From a young age, my mind has been full of ideas: veterinarian, author, chef, teacher. And as I grew up, my options didn’t narrow …show more content…
I job shadowed on the ambulance and in the OR of the labor ward of my local hospital. I volunteered my time at the elementary school and my church. After I left each place, I was entirely convinced I had found my calling. I thought, “Yes, finally! This is what I want to do with my life. I want to be an OB.” But I felt that way leaving each place. The sense of fulfillment I got after helping the paramedics was the same one I felt teaching a “problem child” long division. I was feeling more and more torn apart after each experience. My supervisors at each place assumed I had already made a career choice, and invited me to come back after I finished …show more content…
A girl in my speech class gave a cutting of Emilie Wapnick’s 2015 TED Talk, entitled, “Why Some of Us Don’t Have One True Calling.” If you haven’t heard it, I highly recommend that you look it up. As I listened to the speech, it was like looking in a mirror. In it, Wapnick identifies a type of person she calls a “multipotentialite.” She also lists three multipotentialite “superpowers”: idea synthesis, rapid learning, and adaptability. For the first time, I was seeing my affliction in a positive light. It was something many people experienced, and it never hindered them in life. If anything, it brought them new