avatarAgnes Laurens

Summary

The author discusses the challenges of managing a multitude of ideas and passions, such as writing, playing the violin, and painting, while dealing with the pressure of achieving ambitious goals and the fear of failure.

Abstract

The author of the article expresses a deep passion for writing, playing the violin, and painting, and is brimming with ideas for each pursuit. However, they struggle with the overwhelming feeling that comes from having a long list of tasks and high aspirations. The author admits to setting unrealistic expectations, desiring immediate results, and feeling like a failure when tasks are not completed perfectly or on time. Despite these challenges, they recognize the importance of focusing on small steps and managing their goals effectively. The author also mentions finding inspiration in an article about improving writing speed and acknowledges the need to balance their ambitions to prevent feeling overwhelmed.

Opinions

  • The author has a strong desire to excel in multiple creative fields, which can lead to an overwhelming sense of having too much to do.
  • They experience moments of self-doubt and fear of failure when unable to accomplish their extensive to-do list or meet their high standards.
  • The author believes in the importance of setting realistic goals and focusing on incremental progress to stay on track.
  • They have found practical advice, such as tips on writing faster, to be helpful in managing their workload and improving their craft.
  • Despite the pressure, the author remains optimistic and open to learning how to best manage their ideas and goals.
  • The author suggests that the feeling of being overwhelmed may be a natural consequence of having many ideas and ambitions, indicating a need for better personal management strategies.

I have so many ideas for these platforms and my hobbies

What You Feel because You Want To Do That Much In Your Life

Since I’m writing on Medium, I want to write a lot. Not only here, but also on other platforms I write for. Writing is one of my passions.

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I also have other passions, like playing the violin and painting. These ideas — which I have for these passions and goals too — are overwhelmed sometimes.

I make things very big in my head, with what I want to do with my life and all the things I want to achieve.

The tasks or to-do list is too long for me. I will think: it is too much for me, I can’t do it anymore. I don’t quite the list, but I have to push myself harder to do these tasks.

Failure

I think I have the feeling that everything will explode sometimes. Making list in my head — and on paper — what I want to do in life and make some goals for writing and my hobbies.

Most of the time I want to get the results I have in mind immediately and damn in I know very well that is even not possible!

When these tasks failure, I feel completely lost and I don’t know what to do then. But I can’t drop everything I worked for so far. Although these are the little steps you have to achieve within the major goals.

If I don’t do these tasks I feel somehow a failure. I want to do it perfectly in the first place. The very beginning. I know it is not possible, but this is also what I was told by lots of people. When you have been hurt in the past, you will think you are a loser if you don’t show you can do something. But it is not how that works. you may make mistakes.

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Stay focused on what matters

Staying focused on what matters the most and these baby steps help me to stay on track what I want. But yes, sometimes I don’t do tasks that were on my to-do list. I was too slow (and I am still slow). As a writer, I am typing very slow. When you’re a writer, you have to get work done, fast. Recently I read an article from Ayodeji Awosika about how to type fast. This was helpful for me. I think I can do it better than today, but it helped me much better to write. And of course, you have to practice. And since I am awake at 6 am, I want to get one article done before everyone gets downstairs. I think that will be a hell of a job if I want to achieve that.

I also realize that I may be adding too many tasks on my list. And that it will be overwhelming me in some way. I think that I have to take a step back. Or maybe my goals are too high. I think I forget one baby step.

It is possible to get overwhelmed when you want too much in your life.

In the first place it is an amazing feeling to have so many ideas, but will it ever work out for me? I don’t know yet. I am still in the learning process. I still looking for what works for me and how I can manage all the amazing ideas.

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