What it feels like to be a scanner personality

...spontaneous thoughts that occurred to me

Photo by Grégoire Hervé-Bazin on Unsplash

Honestly? It feels confusing, chaotic, sometimes exhausting and overwhelming…. so what is a scanner personality?

In short, someone who loves a lot of things, has many interests, has a changing focus, is good at many things, but not an expert in few, curious about a lot & has switching interests… just to name a few characteristics.

Can you resonate with that?

And yet: I am also Scientist with a business, which is typically not someone who is a Scanner, but a Diver.

I left academia because I didn’t feel I fit into it anymore, it also started to be boring for me to do labwork & write the same way etc.

Then I found a way to couple Art to Science, which made me re-love it even more, I started my business so that I could do what I love: combining Science & Art AND helping others.

Another thing I love: to be of service for others!

Now I started to venture off into the Mentoring/Coaching side of my business, wanting to help other fellow Scientific Illustrators on their journey.

I also started painting for myself ca. 2 years ago & recently had my first exhibition.

I also started to write poems again, and I also opened this substack channel here ca. one year ago, because I wanted to explore my writing skills.

…on the way of my life I realized I love to send voicemails & started to make audios here & do volunteer-readings for books in the public domain.

I also love to do riddles, meditate, do mantras… I just love soooooo many things :D

Just now I decided, I want to practice to write even more from my heart, dare to say & express thoughts that are maybe a bit controversial & get over my fear to hurt others, just with what and how I perceive the world.

Because I have the feeling, that it seems more and more difficult for people to be themselves, they fear to not offend anyone & always need to be polite etc.

How do you perceive that?

I honestly don’t believe that is the way, I can be kind and respectful AND still have a certain opinion.

I can be a freaking chaotic and confusing Scanner-Daria who shares all kinds of things & just accepts the way she is, without covering it up.

Cos there is nothing wrong with me, being like that. Even if I sometimes feel overwhelmed by it, I learned to just go with my impulses & flow, simply because it makes me feel great!

And what makes me feel great & full of joy, can’t be so wrong :-)

So here is to my more free-flowing posts I will share, some will be openly available, others won’t & you will be able to support me with a couple of bucks.

Sometimes I will share about my work, sometimes about the observations I have of the world, sometimes it will be about my inner world, my believes and convictions and surely the changes I go through in my life!

To embracing the part of me that loves so many things & truly expressing them all whenever they arise!

Who do you think you are? More of a Scanner or a Diver personality?

Love,
Daria