Nicolas Cole recommends a quarterly personal audit: look back at a goal from three to six months ago, list everything that distracted you, and imagine how much further you'd be if you'd stayed focused. The answer is almost always that you'd be significantly ahead.
Block like an hour once a quarter, especially once every 6 months, and just do a quick audit and ask yourself, what was the goal that I set for myself 3 months ago or 6 months ago? And what are all the things that I have come up with to distract myself from that goal since then? What are all the other random projects I've pursued? What are all the other shiny objects I got exposed to and I thought I should do that instead? And how much further along would you be if you just did the one thing that you said that you wanted to do? And the answer is almost always you would be a whole lot further.
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