Great as always, Genie, thank you so much! I feel like I'm the one talking every time I listen to you. And I love that you always give solutions or ideas and don't just describe our problems/difficulties. A pleasure learn from/with you :D P. S.¹: I felt exposed when I appeared in the video, I ask you to please edit that part and remove it. P. S.²: The P.S.¹ is a joke, obviously, jajajajajjaaja. It was fun, I felt like I was the voice of multi-passionate people 😆
That's how I felt too when I read these books!! Like my own voice speaking to me hahaha glad I can be the same for others! Oh noooooooo but I totally should've asked you I'm sorry >< To me you are the voice of the multipassionates, haha!! I relate so much to the things you say in your comments :)
@@lifeinmultiplicity Hahahaha, it was a joke, ¡please don't take it seriously! No problem at all ;D. Hahaha, I hope one day to be a multi-passionate "role model", similar -but different- to those people I admire! It's possible, it's possible :D
¡Genie is back! I'm very glad to see you back here. One of my favorite/inspiring multipassionate person. I really liked the video, and it's good to know that your absence was due to those changes and that you had nice experiences in these months. Success in all and keep it up! :D
Ohh I was so happy when you mentioned video game development. I am a game developer myself and as soon started talking about the definition of multipotentialites I immediately thought - oh this sounds like people who would be ideal for working in indie game development, hehe :D Because there are so many different things you can do, designing, art, programming, music, marketing, writing... So I guess I learned a new word to describe myself.
Nice! I was gonna ask you to elaborate more and then saw you channel is all about it :) Definitely subscribed! You should keep making videos!! We need more channels about multipassionate people!
This exactly me never would’ve thought there is a book about it Would be interesting to know if this works also if you have to learn several subjects at school
I love this video, really very inspiring!! The phrase "it feels like sifting through a hoarder's house" was very funny and true in equal parts jajajajajaj. I'm glad this channel is in your "passion projects", that's a very good thing. And it's great that you also show parts like this and the content is genuine/real! (Seeing yourself overwhelmed even though you do so many things, made me remember what Sylvia Plath wrote, which I feel is something that can happen to us often and that represents us perfectly at certain moments: “I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited”). Keep it up! :D
Aww thanks!! Love that you quoted Sylvia Plath! From the book The Bell Jar, there's a scene where the main character imagines herself sitting in a sitting surrounded by fruit, each representing a different path in life she could take, and her starving to death because she can't bear to choose just one. I read that before learning about multipotentialites and scanners and all and yeah, it felt so real and relatable!
EXACTLY! Sometimes when I overload myself with things I want to do, I think, man I wish I could just focus on one, but when I actually do it then I'm thinking, man I wish I had more to do, bahaha
thanks for sharing about this book and your opinions on it, great information! I both watch and upload a lot of videos related to personal development and book reviews, but have never thought about specialist versus generalist
¡¡Very good!! Honestly, I've never thought about this, even though I believe that precision when using words is the best we can do! Each word has its nuances and defining ourselves with one instead of another can be very important. My favorites, after watching the video, are: scanner, renaissance soul and multipassionate (I like this one very much because "passion" comes from the Latin "passio" if I'm not mistaken, which would be "suffer". And we really suffer a lot, so I think it fits sooo well with us jajajajajajajajajajj). Excellent job, Genie :D
Those are exactly the ones I like, too!! I first was introduced to this whole thing through the word scanner, and while it's definition really resonates with me, the word doesn't seem like the best fit, haha. But multipassionate is such a great word for us :) And yes, multiple passions is all about enjoying many things, but also suffering because you enjoy too many things, bahaha
Loved this. Specially the part that being multipotential is a lifestyle and that that in itself should fulfill us, and that we should not be bothered by the idea of doing great things and obtaining recognition. It has happened (and happens hahah) to me a lot! Excellent video in general, I will continue with the others right now :D
@@lifeinmultiplicity ¡Hi, Genie! Mmm, that's difficult question jajajajaja. I really liked all the videos (and I still have 2 left, and one I'm sure I'll LOVE). If you talk about another book, make a vlog, share more thoughts about this personality type (or anything else you want -like show us one of your hobbies or progress on some random project you have because you are a trully multipassionate person jajaja-)... I'm sure it will be super interesting. 🤲🏻
this is a great video! As someone who has so many interest that sometimes it feels overwhelming, this was very insightful. I wanna read the book now <3
That's true! Someone who picks just one path has to depend on success in that area, but for those with multiple passions, there's always a back up plan!
