Re:There are too many shiny objects and it is killing me
by toddkaufmann on Thursday February 19, 2015 @12:20PM
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Me too. Maybe 30+. I have alternately thought that it was procrastinating, ADD, FOMO, the distraction of shiny objects, etc.--new terms keep appearing.
In the past this has been "useful", because I learned a number of tools
before I had need for them. "Useful" in quotes because I might not have been most productive
at that moment but maybe it amortizes over time (ie, maybe I "10x" for spurts at later time),
and it got me skills and opportunities that I wouldn't have otherwise.
If I don't a creatively productive day in doing what I'm "supposed" to be doing, I need to feed that hunger by learning something new. Sometimes it's shopping for shiny things, other times it's going deeper into something... still looking for the balance.
In the past this has been "useful", because I learned a number of tools before I had need for them. "Useful" in quotes because I might not have been most productive at that moment but maybe it amortizes over time (ie, maybe I "10x" for spurts at later time), and it got me skills and opportunities that I wouldn't have otherwise.
If I don't a creatively productive day in doing what I'm "supposed" to be doing, I need to feed that hunger by learning something new. Sometimes it's shopping for shiny things, other times it's going deeper into something... still looking for the balance.