It’s costly. And it’s happening all too often.

Just this morning, I’ve been wading through content and commentary, and finally, after about two hours of wandering, I’m back to this fresh new white piece of real-estate on my LCD.

Maybe it’s the pain I’m feeling in my eyes and wrists/forearms, but reality is really hitting hard: that I’m not an infinite resource. Time is also another one of things.

// Yet another context switch into emails, tumblogs, tweets…

I’m back. For real this time.

Not only is multitasking detrimental to getting any real work done, I keep thinking of new projects I can try out with every single context switch. Just now, I realized how much control I’ve given up by using Tumblr as my hosted blog provider, and am wanting to return to rolling my own or using WordPress. Earlier today, an awesome HTML5 game site, Akihabara, has been brought to my attention. That at least needs a blog post or a look-through. This then made me think about how I want to keep progressing with IndieGamer.org, and…

All the while, I’m supposed to be working on TWNBT. Such stress cannot be good.

Throw It Away, YAGNI

In order to focus my attention, I’m going to have to do the extreme.

I won’t make a public todo list like I used to years ago. Maybe later when the choices I’ve made pay off, then I’ll let you guys know what I did. But for now, I’m keeping that paper journal, with the steps to becoming awesome private.

My goal to become an awesome developer must be priority number one. Using this month’s Wired cover as a way to get mad at myself for not being one currently, I’m going to push forward.

// It’s the cover with Gates and Zuckerberg, with “GEEK POWER” in large caps, subtitled “How Hacker Culture Conquered The World”.