I am a quite a lazy person. I have admitted that to myself for a while now. Being lazy isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It just means I’m not as ambitious or driven as I once thought I was. On top of this, I am also easily distracted and easily interested in a lot of things, so I accumulate projects and things that I want to try or do. The bright side of that is that I am not easily bored because I’ll never run out of things that I’m interested in trying or learning.
Having recognized all of this about myself makes me painfully aware of a problem that I would like to solve. Yes, I am hoping that documenting this in writing will give me a push in the right direction. I want to start limiting the projects I start so that I can actually finish them before starting on more. I want to clear up the clutter that some of this ultimately creates in my life (both mentally and physically).
Basically, my unmotivated self is recognizing that there are things that I want to accomplish and in order to do that, I need to set goals and a structure of sorts.
- Use space to limit projects. If there is no space physically, there is no room for more material for new projects. Recognizing the limits of a physical container is good as I’m the type of person to go ahead and fill things to the brim.
- Evaluate and assess inactive projects. Why did I stop these projects? Was there a blocker? Was there a loss of interest? Or did I simply get distracted? Is this project something I can and still want to complete?
- Prioritize projects and set targets. If I determine that the project is still something I want to complete, then I should figure out how much effort is needed to finish it and just get on it. Give myself a little kick in the behind to get things going again.
All in all, this exercise should lead me to purging as well because anything that I no longer want the finished product of should no longer be kept either. If I keep doing that, I’ll remain a hoarder forever (then again, maybe I already am a hoarder). In any case, here’s the start of trying to draw that box around everything and me completing a good purge!
nemo travels 