Why you should limit things you're working on

If you're not making progress you might be doing too much at the same time.

Last year I tried to do too much.

• Writing on Medium

• Thinking of digital products I can sell

• Learning how to make games

• Writing fiction

I was high on the idea (taken from an old Chinese saying) that if I have too little time, I should take on more tasks.

That was not a good idea.

It doesn't work this way.

Or maybe it does if the tasks are physical. But the truth is I lacked a few things.

First of all, I didn't have a roadmap.

I was doing something, and maybe I moved forward, but I wasn't sure in what direction I was going, nor what the direction actually was.

Not surprisingly, it is a thought I often encounter when learning something without a clear goal different than "learning something" or "earning millions".

A plan is necessary!

And by plan, I mean a sequence of tasks.

Some of my goals had such tasks—granular and easy to do, enough to move it forward. And in most cases, these in fact moved forward.

Other goals? Not granular enough to move the needle. Some were so big they only paralyzed and scared me away by bloating my to-do list. Tasks not suited to be done - spikes, investigations, thinking about, and, of course, research—never-ending research.

Adding more tasks may be a good way to accomplish more, but it also exhausts more. And that can affect you when it's time to do the easier tasks.

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In 2025, I'm dropping writing for Medium, as well as most of my side hustle ideas, and focusing on raising my programming skills. I want to simplify my processes and redefine goals to be more progressing (like I did with my move from Godot to Raylib).

I'm not taking too much on myself. I have to focus.

How about you? What are you focusing on in 2025?