030: Your passions don't have to make sense
Part of the magic of being a multi-passionate person, is that when you put all of your interest, hobbies and passions side by side, they create this completely unique and wonderful, history. And maybe them not making sense is the whole point.
Episode transcript:
Hello, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Tuesday to you. So if you've been around here a while, you'll know that I love a good plan. I have Post it notes in every colour. I could talk about strategy until the sun comes up, goes back down, and then goes up again, and I can happily get lost in planning for hours. And I know I'm not alone in this, but while that's great for getting shit done, sometimes it's not so good for your passions. Part of the magic of being a multi passionate person is that when you put all of your interests, hobbies, and passions side by side, they create this completely unique and wonderful history. It's like they come together, breadcrumb by breadcrumb, to create a trail that no one could have planned out. And the trail is so fascinating because to anyone else, it simply doesn't make sense.
And maybe some days, it doesn't even make sense to you. And that's kind of the whole point. Now I'm a huge advocate for finding the overarching theme of your passions and seeing how they can play a bigger part of your life. But when you apply logic alone and force things to stand neatly in a row, it can take away the very essence of the things that make them passions in the first place. I love this quote from Austin Kleon. He writes, it would seem that one way to help the weirdos is to help them show their value, to put themselves in marketable terms. But there is a terrible possibility that in doing so, you can ruin what is so valuable about them in the first place. So today I want to tell you, your passions and interests don't need to make sense standing next to each other.
They're not the chorus line for some super orchestrated musical. Instead, they're more like a hodgepodge of all your favorite characters from wildly different books. Don't try and logic your way into finding new passions. Instead, follow your curiosities, pick up the breadcrumbs, and see where they lead. Some things you just know. This is your intuition, and while you might not see the bigger picture right now, it's generally worth following. A huge part of being creative is connecting the dots and spotting patterns between seemingly unrelated things. So if you think about it like that, following your curiosity, even though sometimes that'll lead you to following some random rabbit holes, which I find are the best ones, you're only feeding your creativity, and that is a good thing.
So instead of judging yourself on where you feel called to explore, just go explore. Part of the life and part of the magic of being a multi passionate person is feeling like a kid in the candy store. There is so much to learn and there's so much you could do. But one of the most common traps we fall into as multi passionate people is not allowing ourselves to feel like that or thinking it's wrong that we feel like that in the first place. So go give yourself permission to be that kid in the candy store. Maybe you'll stumble upon the things you need to stumble upon. And while you can't predict where you end up on a post it note or in hours of rigorous planning, chances are it will be a 100 times more exciting than any strategy you could come up with. So go follow your curiosity and have a wonderful day.
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