Good morning everyone -.-
Waking up with 100 new ideas
I just woke up on a Sunday morning @6am (with no alarm #*@!) and my head has already started spinning:
"I could write something on Steemit"
"let's check my crypto currency portfolio"
"Maybe I should go to the gym in the morning today, before I have breakfast to burn more calories"
"I need to order the new Nintendo Switch to play Mario Cart with my friends again"
"The weather sucks, let me check some surf spots for a holiday"
"Wouldn't it be great to start a Steem app myself"
"I will continue reading this book about Leonardo Da Vinci"
"... Leonardo?! Isn't that the leader of the Ninja Turtles"
"I should just turn around and get some more sleep"
"Buying Bitcoin is expensive now compared to last year. But maybe next year it will be worth 10 times as much"
"Tomorrow I have to go to my boring job again. I need a new one"
My real life and how friends and family react
This goes on and on and on... Some people call it a gift to have a lot of interests, dealing with it feels more like a curse.
In an ideal world without the constant requirement of resources/ money. I would do and be someone/ something different every few month. Just like kids dream when they are not messed up by "real life". Just like that:
My friends and family often complain:
"You always talk about these things, but you never finish anything"
On the other hand side they admire me somehow:
"I wish I could be interested in new things like you. I will do the same boring stuff everyday for the rest of my life"
-.- Either way that does not help me at all!
You don't have to choose ...wait what?
Last year I came across and audio book by Barbara Sher with the title:
What Do I Do When I Want to Do Everything?
This spoke to me directly and I needed to take a look into it.
Long story story short and not spoiling anything. This book changed my view about myself and how to deal with my thousands of ideas and how to execute (at least a few of them^^).
There is even a name for people like that, they call them "Scanner Personality".
You are also introduced into the concept of several layers of being gifted.
There is not only the intellectual dimension, but also emotional, social, musical, etc. ...
My key take aways and live projects
My key takes from this experience are:
- I have started my my own personal notebook (1 online and 1 offline, so actually = 2), where I write down all my ideas and further developments of them
- I accepted the fact that I am a little bit gifted, partially cursed, maybe a little crazy and never boring^^
- The idea itself is worth nothing, therefore I execute. (I used to overthink and over plan and finally forget about the idea without implementing anything)
My implemented projects at the moment are not perfect, but live and developing:
- I quit my job and work as a freelance IT/ business consultant
- Managing my personal crypto currency portfolio (12 different coins + 3 ICOs)
- writing on my blog (Steemit^^)
- traveling around the world (since 2016: Spain, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Bulgaria, next on the list: Dubai) not a full time nomad yet^^
- founding a blockchain startup (business & IT consulting and development as a hybrid)
I still have to work on some parts here and there but doing quite well I think.
Sources & Links
Some sources, books, links that I can recommend if you have the same gift & curse or just being curious:
https://www.blinkist.com/en/books/the-da-vinci-curse-en.html
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/287818.Refuse_to_Choose_
http://www.screwworkletsplay.com/2014/04/how-to-be-a-scanner-and-still-be-a-success/
