Three challenge at the same time
I believe most people become suspicious when they hear this.
We all have experienced at least once that tried to do new things but gave up and disappointed in ourselves.
Then why would we better start with three things at the same time, even though we can’t achieve even one thing?
I actually thought that’s bull shit but was convinced after a while.
Because, unintentionally, I had started three new things at the same time and things were going really well.
A feeling that I’m changing
When I was working as a photographer, before I became a web engineer, I quit a job and gave myself a year to challenge three things.
- Be a web engineer
- Be fluent in English
- Be a macho
After a year, I got a job as a web engineer and acquire fluency at least for general conversation in English. and also got a good figure, not macho macho, though.
And I came Germany 2 years later.
Come to think of it, I could achieve them because one of them was always going well even when other two things got stuck.
I’m not great, I’m so reluctant and so lazy person. During that one year, I often waste hours for nothing because of my laziness. I didn’t finish daily goal a lot.
But even in those depressing moment, I could feel my progress because at least one of them was going well.
“I couldn’t finish daily goal for English, but I built a nice app yesterday!”
“I’m stuck on the same error for two days… but my muscle is growing!”
After all, what we need is a feeling that “I’m changing”. And that’s all for motivation.
We stop doing when it’s not fun or tough. But true reason is that we are not presuming or believing that we can change ourselves.
For example, if we knew we could achieve specific thing two years later no one would stop doing it.
It’s not that hard to change
I changed my career dramatically and became able to speak English, so some people tell me I’m great or they can’t do the same.
It’s not really true. I’m super lazy and I’m nothing.
The thing is just, it’s not that hard to change. Our ability don’t differ much. It’s a result of accumulation.
