Here we are again, time to write a little post. I think today’s will be short because I’m trying to map out ideas for the future. As I’ve said before, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking and attempting to map in my head. While this has yielded some success in my life, I probably could’ve performed better and/or gone further if I dedicate myself to committing to putting in more… physical effort. I’ve successfully completed tasks based primarily off of ideas that didn’t leave my head until they were basically entirely planned out. I think this type of thinking is really important for my overall thought process, but I don’t think I’d be hindering myself by writing more things down. I’m able to visualize a workflow/the order steps should be followed pretty well, but i may be limiting myself by relying on that. I’m not sure what I could be missing if I were to look at the flow physically written out. Maybe I can commit more brain power to figuring more out rather than keeping the thoughts straight. Considering the amount of thoughts I have, I’m probably missing out on something somewhere by doing this. Going to start physically mapping out my goals more. I don’t feel like I’m extraordinary, but I feel like I’m on the cusp. If I were to self-rate my competency level, I feel like I can out perform 85-90% of the general population if I put my mind to something. I just have to find something to put my mind to. I feel like if my life continues down the same trajectory then I will be stuck in mediocrity. I don’t have any kids, I really should be dedicating myself to making the world better. I can fail a few times at something and still end up okay. I wonder if knowing when to give up on something is as important as knowing when to push through. What do you think? Is it beneficial to not know when it’s time to give up? I think perhaps sometimes.
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One response to “What Are We All Waiting For?”
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I have had ideas to do things and been able to plan out steps involved but until I started to write it all down, I would usually think of another thing and start planning that out and inevitably abandon the first and that pattern would repeat. And repeat. I could actually work on something for a few weeks and get frustrated and go on to the next. Writing things down has helped me to stay focused on a project and I’m able to add steps along the way, change the order of doing things, and generally be more organized. And there is a certain satisfaction crossing a step off and feeling like you accomplished something. Granted, this change has only been the last few years and mostly related to building websites but that’s a whole other story. And obviously I can only speak for myself.
Knowing when to give up is tough. The more importance we attach to a task or goal, the less likely we will want to give up. Not knowing when it’s time to quit could be beneficial but you will only know that in hindsight at some point. The flip side of course is wasting more time and effort for naught. Probably the answer is at some point we just know and it’s not the same for everyone. For me, I never knew when to quit but that’s from the voice in my head (a parent telling me when I was five ‘you never know when to quit’). hmm I wonder. sorry for the long and winding road.
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