The Nth Attempt

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Here we go! Again?

This is my nth attempt to start a blog, and somehow I always end up not following through and not posting new content. I was excited about creating my first few contents but waned afterward. There is a Filipino phrase "ningas cogon". Have you tried burning sawdust? When you burn sawdust, the fire catches on but eventually dies out, that is what that saying means.

I am afraid that I am like that because there were occasions when I started something and the interest faded out. An example, I was learning how to program blockchains and I have been at it for months, afterwards my interest faded, and switched to something else. Another, I got interested in watching a series on a streaming service and started watching it for several episodes, and then my interest was diverted to another series without finishing the other.

I feel like it's a cycle. It just so happens that the wheel tends to get bigger and bigger when you start adding things. Then, getting back to whatever was started takes longer and longer. My real issue is starting different things almost all at once.

An athlete or a professional will do one single task or skill for 10,000+ hours and will be an expert and successful at it. Whereas for myself, I will become a jack-of-all-trade and a master of none. I believe it is all about mindset, if I can honestly put my mind into a single task then I may be able to finally complete one.

Today is a new day like any other, another day to work on old or new goals. Another attempt to work on a task to complete it or to fail yet again. I believe failing only happens when you stop trying; then tomorrow never comes.