For a long time, I didn't understand what that meant. It made no sense to me at all. Bob Dylan sang about it, Walt Whitman wrote about it, and a lot of others kept talking about it. I struggled and ignored it.

For a long time I considered myself an engineer, the complete stereotype that society has created. And I adhered to it. All the clichés that existed. Be introverted, only be interested in technical topics, no creative skills, poor communication skills, etc.

Can't tell you why I did or why I thought I had to. But the outside world did have an impact on how I defined myself.

Then suddenly, things started to shift. It felt like a slight earthquake under my feet, slowly getting stronger. Therapy and coaching shaking my world. I realised that I didn't have to follow those made up constraints. I could be more than just this one version or definition of me. I could be whatever I wanted or felt like. Even if it wouldn't fit together.

And there it was. Multitudes. That's what it means to me.

I can be this one version, the engineer, the manager, the professional, and at the same time like or do things that would contradict or not fit into this made up picture. I didn't have to just be the shy person just because the stereotype said so. I could be an outgoing engineer, who likes fashion, art and is empathetic and loves communication.

I am large. I contain multitudes.

Embrace who you are and who you wan't to be. Don't feel like you have to fit in a box.