Maybe you're just multipassionate?

Ever feel like you’re interested in too many things?

One week you're deep into typography, the next you're obsessed with digital art, photography, or launching a Shopify store.

When people ask what you do, you hesitate, how can you explain everything you do in just a few words?

Welcome to the club.

I’m here to tell you that you’re not flaky.

You’re not scattered.

And you’re definitely not broken.

You’re just multipassionate.

This is something I’ve struggled with for my entire career.

I’ve never been able to quite nail down exactly what it is that I do, because I do so many things.

I’m passionate about UX design, visual design, photography, fitness, and apparel design, just to name a few.

After reflecting on this, I've written some thoughts about how to embrace and leverage this trait as a strength, and fully lean into it.

Hopefully this helps you look at things from a different perspective.

Maybe the system wasn’t built for us?

Traditional career advice?

It’s built around specialists. People who go deep on one thing and stay there forever. That’s fine, for them. But it leaves people like us feeling like we’re doing life wrong.

We get labeled as “unfocused” or “noncommittal.” We get told to “pick a lane” or “just focus on one thing”. But here’s the thing:

Multipassionate creatives don’t follow linear paths, we build layered ones.

We’re the ones pulling from different disciplines to make something unexpected. We can’t just choose one thing because every passion gives us something. New skills. New energy. New ideas.

We wear many hats with pride.

What if the chaos is the point?

Yes, it can feel overwhelming at times.

You’ve got ideas coming out of your ears.

You don’t know what to work on first, because you want to work on them all.

You probably start more than you finish, and work on multiple things at once.

But that’s ok. Embrace the flow that works for you. Work on what inspires you at the time.

Being multipassionate is a rhythm, not a disorder.

The projects that are meant to be finished will be, and the ones that aren't won't.

The trick is learning how to ride the waves instead of fighting them.

How do you define yourself as a creative?

I’ve struggled with this for years and have probably changed my bio more times than I can count.

Something I’ve been exploring lately:

Instead of choosing one single title, try combining them until if feels right.

Here are a few examples:

Designer / Writer / Photographer?

Illustrator / Teacher / Founder?

AI Nerd / DJ / Newsletter Ranter?

Write them down. See how they feel. Play around until you’ve summed up who you really are.

It’s not a lack of clarity. It’s creative range.

You don’t need to choose one single title. You just need to own who you are and be your authentic self.

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