That article brought up different thoughts in me. It made me reflect on my life situation and the future. I have always thought that it is better to be a professional in one specific thing and focus on that, rather than practice other things at the same time and gradually develop in many areas. It is very difficult sometimes to think like that.
I am currently studying in the goldsmithing field to become an artisan, and in my school, the students’ skills are tried to be developed almost to perfection. However, I myself have not really aimed for that from the beginning. I didn’t expect that the assignments at school would be so demanding and that I would fail so much along the way.

However, this article made me remember that I can do many other things as well, and I could develop those at the same time and possibly even combine them with jewelry making. This whole course in general reminded me that I can use Adobe programs to some extent and that I enjoy it very much, I have painted my whole life, I like photography, I love doing marketing and also editing videos. If I tried to combine these skills, I could basically, for example, create a YouTube channel in addition to Instagram and make different kinds of videos there. I could also post those on Instagram, it would develop my business a lot, since there aren’t many videos on my profile.

“Another great thing about a talent stack is you don’t have to put in your 10,000 hours to master each skill. A list of skills that you are ‘pretty good’ at can be far more valuable than spending years to fully master any one skill. Of course, actually mastering a skill is fantastic, but the point is, you can be awesome without fully mastering any one skill.”
I should have heard this sentence last week when I was disappointed in myself and thought that I can’t do anything and that I’m completely terrible at everything I do. If I fail in just one thing, it usually makes me hate myself and feel discouraged. But from now on, I will always try to remember that I am skilled in many other things too, and that I am allowed to fail.