Re:Ask HN: The “I want to do everything but end up doing not...
by whysonot on Saturday February 14, 2015 @11:27AM
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I struggled a lot with what OP describes and focusing on outcomes is something that has helped me a lot. Another slightly less intimidating way to describe this might be focusing on projects instead of skills. So the outcome doesn't have to be some grand, world-shaking innovation, it might just be the completion of some "thing" that you enjoyed making.
It took me years but eventually I started focusing on what the outcomes I wanted to make happen and then started focusing bringing in the learning I needed to support this. This also helps when you have to make decisions about what not to learn as if its not supporting your outcomes then it becomes more clear you can drop it or save it for later.