awesome.

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    • Emilie says

      November 10, 2013 at 7:20 pm

      Awesome, Jess! It’s great to meet you. Can’t wait to hear about your next reincarnation too.

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    • Christine says

      November 29, 2016 at 3:49 pm

      Your sentiment is precisely on par with how I am feeling since finding this website!

      Rethinking, reincarnation, relearning… life as a multipotentialite is awesome : )

      Reply
  8. Timmy Corini says

    November 12, 2013 at 3:38 am

    Hi Emilie,

    This comic is awesome.

    I’ve been so impacted by your work, I can’t believe this is my first comment! I will be in touch…I’m 100% a puttypeep! 🙂

    Timmy

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    • Emilie says

      November 13, 2013 at 6:38 pm

      Thanks Timmy! Nice to meet you. 🙂

      Reply
  9. Jess says

    November 15, 2013 at 12:10 pm

    I LOVE this! Time for a new life for me perhaps? Exciting stuff!
    =)

    Reply
  10. Jarrod says

    November 23, 2013 at 9:21 am

    Achieved
    Paid FireFighter – check
    Martial Arts Instructor – check
    Aircraft Engineer – check
    Youth worker – check
    Aged care worker – check
    Disability worker – check
    Boiler maker – check

    Wanting to achieve
    Fulltime FireFighter – Pending
    Paramedic – on hold
    Helicopter Pilot – gradually
    Aerial Rescue team – would complete my life.

    Im only 21. My goal is to help as many people as possible
    In every aspect of life, whether it be dragging them from
    A burning building, motivating to get fit, winching into a
    Helicopter, suicide prevention Or performing a lifesaving
    procedure.

    Are my goals achievable? & does this make me a multipotentialite?

    Reply
    • Emilie says

      November 23, 2013 at 5:35 pm

      Yes and yes! You sound awesome. 🙂

      Reply
    • Timmy says

      November 24, 2013 at 9:08 am

      Jarrod, we share the same goal! Mine is to positively impact the people and the planet in the biggest way I can, to accelerate the metamorphosis of humanity. Rock on man!!

      Reply
      • Jarrod says

        November 24, 2013 at 3:54 pm

        Great minds think a-like

        Reply

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