The Real Reason You Feel Overwhelmed as a Multipassionate

If you’re multipassionate, you already know this:
Your mind is a playground…
…but your to-do list feels like a battleground.

I've found (through my own trial and error, honestly) that most advice out there assumes the problem is “too many interests” or “not enough discipline” or “just pick one thing.”

But honestly, here’s the truth I would immediately tell my younger self YEARS ago:

You’re not overwhelmed because you have too many passions.
You’re overwhelmed because you’re trying to manage them like a single-focus person.

Multipassionates simply aren’t wired for linear paths, one-track routines, or do-the-same-thing-every-day-for-30-years-and-then-retire-to-finally-do-what-you-want lifestyles.

And thank goodness — the world needs your brain exactly as it is.

So today I’m giving you three simple, unique, ridiculously effective tools that I’ve taught hundreds of multipassions over the years — tools built for people like you.

Let’s make your life feel lighter today! 💛

Tool #1: The “3-Lane System” — Because Your Brain Isn’t a Subway, It’s a Freeway

Most planners force you into one lane.
Multipassionates? We need three:

Lane 1: Active Passions (2–3 max)

These are the passions you’re nurturing this season.
Not forever. Just this chapter.

Think:

• The business you’re building

• The hobby you're leveling up

• The skill you’re actively practicing

Lane 2: Maintenance Passions

These don’t need progress — just connection.

You touch them lightly so they don’t drain your soul by being forgotten.

Think:

• A weekly sketch

• One guitar session

• A fun YouTube rabbit hole once a week

5–10 minutes counts.

Lane 3: “Maybe Thoughts”

These are the ideas that pop in at 11:47pm like,
“I should learn stained glass”
or
“I bet I’d be great at astrophotography.”

They’re not passions yet.
They’re sparkle-moments.

These are your most destructive yet somehow productive thoughts, because they are the most likely ones to distract you from finishing what you've started. And not finishing what we start is one of the biggest problems for multipassionates. That'll be a whole other blog post coming soon, to be honest. I could talk about that for WEEKS.

Write them down.
Smile at them.
Put the list somewhere else.

This alone cuts overwhelm by 40%.
Because you stop treating every idea like a life direction.

Tool #2: The 20-Minute Passion Pulse

Multipassionates often confuse overwhelm with “I don’t know where to start.”

Here’s the fix:

Give every active passion 20 minutes to “pulse” before deciding what to do today or this week.

This is not multitasking — this is scanning.

How to do it:

1. Set a timer for 20 minutes for Passion #1 — open it, touch it, feel it.

2. Repeat for Passion #2.

3. Repeat for Passion #3.

Some days you'll feel the spark.
Some days you'll feel resistance.
Some days you'll go, “Oh… THIS is what I want.”

You don’t choose based on guilt, pressure, or “shoulds.”

You choose based on truth.

And multipassionates are at their best when working from truth, not obligation.

This technique is simple but life-changing because:

• It creates momentum

• It drains the confusion swamp

• It puts you back in your body, not your brain

• It gives your intuition the microphone

Tool #3: “The One-Hour Win” — The Non-Linear Productivity Trick

Multipassionates don’t often thrive with:
❌ Pomodoro
❌ Rigid schedules
❌ “Eat the Frog”
❌ Task batching forever

Some of us can, and when you find something that works, that's WONDERFUL. But most of us, well, we honestly thrive with bursts of meaningful progress.

If you think that's you, here’s your new rule:

Anything that meaningfully moves you forward counts as a win.
You get one hour.
Do it in any order.
On any passion.
And celebrate it.

Examples:

• Draft a page of your book

• Sketch three logo ideas

• Watch a tutorial on video editing

• Map out a business funnel on a napkin

• Practice Italian on Duolingo

• Reorganize your creative supplies

You will be shocked how much progress one hour creates when you’re allowed to choose freely.

This method works because:

• Multipassionates gain energy from variety, not restrictions

• Wins compound

• Momentum beats discipline every time

You’re Not Scattered — You’re Layered

If you take nothing else from this post, take this:

You are not too much.
You simply need tools that match the way you’re built.

Your brain isn’t broken.
Your passions aren’t wrong.
Your speed isn’t chaotic — it’s kinetic.

You deserve to feel steady, clear, and spacious — not because you forced yourself into discipline, but because you finally learned how you operate best.

Multipassionates aren’t a problem to fix.
We’re a pattern to understand.

And the more you understand yourself, the more everything opens up:
your energy, your progress, your clarity, your joy.

Wherever you are right now — between passions, between seasons, between versions of yourself — know this:

You’re building something beautiful, even if you can’t see the full picture yet.
Keep going.