What do you want to be when you grow up? Well, if you're not sure you want to do just one thing for the rest of your life, you're not alone. In this illuminating talk, writer and artist Emilie Wapnick describes the kind of people she calls "multipotentialites" — who have a range of interests and jobs over one lifetime. Are you one?
Obviously time has proven that women can be just as capable. Today the term has been watered down and essentially means a very clever person who is good at many different things. Look, if you're good at something and enjoy doing it, find out if it’s something you can make a living doing. Along the way, as you develop other interest, you’ll pick up hobbies. Once you’ve got a hobby, you’ll find out over time if you can make a living at doing that.
Then you can choose to supplement the career you already have or develop that hobby into a fallback career or as a secondary career if you find yourself suffering from burnout.
Curiosity is the single most important attribute with which humans are born. More than a simple desire to discover or know things, curiosity is a powerful tool, like a scalpel or a searchlight. Curiosity changes us. It is also a way to effect change, perhaps even on a global level.