One of the more relatable tweet’s I’ve seen on Twitter.
I’ve found for myself, that I get obsessed with projects. I’ll get so into them that I can’t stop. In general, not a bad problem. It helps me to achieve projects in record time. When I was younger, I didn’t play many video games, but if I ever did play, I wouldn’t stop until I was the master.
I would take every second I could to be the very best there was. Get all the upgrades that were possible. As soon as I achieved it, I would instantly stop playing. It was completely uninteresting to me.
Same thing with other toys growing up. I would spend tons of time building a monstrous lego structure, then as soon as it was built, I would be done playing with legos for the next three months. I didn’t even like to look at them after that.
I’ve been the same way as I’ve gotten older. When I got into music composition for awhile, I would dive into it. I would spend many sleepless nights on a project, perfecting and perfecting. Getting it as close to 100% as possible.
In some ways, I’ve unfortunately seen this even in my relationships with others. I love the first meetings. Getting to know someone. In a not creepy way, I almost become obsessed with getting to know about them. I learn everything there possibly is to know. Then, after a few meetings, I lose interest and don’t care to dive into the friendship too much.
There are positive sides as I’ve mentioned. If you want someone who is going to be committed to a short-term project, I am more committed than almost any you will find. But if it’s something that requires long-term commitment, it’s much harder for me to be involved.
Another problem presents itself in that I can become obsessed with the smallest most insignificant projects. I’ll work for hours on an incredibly low-value task.
I’ll invest in things that have very little return. And I’ll go all-in on the investment, instead of doing like normal people do and wade in and put a little bit of time into the task each day.
My level of commitment is incredibly high, and I’ve found it’s best if I can work on projects that fit well into that.
Daily blogging happens to be one of those.