First, I love my kid so much I fear I’ll have an aneurism, I wake up stoked to be his mom every single day. But my goodness y’all he has cannonballed into the terrible twos HARD.
I know it’s just a stage and that it is developmentally normal and all that. But please just tell me the moment your kid emerged, fresh and anew, eyes twinkling with appreciation* for your patience, hard work, and diligence.
*let me dream
Surprised that this has never come up on this sub.
Also known as "multipotentialite".
Essentially, it's someone who doesn't stick to one line of work. They have many interests and pursue them simultaneously.
Think of an author/podcaster/graphic designer/producer. These are called "slashes".
It's more common amongst creatives (for obvious reasons) but there are other examples. Typically one slash will be a creative pursuit.
For this to work you can't really have a 9-5. Multi-hyphenate careers allow you to bounce around try many things at once.
Financially, the idea is that you also have multiple streams of income. If one is stagnating or you lose interest you can focus on the other slash for a while. Or vice versa.
There are quite a few books on this.
What do you guys this of this methodology of work?
For people who are sick of directors who only direct, I present "Oops-All Mutli-Hyphenates!" a bracket for the renaissance men and women of Hollywood who had established careers in other fields before becoming directors.
The four regions:
(1) The Actor-Director Region
- 8 actors turned directors
(2) The Writer-Director Region
- 8 writers turned directors
(3) The Below-the-Line Region
- editors, cinematographers, animators, visual effects artists etc.
(4) The Out-of-Left-Field Region
- billionaires, musicians, painters, novelists etc.
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