Re:Ask HN: How do you find time to do all the thing you want...
by pknerd on Monday May 17, 2021 @06:36AM
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No emailing/ surfing either?
Re:Ask HN: How do you find time to do all the thing you want...
by muzani on Monday May 17, 2021 @08:17AM
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It was half a week out of town so I didn't have a choice. I downloaded documentation and drafted messages.
I'm notoriously slow with emails. It took me half an hour to write this comment. I think the brain tends to juggle multiple thoughts when it has internet access and the switching cost is what makes time fly by.
The other is doing too much. You have to prioritize and do it one at a time. Clearly identify why you want to do what you want to do. Another risk, especially in this industry is to want to learn everything - CSS, Vue, React, React Native, SCSS, etc, etc. It becomes a bottomless pit and that's just career.
Why do you want to do it? Are you trying to be a designer? Do you care about that side project or are you sharpening your skills? Figure out one thing you really want to do, and work backwards from there. Personally, my goal is to make a full production app within an hour, so I optimize for that.
And then there's your personal goals. I like storytelling, but more the meta of it (story structures) rather than writing the stories. Combined with AI, that's a lot I can play with forever.