Ask HN: I'm motivated to do my 10,000+ hours, but...
I need help!
I'm 24 years old and, FWIW, I've earned a BS with Honors in Computer Science (Summa cum Laude) from a large public US university. Software Engineering is my career, FOSS is my hobby, and -- as my wife painstakingly exclaims -- something computer-related seems to be on my mind at all times. I've approximately 3 hours per weekday to myself, but I haven't yet produced anything of which to be proud. When I try to take advantage of my free time, I often feel what I can best describe as "hacker's paralysis": a hacker's inability to decide if his/her free time is best spent hacking or learning; e.g., hacking Chicken Scheme vs. reading SICP. (This problem is compounded by personal issues I'm working through[1], but that's off-topic for HN.) It kills my productivity and causes me to waste ridiculous amounts of time.
How do I break through this "hacker's paralysis"?
[1] ADHD and OCD (which, surprisingly, have a comorbidity rate higher than what one would expect).
I'm 24 years old and, FWIW, I've earned a BS with Honors in Computer Science (Summa cum Laude) from a large public US university. Software Engineering is my career, FOSS is my hobby, and -- as my wife painstakingly exclaims -- something computer-related seems to be on my mind at all times. I've approximately 3 hours per weekday to myself, but I haven't yet produced anything of which to be proud. When I try to take advantage of my free time, I often feel what I can best describe as "hacker's paralysis": a hacker's inability to decide if his/her free time is best spent hacking or learning; e.g., hacking Chicken Scheme vs. reading SICP. (This problem is compounded by personal issues I'm working through[1], but that's off-topic for HN.) It kills my productivity and causes me to waste ridiculous amounts of time.
How do I break through this "hacker's paralysis"?
[1] ADHD and OCD (which, surprisingly, have a comorbidity rate higher than what one would expect).