What Type of Multipassionista Are You?

1. I have given up on dreams because sometimes they just aren’t realistic

2. I dream of quitting my JOB and starting over with something I love 

3. It might be selfish of me to make the change I dream of making. Because so many people will be disappointed.

4. Life is full of hard Either/Or choices.

5. Sometimes I dream about hitting a reset button and finding an entirely new line of work

6. I sometimes think my all my problems would be solved if I could duplicate myself

7. I sometimes feel both busy and bored, both overworked and underused.

8. I enjoy having lots of projects going at one time and keep them organized (to-do lists, planners, electronic calendars, etc), even though it doesn’t stay organized for long

9. I absolutely loved the constant variety of classes I took in highschool

10. It feels good to be needed and know I am making a difference

11. I love spontaneity and flexibility.

12. The broad range of learning used for problem solving is more important (and a lot more fun) for me than simply learning for the sake of learning.

13. I can name a bunch of projects I dream of working on and I have been interested in most of them for a long long time.

14. I am always starting something new, but when I want to start else, I do

15. I have a clutter problem

16. I love aha-moments, revelations, discoveries that make me exclaim, “I never knew that!

17. I have an insatiable curiosity.

18. I am afraid I’ll never have credibility or be an “expert” and that I’ll never have a body of work.

19. I feel completely stifled when someone tells me to “focus” or “prioritize”

20. I sometimes wish I had a map and a direction for life but know deep down I’d wander off the map to explore and discover

21. It drives me nuts to think I am supposed to finish one thing before I start another.

22. I see the potential of new ideas and connect dots before anyone else even notices them.

23. I like adventure and new experiences with people, places, ideas, and things.

24. I feel guilty when I drop a new interest so quickly after I’ve just picked it up.

25. I often bite off more than I can chew, but can’t help it

26. I sometimes think I may have some kind of learning disability, even though I learn hugely diverse things with the speed of light.

27. My interest and passion in one thing lasts about 4 or 5 years, then I get bored and feel ready for something else

28. My resume looks like it must belongs to several people in several different industries because I've gone in so many different directions.

29. I sometimes immerse myself in a project for so long and with so much depth that I think I’ll stick with it long-term, but I don’t

30. I find that once I become an “expert” in something, I am ready to move on

31. I excel at whatever I am doing and it often shocks others to find out I am wanting to move on to something else.

32. I love to learn more than I love to “know.”

33. I’m concerned about not leaving a legacy, or being perceived as lacking credibility in a single area 

34. I’m thrilled when my own efforts move me from an uninformed novice to competent expert, time and again.

35. With each passing year I have less and less time because I don't want to leave behind any of the skills and areas of expertise I’ve mastered, but I can't help taking on new ones

36. I wish I could clone myself so I can keep on learning new and ever more challenging/difficult things and deepen the understanding of what I’ve been working on

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I get a real sense of satisfaction when I can show people they can do more and better than they are doing; when I can show them how to see themselves without limits.

38. I enjoy being in the spotlight, receiving respect and even applause.

39. I love teaching what I’ve learned and demonstrating it for an audience large or small.

40. I use my courage and get a sense of satisfaction when I test my own limits and break through, jump over, and skirt around obstacles.

41. I have more certificates and degrees than most people I know, in all kinds of different disciplines and industries

42. I can be good at just about everything I decide to do. 

43. I often think my overwhelm and frustration would be resolved if I were only good or passionate about one or two things instead of so many

44. I keep things organized and have very little clutter, especially considering all the “stuff” I’ve accumulated pursuing so many different interests.

45. I enjoy hard work and take pride in doing a good job.

46. It seem like other people are passionate about things that just seem merely interesting to me 

47. I would love to find a career where I could change one interest for another at least once a day, kind of like in highschool, but only better!

48. I love biting off more than I can chew and I do just fine anyway

49. I often leave projects unfinished as I hop to the next one

50. I am a quick thinker with a high rate of flow of ideas, as well as a talent for doing really fast work

51. I find myself connecting idea and concepts that other people aren’t aware of yet

52. I have a real talent for spotting potential in ideas, and I create enthusiasm in others to make them happen

53. A career with a high level of variety would be ideal for me, but I don’t think it exists

54. I wish I could capture every idea before I lose it, and hold on to it until later when I am ready to explore it

55. I often dream about experiencing just about everything in the world

56. In a perfect world, I would never have to do the same thing twice.

57. The idea of being an expert sounds narrow and boring to me 

58. I would rather learn by doing instead of reading or listening to someone tell me how to do something

59. Family and friends think I am flighty and fickle or that I lack ambition

60. I love to travel and experience the culture and history of everywhere I go, and if I can’t go there, I learn about it in other ways

61. I absolutely lose myself in a new interest or passion until I realize I’ve gotten what I want from it, then I’m ready to move on and I do

62. I do stop doing something I love in favor of something else, but I almost always return to it!

63. I have a hard time saying no to other people’s projects even though it doesn’t leave me much time for my own