https://www.npr.org/2021/10/23/1048723012/life-kit-how-to-better-manage-your-time
In this report on NPR about “time management”, it was also being suggested that when making our decisions on what to “fail at”, it would be better to not always or necessarily choose to do what makes us happy in the present moment but rather what allows us to grow.
I think this could be a helpful way for me to look at my own nagging question about what ball should I, or can I, drop now? What can I put on the shelf now, at least temporarily? Or vice versa, what do I choose to pursue now?
It would be really good for me to choose the things that make/help me grow: if any of the things that I’m already doing provide this growth, great, pursue them! If not, go for something else!
Sure, the question still remains of what is it exactly that helps me grow? — really not an easy question. But at least this viewpoint gives me a healthy perspective and a direction in which to move — and one that resonates with me since I’ve been feeling stifled, as in “lacking growth opportunities”, for a while now (at least professionally)…
The Little Prince and the Fox 