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It’s the weekend. Huzzah.
And you’ve found a new calling — a new life purpose. A sudden passion that you’re deeply invested in.
But you’ve been here before, haven’t you.
The initial spark, the hyper-focused planning and buying of materials. The excitement and intense sessions of new skill-building.
But it doesn’t last. Focus fades and interest inches away, and you’re left with yet another unfinished project.
This is the random weekend side quest — a multi-passionate reality.
But good news, it’s not wasted energy.
With so many amazing things to do and shiny objects to play with, it’s easier than ever to fall down a rabbit hole.
Tenfold if you’re already multi-passionate and curious by nature.
But usually, these side-quest moments are framed as being a waste of time — negative and full of distraction. Random detours that never get finished.
But what if they aren’t wasted energy?
What if we can extract the meaningful parts and leverage our rabbit holes for more clarity, skill acquisition and authenticity? I think we can.
This is, after all, the formula for how dots connect in unique ways.
Turn Your Rabbit Holes Into Productivity
Before anything else, a perspective shift is required.
So accept and believe this:
Your random weekend side quests — those rabbit holes, intense passion shopping, etcetera — are all (or can be) connected and leveraged.
Transferrable skills and insights are often missed and mislabeled as distractions — compartmentalized into different buckets that cannot talk to each other or share ideas and develop friendships.
That’s all BS though.
If the science of the universe has taught me anything, it’s that everything is connected.
This means that whatever you spend your time tinkering on does add to and strengthen your unified pool of unique value, insights, skills and experiences in life.
The problem is that those connections aren’t always obvious or visible. It takes patience and awareness.
But trust me, they are there.
Everything Is Connected (examples)
To start seeing connections between randomness more easily, some examples will help.
Because however meandering your multiple passions (or sudden interests) may appear, there’s always a through line or two waiting to be discovered.
1. The Musician-Turned-Filmmaker Through Photography
🔹 Weekend Side Quest: Starts shooting street photography for fun.
🔹 Rabbit Hole: Learns color grading → discovers video editing → starts filming small clips.
🔹 Hidden Through-Line: Realizes their music could be paired with original visuals → Starts making music videos → Builds a YouTube brand that blends sound + visuals → Eventually offers video services to indie musicians.
Final Connection: A musician who makes self-directed music videos with a distinct aesthetic, selling a creative package.
2. The Writer Who Accidentally Becomes a Personal Brand Strategist
🔹 Weekend Side Quest: Experiments with hand-drawn lettering.
🔹 Rabbit Hole: Falls in love with typography and logo design.
🔹 Hidden Through-Line: Realizes branding is just storytelling in visual form → Merges writing + design → Starts helping creators with their brand storytelling.
Final Connection: A writer-turned-brand strategist who helps people shape their personal brands with words AND visuals.
3. The Productivity Nerd Who Becomes a Tech Entrepreneur
🔹 Weekend Side Quest: Tries out different productivity hacks for personal use.
🔹 Rabbit Hole: Builds a small Notion system → Friends start using it → Decides to make a mini productivity SaaS tool.
🔹 Hidden Through-Line: Realizes the real skill isn’t just personal productivity but teaching systems thinking + automation.
Final Connection: Becomes a micro-SaaS founder, building digital tools that solve his own problems first.
4. The Traveler Who Accidentally Creates a Sustainable Fashion Brand
🔹 Weekend Side Quest: Thrift shopping in Tokyo.
🔹 Rabbit Hole: Learns about sustainable fabrics → Starts upcycling vintage clothing.
🔹 Hidden Through-Line: Figures out how to travel light & build a minimal wardrobe → Designs a small sustainable travel clothing line for nomads.
Final Connection: Creates a travel-inspired sustainable fashion brand that merges aesthetics, minimalism, and eco-consciousness.
5. The Artist Who Becomes a UX Designer
🔹 Weekend Side Quest: Plays around with website design for fun.
🔹 Rabbit Hole: Discovers UI/UX design principles → Learns Figma → Realizes design thinking is just a creative problem-solving skill.
🔹 Hidden Through-Line: Sees how painting & visual hierarchy translate into UX (composition, color balance, emotional storytelling).
Final Connection: Uses artistic instincts to create intuitive user experiences, making UX feel more human and creative.
6. The Musician Who Builds a Creative Education Business
🔹 Weekend Side Quest: Makes lofi beats for fun.
🔹 Rabbit Hole: Teaches a friend music production → Enjoys the process → Creates a mini-course on beat-making.
🔹 Hidden Through-Line: Music + teaching = a personal brand as a creator-educator.
Final Connection: Monetizes music knowledge through courses, workshops, and a YouTube channel.
So with that, happy exploring!
Chase those side quests if you feel called to do something. Just stay aware of the connection paradigm.
Look for through lines, themes and opportunities to transfer skills and insights — find ways to stack your ideas and many passions.
And don’t be afraid of a good pivot, or the need to put a project on pause so you can explore something new.
Multi-passionate living is a skill and an art form.
Later ✌️
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