Oh yeah…that.
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Remember when everyone was into poker and I got that book for my birthday about Doyle Brunson’s exploits back in the day in Texas? Yeah…
Oh and remember when we all bought paintball guns and were gonna go in on a box of paint and stick it to the man? Yeah…
Remember when I started that blog and was gonna post every day and make millions from Google ads? Yeah…
There are two ways to look at this. The first and most obvious is that I never stick with anything very long. This is more or less true. Sue me. What can I do?
The second, and somewhat deeper point is that I really love learning. In the cases above, I really love learning how to do things. The problem is that I have the attention span of a fruit fly. Once I have a good idea of how to do something pretty functionally, and realize that the rest is simple repetition (also known as practice), I wander off. Understanding how something is done is (apparently) what I really want, not so much mastery of a topic.
All of this is completely exacerbated by my lack of networking. If I hung out with people and all we ever talked about was underwater basket weaving, I’m willing to bet that eventually I would try it out just to be able to join in the conversation.
Ironically if everyone gets into something then my contrarianism kicks in and I push it away (this is also known as the retarded rebel response, R3).
Why I’m prattling on will become clear in time, but I’m tired of saying what I’m going to do on here. I think it would be better for me if I just showed of what I’ve done.