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I'm suffering from this as well to an extent. It's not a conscious rationalisation, it feels more like being unable to start something because there are too man
by Renaud 5y ago
I'm suffering from this as well to an extent. It's not a conscious rationalisation, it feels more like being unable to start something because there are too many things you'd like to start, and, in the end, you spend the week-end in front of the tv doing nothing, and hating yourself for having all these great projects you want to do but achieved nothing in the end because you couldn't choose something to start.
It's terrible for self-worth. It's a type of fear of commitment. A lack of realisation that someone done is worth more than something that is not.
It's as stupid as not being able to choose a dish from a large menu in a restaurant. You feel that committing to selecting a dish over another one might be something to regret.
The cure to this is to just start without thinking and commit to that experience. It usually turns out OK and we feel much better about ourselves afterwards.
- gexla 5y agoRight, I have found that simply picking something and moving on is better than doing nothing. Even if it's the wrong thing, at least shipping that thing gets you valuable feedback which you wouldn't have had before. I have also noticed that a greater sense of temporality has helped with making movement on projects. Working from home seems to diminish this relationship and as a result I don't feel the scarcity of time. I feel a much greater sense of this scarcity while working from an office and limiting myself to office hours. At home I feel like I have all the time I need. Working from an office, I feel the time flying by. I'm trying to figure out how to bring that office experience to my home environment.