Illinois to Colorado

I don't know if this is only a problem for people who have multiple interests but I know with me it seems like my family and friends always want me to be someone I'm not. Or someone they want me to be. Or do things the way they would do them. It seems like everyone is always trying to "help out". Which is fine for the most part but it seems like they assume I don't know what I'm doing at all. So when they give advice or help it's mostly beginner type help or it just doesn't apply at all.

Do you have this problem too? Are there even people like me out there? Hello???

Being a multi-interested person makes it hard for people to help, I think, because most people think in a linear fashion. My brain can juggle many problems and ideas at once but I'm pretty sure this isn't how most people's minds work. So I guess I can't blame my husband or mom or dad for not understanding or being able to give me the piece of advice I need.

Saying no. A lot.

Multi-Interest people find ourselves with many ideas and never enough time in the day. Maybe if we had servants, assistants and other professionals we might be able to get it all done. But most of the time we find ourselves saying no. A lot. To ourselves.

For a long time I thought that I had to complete every single idea that ever found it's way into my head. That's a lot of ideas. But those ideas kept coming. I wasn't even started with one idea and I'd get another one. It got to the point where I had lists for my lists and Color coded charts. And I was spending more and more time trying to find a time management system that would help me get it all done. They never worked so I'd have to find another one.

The ToDo List: Not a friend of multi-interested people

So, being a multi-interested person like myself means that I do a lot of figuring out if I'm working on the "right" thing at any given moment. I'll decide to update my design website and then think, "But what if I really should be making a new craft for my Etsy store?" Like there's a science behind where I should be spending my time. Like I even had a time management plan to begin with. There's really no rhyme or reason to figuring out what gets done when. But we like to think there is.

I recently realized that I have a bunch of ideas of rules and systems that seem to be embedded in my mind but when I actually think about why they are important or how they will actually help me I can't pin anything down. I have a list of rules and systems but they are arbitrary. They are things that I've picked up in my various readings and browsings of the internet. And I think I should be doing them because someone (who is presumably smarter than I am) told me to.

Sara of All Trades, Master of None

I have always been interested in many things from astronomy to starting a business, from crafts to economics, from politics to traveling. Everyday is a new opportunity to find something that distracts me. I don’t have ADD or any other mental deficiency (that I know of); I just enjoy learning new things. Lots of new things. Many different kinds of new things.

Oh, I have my core interests that I devote the majority of my time to such as starting two businesses, crafts and writing. But I’m also working on many other things like gardening, homesteading and participating in local politics. I also love to read and sing karaoke. Plus my mind won’t stop coming up with new ideas for each of these interests.