monthly mess: finding your flow
August: throwing out the rule book
The Pressure to Choose ‘One Thing’
Sometimes I wonder if ‘multipotentialite’ is just another term for the ADHD creative who is pulled in every direction by their passion, interests, strengths, and curiosities.
If anything, I find it fascinating to know that a person could ever choose to stay on one path day after day, consistently committed to following the same direction.
I relate to the pinball people.
Bouncing from project to project, experimenting with what works and figuring out what doesn’t. We follow the intuitive nudges, nurture the sparks of inspiration, and listen to the nagging new interests that are crying out for attention…
I find myself tearing up as I write this because the internet is the invisible thread connecting us all to each other. Watching the magic from
as she weaves her words all over Instagram. Admiring and her unique style of marketing your work without compromising your core values.And, of course, listening to creative coffee conversations from
who potentially inspired the path that I’ve been walking since listening to her ‘Multi-Hyphen Method’ audiobook in my first year as a solopreneur.Allow yourself to experiment may just be the secret to life, as I see it.
On this week’s Embrace Your ADHD Chaos Podcast, I discussed how it felt to aim for imperfection and allow the discomfort that comes with dropping a few of the balls you’re juggling. Removing the shameful stigma of being inconsistent by declaring yourself consistently inconsistent.
I continued the discussion started in my previous post titled ‘The Chaotic Reality of a Hyperactive Mind’. In my journals, this theme of 'juggling all the balls’ keeps coming up because I’ve internalised the belief that I shouldn’t be doing too much and that I have to ‘do one thing, and do it well’.
Except I don’t want to do one thing.