Work Only You Can Do

As I slowly approach the end of what will probably be a two year long project, I sense a tide of existential dread slowly rolling in. What do I work on next?

Cal Newport proposes looking at work through the following lens when considering projects:

Groundhog Day

5 days into January, I realized that my resolutions for the New Year were going down the drain: I hadn’t written anything, I hadn’t worked out since December, I was no closer to finding a job, and to top it all off, I definitely didn’t love myself more.

I don’t know WTF I am doing.

I have been streaming less and less over the past several months. You might reasonably ask if this is the way of the future. The answer to this, and many other basic questions about my plans is: I am very confused.

Where I’ve been

Great story Mike, beautifully told too, thanks for sharing. I loved how you used the first principles idea to simplify a complex uncertain future. It reminds me of the Ralph Stacy’s matrix which crosses levels of certainty with levels of agreement to diagnose the decision making context. see here something I wrote about using the right tools when…