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Conflicting Interests
I have so many things I want to do; I get stuck not doing anything.
Being conflicted isn’t new for me, and is related to my recent post titled Overlapping Tech. I have a lot of interests which lead me to buying a lot of gadgets that share some of the same tasks, but are impossible to use all at once.
For example, I have an iPad Mini and a Kindle. I can read books on either one, but if I pick up the iPad Mini to read, I can get distracted and want to do something else like catch up on the news or check in on the crazy rap beef going on, and I don’t end up reading.
I also have a Nintendo Switch and an Anbernic RG35XX. I can’t play the same games on both consoles (mostly), but I have been recently playing games on my iPhone more since Apple has now allowed emulators in the App Store. I have been playing Pokémon FireRed, and it has been a fantastic experience dipping into since I am usually on my iPhone anyway.
I have accepted the fact that I have a lot of gadgets which provide me access to a variety of different interests that I am into right now. The problem really lies in how I get stuck not doing a lot of things because of decision fatigue.
Greg Morris, a really great blogger that I have been following and reading for years now, had a post that encapsulates my feelings on this topic perfectly:
Over the last few months, it has been challenging to balance my interests and focus. Indeed, I have wasted a lot of time moving things around and messing with my websites, but along with this, I have found it difficult to do more than one ‘thing’ at a time. There’s something to be said about putting all your effort one way, but I enjoy lots of different creative things and don’t like neglecting other areas.
In Greg’s post, he is mostly talking about working on his blog versus writing for it, but I still feel like it is still representing the same problem I have when it comes to having a lot of interests but not being able to focus on one…
