On July 29, 2016 5:00:15 AM EDT, Zenaan Harkness <z...@freedbms.net> wrote: >On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 08:00:01AM +0200, Bastiani Fortress wrote: >> Do you people have some methods for concentration? I have little >> time after works and one day i start to develop a c++ game i >> started months ago and never looked back, another day i try to >> learn ruby by adding random functionality to an online >todo-listish >> project which will obviously reach a dead end eventually, some >> other days i try pic stuff on breadboards... When i take a timeout >> at work, i try to read papers on network protocols, and sometimes >> bitcoin, and sometimes other crypto stuff... It does give a >> momentary satisfaction, but the thing is, nothing ever gets done >in >> the end. I started to think that being able to reach knowledge >this >> easily (smartphones, wikipedia, sci-hub, etc.) perhaps isn't a >good >> thing, and diverts focus. > >Indeed, in an age where we have unlimited access to information, the >hardest thing can be deciding what to say no to, what to ignore. > >So for success, hone your skill of determining what to ignore, as early >and quickly as possible, so that the limited time you do spend on >anything is spent on worthwhile things. ></polemically stating the obvious>
I don't think Zen's point can be stressed enough... There is literally so much out there, if you really want to learn something well it's important to develop a little tunnel vision, verging on myopia, until you have sufficient mastery... At which point you can branch back out to a broad view and see how your new understanding of <whatever> informs future research & learning endeavors... I have this exact problem myself. John -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.