As usual, major change abounds in my life right now, which is why my postings are few and far between. It may get thinner before I get to a place where I can settle into a regular routine. Change is a normal part of the human experience, so I am unafraid to share my own journey through the current changes in my life in the hopes it may inspire or bring some form of relief to anyone who happens upon this place in its current state.

One of the changes going on currently involves my professional life. I am starting to take matters into my own hands, rediscovering the brave little girl who loved to charge into the unknown, just to see what was there. In this case, the unknown is becoming more and more known as more people are venturing into it I’ve seen a number of names for it, but my favorite to date is “multipational”, or the idea that we all have multiple occupations. I first encountered this term in an article written by a professor who was looking to switch careers and was trying to figure out how to make his current skills translate to another field.

I have been working on various exercises to do the same thing with my own skills set, only to discover that I have many varied skills sets. I realized I had truly gone insane when i started looking at these skills sets and started thinking, What if I could find a way to make all of these my profession? It was one of those “Aha!” moments that coaches are so fond of. I found myself looking over the list and grouping the items on it into bundles. What I came up with was the potential for a three-armed business with my favorite and strongest skill serving as an umbrella for them.

This all actually took place in February. Over the past three months, I have contemplated courses of action, taken courses, run away from the whole idea. However, as my current job deteriorated further and further, I found myself becoming more serious about considering this. Then, I got a job as a jewelry teacher at a local craft store, and it suddenly hit me that now was the appropriate time to seriously think about the multi-disciplinary business.

Realizing that one of my biggest obstacles has been the fact that I have been telling myself that I can do everything while being miserable at my current job. Anybody else see a problem with this idea? I certainly did. I am making plans to leave my job and take on other random jobs while I work toward stabilizing my business since these random jobs will actually be tied to my business. I have always worked better without a net anyway.

I think we often get it set in our minds that we have to be one thing, which is never possible because we all leave that job to become someone else. In one week in my current life, I am an editor, a graphic designer, a daughter, and a volunteer. Who are you in the course of your normal week, and are you happy being that person? If you aren’t, why not consider your skills set and consider becoming professionally multipational?

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