I used to be embarrassed that I was a generalist who knew many things about many things instead of all the things about one thing.

I used to be embarrassed that I was a generalist who knew many things about many things instead of all the things about one thing. But you know what? In today’s world, I enjoy that. I will have been many things at different times. I don’t need to tightly couple my sense of self with work that I do. In a few years I’ll be like remember the time I did that cool thing and saw literal tons of whales?? Cool. Maybe by that time I’ll be making artisanal sambal, or I’ll have become a musician. I like that at any one time, I feel like I have a range of skills and fun things to do, that I can adapt as things change. Sometimes the world changes. Sometimes I do.