There are too many options. I know that already. The most difficult discipline for me is to ignore the options, to tune out all the things that aren’t important, and focus.

This is really tough. I like hopping all over the place. And I’m also realizing that a big part of how my brain thrives and works and is creative is by having kind of a lot of things going on. The mental image is like pushing a dozen things up a hill, and it’s very slow progress because with this many things you’re only moving an inch at a time. So I’m not going fast because there’s too much bulk to move fast. But somehow all of them together means something, too. The connections between them creates a kind of internal momentum.

That’s all fine and good but I also need to create balance because it’s too easy to tip over into chaos. It’s also easy to get discouraged when progress is slow.

So right now I’m reminding myself that there are infinite possibilities, but only a few essential things.