You don’t need a list if you do it as soon as you think of it!

And that is how you end up ‘doing a lot of things, but not getting anything done’ - if you think of lots of things all the time, anyway.

I feel seen.

Make another list

I'm sure you could edit that list, come on, don't let some earlier you dictate what today's you wants or needs. Just keep a list (including all the achieved goals you already met for good comparison) and go on on them.

True, I think every few years or so we need to sit down and write down our "odyssey plan" based on Stanford Life Design course.

Since the world is liquid and constantly in movement, our interests and values will change as well which is ok.

I guess when you start feeling that whatever you are doing is `iffy`, its time to sit down and think.

I think a big problem is that many people like me don't have the discipline to learn anything in depth.

Here is a service I always want: I'm in a prison cell. I cannot get out until the prison evaluates my progress on a target that I submitted for the service (say fully read a tech book and create a demo). I'd also setup a default end date which will be evaluated and confirmed by the prison. If I don't complete the target before the end date I get double charged for each day and food becomes shittier. Of course there is a hard deadline to make sure my bank account still exists afterwards.

That’s why I use a Jira board for my life goals /s