Thank you for watching! I hope it can help :) And really, it's the author of the book who is awesome, haha, I'm just an avid fan of their work and want to share it :)
Thank you so much! I took several tips to apply. Excellent video, Genie :D. (Besides, apart from the fact that you are inspiring, you seem very friendly and your tone of voice is calm, so the video is super nice/enjoyable/agreeable/lighthearted to watch!). 🙌🏻
Thank YOU! I hope the tips work for you :) (and thank you! I always feel like my voice is so monotoned, haha, so it's nice to hear that it's calming :D)
In college, I struggled with vastly different career ideas so much (concert promotion, volcanology, art director...). I ended up choosing to be an elementary school teachers which has been pretty fulfilling. It became more fulfilling as a GT Specialist. It lets me tickle my many interests at work and provides challenge. I do get tired, but I have gotten pretty good at sneaking in habits to help balance my interests.
Yeah that was my big problem as a young adult, I had so many different ideas of what I wanted to do it seemed like a curse to have to pick just one :( (volcanology sounds super cool though!) I chose to go into education at some point, too! I think the job itself has a lot of variety. I hope it's not too exhausting for you :) I'd love ot know some of your habits you've snuck in!
This is a very well done and thoughtful video. Thanks for posting. You have exposed me to a new way of thinking about things that is very helpful. You've given me a lot to think about. Thanks 💕
This multipotentiality got me everywhere i wanted, but at a point, it seems like i have bumped into a quandary. One of my solutions is to actually have all kinds of disciplines that i enjoy studying focusing on one particular big problem. In that way i can be sure that i'm productively managing them. The only person that can control me is me. Being a renaissance man is a gift, but at the same time it seems like entering a laboratory with highly precisely engineered instruments and having no clue of what you can do with them. If i were to choose videos that could demonstrate my lifestyle, your vlogs would do the justice.
Many people with this personality type say the same thing: feels like a gift, but a curse at the same time. I think society does so much to convince us that we don't fit in, too, so we lose confidence in ourselves!
Just today alone, I had the thoughts "should I try to get into fashion?", "should I try to play my guitar more often, upload more guitar youtube videos and write a song?", "should I write about this subject for my thesis over this one?", "should I change my diet?". And just generally, I've questioned whether I should become a scientist, or a spiritual teacher, a musician, a clinical psychologist or counselor, a videomaker, an entrepreneur, or work for some organization that fits my values. I think I fit that term :D
Yes!! This happens to me all the time these brilliant ideas about what I want to do or what I want to be pop into my head, haha, it never stops! When I was doing my masters I had a terrible time trying to figure out my research topic, simply because I wanted to focus on too many things :( What is your current idea??
@@lifeinmultiplicity Hehe I see. My current idea is to compare meditators who are motivated by religious/spiritual motivations ("spiritual enlightenment") with meditators who are motivated by stress reduction to see if they experience different effects from meditation and whether these differences can be measured in the brain (e.g. Default Mode Network activation). I study behavioral neuroscience if that wasn't clear hehe. So far, it seems a bit optimistic for a master's thesis according to one of my potential advisors. However, the same advisor actually has a pilot study exploring the relationship between music and mindfulness (I'm hesitant to reveal too much about it hehe), and he is offering me the opportunity to perform the full-blown study on that. And I'm very happy about that, because that research question overlaps so much with my personal experiences, as well as other ideas I've thought about as research questions. But I'll have to wait and see when we discuss it a little further. What was your thesis about? :D
@@raz0rcarich99 That's very cool!! I love any kind of behavioral studies that include real brain activity, we need this kind of research! I can definitely see your multipassionate nature haha both subjects hold so much meaning to you, it must be tough choosing one to put more energy into. Can you do both?? I was interested in the gamification of education since it's something ESL teachers are almost forced to do, haha, and I neded up narrowing it down to motivation responses in the gamification of classroom management, trying to figuring out whether or not motivation in learning decreases over time due to the novelty effect of gamification wearing off. I'm honestly a huge lover of games so for me, gamification and learning go hand in hand, but I think it definitely needs more attention and research to see if it's beneficial in the long run for our kiddos.
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A divergent thinker huh, I should've known there was a name for it! Cheers to all of us out there with too many passionate interests to choose just one.
i can relate to this so much, have passion for many things and pursue relentlessly over a period of time and get burned out. feeling disorganized sometimes, too many ideas, i was into music making ( yt channel)since early this year, now slow down a little, into tennis group s/ friends, play piano to relax , i do define yt music as passion projects
Yes I"m the same!! The disorganization of ideas is seriously stressful. But it's all a process and the more we learn about ourselves and accept our nature it'll get better :)
I like so much this video. I have suffered a lot (and I still suffer, many times) from wanting to learn about SO many things. In my case, the consequence of this is procrastination and in the end not choosing anything. But lately I have reflected a lot, I have gotten to know myself better, and this is changing. Excellent video, I'll watch the others in other moment. Keep it up!
