Your Top Five Goals: A Productivity Method

[Elliot]

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://curi.us/2583-your-top-five-goals-a-productivity-method

[LMD]

@Elliot

Trying to work towards being great at twenty things is a way to never be great at anything.

I think you’re right. I have sometimes a become saddened or overwhelmed by the amount of things that I’ve picked up and got kinda good at but not great at (especially with music). At times I want to study them all, but then I’m like, well okay how am I going to seriously study piano, guitar, drums, singing, composing, recording, and do philosophy, work on my career, relationships etc. It’s a little bit heart breaking thinking there are things I may have to just avoid working on.

I was aware of the idea of considering what things to prioritise, but it hadn’t occurred to me that taking a goal seriously means avoiding working on other lower priority goals altogether.

@Elliot

Don’t spend a month on something – and be so busy you don’t make progress on your main goals – and then next month switch to a new thing that gets its own month, and repeat. People can keep that up for years and never make much progress on anything.

@Elliot

You don’t have to try to make progress all the time. But don’t go try to make progress on something else that’s less important. Don’t practice a minor hobby because you’re too tired to practice something important.

I totally recognise the behaviour these talk about in myself.