my focus is so scattered the past year or so... feels like endless great content to explore but I'm so busy monitoring all the sources of novelty that I'm not relaxing and enjoying anything deeply. how do you manage the balance between openness to new things vs focus?
like, Discords... I'm in a bunch but I really don't get much out of them because it's too overwhelming & I feel fomo every time I even browse them
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Tweet · Sep 29, 2022Feeling like I’ve been on the edge of scattered mess recently- focusing *just barely* enough to keep things together. But I’m not terribly stressed or…Tweet · Mar 2, 2024it is still a puzzle for me how to be more productive without anxiety/caffeine forcing focus n activity. i spend a lot of time just lounging around…Reply · Nov 28, 2023@Nominus9 focused flow state work vs a list of trivial tasks while you're half distracted w more interesting things?Reply · Jan 31, 2023@alterwyx The first is introspect and leave gcs and such that are recurring distractions the second is just use willpower to get on with a to do list…