June 6, 2022

On choosing to fail

Get fitter. Increase income. Diversify business. Make more friends.

Those are some things I'd like to do - and feel like I should do - but I'm currently failing at.

As of today, those are things I'm choosing to fail at – as per strategic underachievement, which I read about in Four Thousand Weeks. Deciding to fail at them means I have more mental capacity to focus elsewhere. Right now, I'm focusing on exploring new places and strengthening existing relationships.

Because time is finite, we'll always underachieve in some areas of life.

It's relieving to choose where.