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Ask HN: Prioritizing interests
I find myself drawn to several things at the same time - Wanting to join a finance firm and be a quant, wanting to be a better software developer, wanting to go to grad school to get a PhD, or maybe become a PM and hopefully startup something soon. I'm not an incredibly talented guy, but I have decent logical abilities and I feel my hardworking nature would take care of the rest. However, given our limited lifetimes, you cannot do everything. How do you prioritize your interests/goals? I'm fairly confident that several other people feel drawn towards the things the same way as I am. How do you decide what to focus on at any point of life?
- ClassyJacket 8y agoI'm interested in the answer to this question as it's giving me massive grief (along with regret of not having done X Y and Z already -- I could've had a PhD by now!...) and I'm seeing a psychologist about it. I want to do a Masters in Computer Science and study computer vision (whatever uni I can actually do that at). But also, I want to give acting a shot! And I have three or four ideas for a startup or kickstarter! But I really wanna try living overseas! But at the same time I pretty much need to work full time to pay rent. How do I pick something to do when even one thing plus work seems exhausting?