I developed a rather simple system called 0 to life. It focuses on achieving goals in the short, medium, and long term. The main idea is that you focus on break

I developed a rather simple system called 0 to life. It focuses on achieving goals in the short, medium, and long term. The main idea is that you focus on breaking down goals (like code) in periods of six months. That way, you have enough time to try something and not lose a lot of time. It also allows for you to build on top of past success. For example, one of my goals was to write a technical book. I did not achieve it because I realized that the goal didn't fit me at that point in life. It wasn't a total loss because I learned a lot from the experience. Another goal was to release more open source code in a six month period. This is something I did by releasing three different projects. That goal also taught me a lot of valuable info that I can apply in the future. The beauty of this approach is that you dont have to focus too hard. Having 6 months means you can still enjoy life. It also allows you to pick your goals well (organize them). Say you want to learn a natural language, learn ML, and go to Japan. Rather than try and do everything as soon as possible, you'd proritize which you want to do first knowing that the others will also get done. You can now organize the goals using whatever metric you want. Which is liberating because there no longer is any pressure related to missing out. If a given goal doesnt workout, all you have to do is wait until the next 6 month period arrives to move forward. This also provides the benefit of using the time between bigger goals to try new things and not feel like you are wasting time.