You Can’t Be Everything
Jack-of-all-trades!
The ironic thing about the term is that nobody fits that description. Those who are referred to as Jack-of-all-trades are simply Jack-of-more-trades-than-usual.
Nobody can really learn everything, practice everything, and master everything. It’s simply impossible.
That Jack doesn’t exist. He’s fictional!
You’ll especially discover this in many areas online, including programming.
Take Python, for instance: there are over 137000 libraries and 200 modules.
If you’re unfamiliar with Python, think of them as topics within a subject.
Yes, it’s near-impossible to learn every single aspect of that subject if the topics are that much, especially if many topics are useful for different areas in the real world.
If a Jack comes along who commits every Python library to memory, he’ll be able to master none.
The same even applies to writing.
Can someone truly be a skillful fiction writer, technical writer, blogger, songwriter, scriptwriter, copywriter, and poet?
I doubt that. Even if you experiment with all of them, you’ll discover you are more suited to some than others.
That’s why it’s always best to pick a few areas of interest, learn, and develop them instead of vaguely pursuing everything that comes within your sight.
You can’t be everything
Or can you?
