Focusing on What Really Matters

So Many Projects, So Little Time

Are you driven to distraction by too many projects? How can you focus on what matters?

As the manager of your writing, you want to consider focusing on what’s important. First, you need to figure out what matters. Then you can find a focus. As a writer, it’s about taking back ownership and responsibility for your time.

To begin thinking about what matters, consider what type of person you are. According to some experts, there are three types of people. To tell what type you are, think about what excites you?  Is it ideas, things (gadgets), or people? Where do you get your energy? Are you energized by new ideas to toss around in your mind? Do new things or gadgets to use or play with energize you? Or are you energized by being with other people?

Another way to focus on what matters is to think about whether you’re process or product-driven. Those who are process-oriented bog down when the process goes on too long or becomes too cumbersome. Too often, they do not see the project to completion. On the other hand, some are product-oriented. They love seeing the end product, but they can often overlook necessary or critical steps in the process.

Many creatives thrive on the ideas and the process involved with them. The process includes playing with ideas. In contrast, a finished product is just that. It’s done, and so are the ideas that go with it. Finding a balance can help you make it through the process and go on to produce a finished product.

Oh Look, a Shiny Thing

Something new gives an adrenaline rush. A new adventure, a new project, or a new idea kick in hormones that give us pleasure. Like serial entrepreneurs, who get a business up and going and then move on to the next venture. Buying something new might bring excitement for some people. Then, after a time, the newness wears off, and they need to find something else new. Buying a new car or new to you can bring pleasure. But eventually, it no longer seems new. You might decide to get new wheel covers, which gives a few more months of fun. Then you decide to get a new sound system. While you get a lot of enjoyment, its newness eventually wears off, too.

It’s similar if you get energized by the latest idea. After you’ve dived into it for a while, you lose interest. It might even become boring. Or two or six months later, you’re interested in it again and become re-energized.

So how can you find what matters and focus on it? Consider what Nikola Tesla said, “If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration.”  Where do you find your energy, frequency, and vibration? Consider the topics, themes, dominant ideas you keep coming back to again and again. You put energy and frequency into them, which creates vibrations in your mind. Those, obviously, matter the most to you. Why not focus on them?

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