I have to come to terms with a certain lack of focus in my life.

One month something interests me, the month after it’s something else. In January I am intro producing music, in February I work the HAM radio. In March I work on an app to get it into the app store. In April I trade the stock market.

I believe there’s some medical term for it, and probably medication, too. But I I don’t think it’s an illness at all so I reject any treatment. It’s just how some of us are wired. (I assume I share these traits with 5-10% of the world population so there are a lot of us.)

So what to do with it? Doesn’t everyone recommend we focus?

Walk 20 steps in one direction instead of 1 step in 20 directions.

.. they say.

And it seems right.

But I believe it’s just fine as long as certain conditions in my life are met.

For one there is at least one thing I do very well, which is my profession. I am good with computers. I have studied the theory and I’m an experienced practitioner.

Another thing is that I keep coming back to the same topics. Deepening them further each time. So it’s not like I have a bouquet of 100 interests, its more 5 to 10 main ones. A year may look like this: Music, Stock Market, Motorcycle, Music, App, Stock Market.

Another thing I have decided for myself is that I don’t want to dabble. I want to make things right. If I do music, I study music theory and I, for example, play the piano off sheet music. If I make an app I make sure it’s programmed well.

One of my favorite ideas for life is this:

Given two choices, pick the more difficult one.

Because it ensures growth.

Then there are other rules like: Invest your money, stay clear of debts, put people and relationships first and so forth.

Ok, so to summarize: I do not think changing interests is a medical problem and I strictly disagree with the medication culture that seems to be present in the United States for example. I do believe I still haven’t found what Germans call “der Weisheit letzter Schluss”, the final verdict, on this subject. I do believe certain core values, when present, will always keep life more on less on track towards my goals.

As I am typing this I realize that I have more to say (= more to discover) on this subject but I am running out of time and need to finish this post now.