I watched the red wine swish around my glass while I talked passionately with Mister about my new idea for my business. I was smiling and talking excitedly that I could hardly sit still. Hence why my wine was swishing around in my glass. He sat there, listening, but I knew that look on his face. I am a multi-passionate person I find myself going from one idea to the other while totally forgetting about the previous one. Because of this, I tend to find myself feeling more frustrated and running in so many different directions. It’s an exhausting position to be in for myself, and for him as he usually has to tell me to calm down.
- Give your idea some space. As a multi-passionate I carry a notebook with me everywhere I go so I can jot down ideas (Moleskine are my favourite) when I’m on the go, before I head to bed, or even when I’m sitting down for a meal. Ideas come fast and I know I need to write it down as quickly as possible as the idea floats around and formulates something exciting.
- Don’t mention it or act upon it right away. Remember step 1. Allow it some space as the initial idea might grow into something bigger. Also not acting on it or mentioning it right away gives you time to really think about how this idea will effect you personally and professionally. This is an important step, don’t skip it!
- Check your instinct. As exciting as your idea might appear or how much pleasure it could bring you, check your instinct and what is it telling you? Being in tune with my instinct (or gut if you will) is usually a huge indicator whether this is something I should spend more time on or forget about it completely.
- Tell your confidant. Mister is my confidant and when I know I’ve gone through steps 1-3 I know I need to tell him. He asks me questions I might not have thought of and when I’m talking it through I will usually say something or come to a realization that will give me some direction that I was missing before.
- Follow through. Once you’ve done all the above steps this is the last but most important action, the follow through! With this action one of the following three things will happen: either you follow through with your idea and you succeed…or fail, you don’t follow through and you can now only think “What if”, or lastly your follow is to move on and make room for a new one!
Being multi-passionate can be difficult, but once you learn to know which ideas or dreams to run after, will help make your life just a little bit easier.
If you’re a multi-passionate and are struggling, try the above and let me know how it goes!
Until the day I said, ‘screw it, I am who I am and I need to embrace it’. That was the day that I became myself and accepted that I am independent and stubborn, I like to ask questions and need to know the why and what behind something before believing it, and that I do have frizzy red hair and need to learn how to tame it! 
