WHY POLYESTHER?

The only constant in my life is shape-shifting.

— Emilie Wapnick, founder of Puttylike who introduced the term multi-potentialite and something inside of me clicked.

POLYESTHER is a word play on ‘polymath’ and my first name. By definition, a polymath describes a person who has expertise in a large number of different subjects, but more importantly, they are able to draw on this knowledge to solve problems. By naming my blog this, it allows me to freely explore many topics and ideas that could be tied together.

Polymath + Esther = POLYESTHER

That adds up, right? To me it does.

In a world where people pay a lot of money to be highly specialized and skilled in one craft, I never quite fit the mold. Routines and repetitive predictable tasks bore me to tears. The way my brain processed the same projects as my colleagues were vastly different. For a while I thought, “What’s wrong with me?” or “Why can’t they see it like I do?” The hardest part was trying to explain how and why I came up with these ideas or processes in a way that made sense to everyone.

In the workplace, I found myself thriving in roles that gave me room to grow, exercise ideas into fruition, and allowed me try new tasks with room to fail and be ok. This set me up to be a direct measurable impact player. I like to compare my sweet spot in the workplace to the 6th man on a basketball team. Lots of versatility and capable of filling in wherever needed. If there were no opportunities to implement new processes or try new things, I rarely stuck around very long. The result? A resume without the right title to accurately describe the evolving roles and tasks I was assigned to.

And when it came to hobbies, I picked up whatever sang to my soul in that moment. Cooking, exercise, sewing, making jewelry, costuming, music, painting shoes, karaoke, learning a new language, the list goes on and the supplies pile high in the basement. I rarely stick with one hobby long enough and tend to bounce around between different hands-on projects. However, I learn a lot and am able to incorporate my hobby experiences to help me tackle the next thing that’s captured my interest.

So why should you follow POLYESTHER?

I know how annoying it is when a person you watch on Youtube for makeup ideas films something else for a change.

When Kanye complains that he can’t break out of the mold of being just a music producer and explore other artistic avenues.

When the greatest basketball player of all time, Michael Jordon, tried to play baseball and barely made the minor leagues, we all were like, “Dude, wtf? Get back to hoops!”

But hear me out: We’re human. We get bored of the same old thing over and over again. I read a quote that one of the keys to a happy marriage was allowing your partner to evolve and change over time. A man mentioned he fell in love with the women his wife evolved into EIGHT times! Imagine how many times you could fall in love with yourself if you are open to evolving? It’s exciting stuff!

I’ve been fighting to conform for so long so its time to document my journey into leaning into these shape-shifting characteristics and see what comes out of it. These are my thoughts, my learning moment, my pictures, my successes, and my failures. And it will change over time.

If you love the idea and are on your own journey, I invite you to subscribe and share your stories and ideas with me as well. It’s going to be fun and not boring. That I promise you.