multiply me

a few friends have asked me recently why i chose multipicity as the title for my blog. when i was brainstorming for titles, i knew i needed a word or phrase to describe me that i wouldn't grow to hate in 12 weeks.

multiplicity captures the costume changes that this whirling dervish wears in my one-act play of my so-called life.

cruise control is not an option on this package. for any interaction, i need to be "on" or else why bother showing up? so it's easy to see how the proverbial candle wick not only gets scorched at both ends, it can cause a raging house fire when it burns.

so, until i learn to clone myself, you are all screwed.

we are all alotted 24 hours in a day. precious sleep has been netting less than 6 of them on a regular basis now. these days, anyone who comes into contact with me now prays that the personality they run into is the groomed, tactful "work" version and not the she-devil running around after midnight, furiously writing.

"Get a life. A real life, not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, bigger paycheck, the bigger house." -- Anna Quindlen

i think i have gotten better at juggling. mainly because i have the attention span of a fruit-fly. as the queen of "let's do it RIGHT NOW", if 5 minutes pass between the time the idea pops in my head and the time i get to starting it, i get fidgety.

"Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change." -- Bertrand Russell

multiplicity makes sense for me. my strengths have always centered on my flexibility, creativity and ability to switch gears.

it is on the personal level that things get complicated for me. people are not that easy to put back into the inbox until you can find time to deal with them.

people don't like to think they are not a priority for you. in their minds, no matter how understanding they may be, they are a higher priority than they may be at that time. no one wants to be unimportant.

my life would be much easier to manage if we could find a way to clone me. cloning seems to be the only way my responsibilities would all be met, friends and family would feel satisfied that i have devoted enough time to them and feel included on my life.