I wrote about starting a personal curriculum a bit ago and it’s been going… but I wouldn’t say it’s going well. Recently I asked myself why I felt like all I was doing was finding more things to study and not ever getting to any final projects.

These are my thoughts:

I have too many things I want to study

Trying to stay focused on one course seems impossible. I also suffer from believing that if I don’t write something down or actively pursue it immediately I will completely forget it and my life will be forever hollow for the lack of this thing. Which sounds ridiculous when I write it down, but trust me, it’s a totally rational belief.

I didn’t give myself any deadlines

I thought the best way to approach it was the loosiest-goosiest method. But without giving myself any actual structure other than a rough outline, I ended up not being able to get started, much less finish, as there was no deadline for anything. Because if time doesn’t matter then not starting at all is perfectly acceptable position.

The good thing is I can learn from my mistakes.

I am going to learn about cake decorating. I have a goal, I have a cake recipe, and I have a date coming up where I need to produce a decorated cake. Wish me luck!