Climbing Mount "Do ALL of the things!"
Oct. 3rd, 2012 01:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackThere's a classic cartoon, "clean ALL of the things", from Hyperbole and a Half.
My life is not specifically centred around cleaning, but it very much feels like trying to ascend Mount "Do ALL of the things" or "Code ALL of the things".
However, I think I noticed a problem. You climb to the top of one of the foothills, and when you're nearly there, you can't see the main peak, so all your energy is focused on getting to the top of the foothill. Then you feel flush with success for about half a second, and then look up and see the main peak rising dozens of times higher in front of you, get dispirited, and start to roll back down again.
Whenever I do achieve something, I'm scared to get overconfident, but that means I get very little thrill of achievement, as I'm concentrating too much on what I haven't done yet, which is rather counterproductive to going on achieving awesome things.
Although I think having noticed that lets you plan more sensibly, expecting to have to gather your breath a bit before going on, rather than just constantly hoping you're nearly at the peak, and giving up when you're not!
My life is not specifically centred around cleaning, but it very much feels like trying to ascend Mount "Do ALL of the things" or "Code ALL of the things".
However, I think I noticed a problem. You climb to the top of one of the foothills, and when you're nearly there, you can't see the main peak, so all your energy is focused on getting to the top of the foothill. Then you feel flush with success for about half a second, and then look up and see the main peak rising dozens of times higher in front of you, get dispirited, and start to roll back down again.
Whenever I do achieve something, I'm scared to get overconfident, but that means I get very little thrill of achievement, as I'm concentrating too much on what I haven't done yet, which is rather counterproductive to going on achieving awesome things.
Although I think having noticed that lets you plan more sensibly, expecting to have to gather your breath a bit before going on, rather than just constantly hoping you're nearly at the peak, and giving up when you're not!