Am I doing too much?
Right now I have a few side projects:
- this blog
- a forthcoming podcast season
- learning to code
And I have a job that is more hectic than usual right now - we're helping to implement a huge piece of legislation by February 14, 2019. And things will get more hectic once that implementation date hits.
Of course any team needs attention, from 1:1s, to thoughtful consideration of the vision, to the development of a missionary not mercenary mindset, to just straight up delivering on our promises.
And then there are replacement contracts and the need to recruit new staff and unexpected departures and policy twists and turns.
It's quite a lot.
Taking a step back: I re-committed to learning to code as a way to provide myself with a constructive distraction from work. I figured that perseverating on a software development principle every evening would keep my mind occupied and stop me from obsessing (too much) about work.
The question is: have I gone too far by adding blogging and contemplating podcasting?
I'm not sure.
Originally I was thinking that I'd like to at least create a trailer for the podcast. Just to get the logistics out of the way i.e. figuring out how to post the RSS feed to Apple Podcasts and other pod catchers. I also have to come up with a logo, figure out at least rudimentary sound editing, get a short jingle of some kind for intro/outro music....hmmm....this might be be more involved than I thought.
Perhaps I should complete this "blogging every day for 4 months" experiment first and then tackle the podcast as the next experiment? Give myself some wiggle room?
Lots to think about, for sure.
It’s quite a lot!!
ReplyDeleteKudos for taking a moment to reflect on this.
P.S. Will you be porting over the tumblr posts from earlier this year? I thought I had read a post there about your day job, how you’d removed yourself from an executive position in order to take on a role with a bigger impact on this particular project you mention here… it reminded me of what it means to be a leader, and I’m sad I can’t
find the post now!
Much appreciated!
DeleteI've tried bringing them over, but Blogger isn't cooperating. I do have that particular post on LinkedIn as well: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/going-where-work-marvourneen-k-dolor/
And if you don't mind slogging through Tumblr you can browse here without being logged in: https://mkdolor.tumblr.com/archive