Thank you!! I also want to learn SO many things there's just simply not enough time :( And I do the same - sometimes I do nothing because the sheer number of ideas in my brain are too much to handle >< Keep getting to know yourself and accept who you are and it will get better :)
Thank you so much for the insights! I thought it was useless to pursue the goal to learn a wide range of things without focusing on specific ones (mostly due to time constraints). Now I feel better with the idea😅
Congrats on your degree!!! I loved this video so much! I totally relate with the escapism with gaming. That was me with Fortnite a couple of weeks ago.
It's so helpful sometimes though!! Happy that there are sooo many kinds of video games, too, we can never get bored and they're always there waiting for us when we need em :)
Really appreciate these videos! I'm definitely interested in a lot of things and a bit of a multi-potentiate but also have ADHD so have bad executive function a lot and feel like I achieve very little. Sometimes I feel a lot like I've denied myself the things I love by trying too many things so really appreciate the message that you can sustain multiple things but also acknowledge burnout and when a change is needed.
Yes! ADHD and having a multi-passionate personality type go hand in hand in many cases haha. I get the same way, I focus too much on a ll that I haven't done instead of what I have done, and it drives me to dark places. One book I read recommended keeping a little "small wins" journal where you write down all the things you've done, even as small as "Got up and exercised!" I've been trying to make this a habit and it helps a lot :))
I agree. This happened to me when I i was in highschool. The previous years, i didn't find it difficult until my second last year. Once It was my second last year, I went all in studying and going through my strict timetable. However, after a few months, I began breaking down because it was too overwhelming to cope with. Balancing your studying with business and hobbies. Because of that, I started distancing myself from my friends and stopped hanging out which made things worse. That's why I believe that you should rank how PASSIONATE you are about something, since I later realized only in my last year of highschool that half the extra curriculars didn't matter and was only there for show.
Ohh yeah! That's important, too! Maybe having alittle "passionate scale" we can use for our pursuits, to keep track of how much we're getting out of them and whether or not we need ot keep pushing through or take a step back.
F O R E S H A D O W I N G Anyway, the stepping back from everything is a good move. I actually kinda jumped when you mentioned going through all your ideas and so on is like going through a hoarder house. I have been cleaning out two hoarder houses since last year, and it's very easy to get very, VERY frustrated when trying to organize things. Best solution? Step away for a bit, and your brain will come up with a new strategy on its own, and it works out fine. Like the silt being stirred up in a pond, stop stirring and it quickly becomes clear again. I had a similar thing happen to me a few months ago: I was thinking about many, too many, things I want to pursue or need to do (well, still ruminate on them a bit, unfortunately) and it was too much to process. My mind/body decided that was enough and I just stopped. Stopped worrying, stopped thinking (within reason), stopped reading as much, just basically went on an information fast. It didn't take long, and either new or buried ideas gently floated to the surface, just like that. It's like cutting through the static, to use another metaphor. Thank you for the video.
That was a fluid video with no drag and not content inflation. Thank you it. I got most of your questions i think. It looks like nonsense I wrote, but to communicate better meetings, turn the pages in front of you each in how its read wrote said dialectally from culture respectively yours and theirs turn the page. Again thanks for your videos.
We can only do what we can until we can do more, even if that more is less and it takes all of our strength to do it. Like when my dad had to agree that being sick or injured required more rest to improve, and the improvement was to a lesser than previous state. Same with myself, and we all grow and relate to things we do that we excel at. Thank you for replying, its good to see what 4 weeks ago to now feels like.
@@earlchapman37 Very true :) (and also thought for sure that I replied to all comments but when I checked there were several that went unanswered :( sorry about that!!)
I'm slowly learning to navigate the intricate specifics myself. I love the ideas of streaming streams or maybe pod planning or simply uploading. So through the variableness of choices and not having experience.... Its a ride and a riot until you get over not trying. Thats a happy keep up to catch up flow we live to learn and then have good easy to brandish tools within us. Again thank you kindly; so very much-anticipated growth we earn to use simply enough to relax/reflex smoothly.
There seems to be a mistake in the summary section with our scanner visuals missing :( Hopefully it doesn't distract too much from the content, and my apologies, still learning! This is my scanner self, haha, still an amateur but pushing through anyways :)
