This rings true, John. And in a sense, of course, Ordinary Mastery has helped you move on to the next stage.
Funnily enough, I used to feel a lot more "productive" when all work came to me and landed on my desk and I had no view into the future beyond a couple of days. But ultimately that was unsustainable. Now I have to balance three key things: delivery (doing paid work), demand (getting more clients) and design (creating better ways to do the first two). And it's easy to slip into a space that's more abstract than that :)
I can relate: We had a period of delivery during which we did nothing on the demand side, and now we're 95% on demand and 5% delivery - we're trying to systematise a few things from a design perspective but it is a long way from feeling sustainable and 'consistent'.
This rings true, John. And in a sense, of course, Ordinary Mastery has helped you move on to the next stage.
Funnily enough, I used to feel a lot more "productive" when all work came to me and landed on my desk and I had no view into the future beyond a couple of days. But ultimately that was unsustainable. Now I have to balance three key things: delivery (doing paid work), demand (getting more clients) and design (creating better ways to do the first two). And it's easy to slip into a space that's more abstract than that :)
I can relate: We had a period of delivery during which we did nothing on the demand side, and now we're 95% on demand and 5% delivery - we're trying to systematise a few things from a design perspective but it is a long way from feeling sustainable and 'consistent'.
This somehow makes me feel less guilty about not being able to maintain consistency in many things. Thank you for sharing, John.
Thanks for commenting Edy - no need to feel guilty!
walking the straight line of consistency, but willing to dance with whims of opportunity.
What a great line John. If only I could walk a straight line life would be easy!