Sometimes you can be so busy focusing on something that you forget to notice you’re doubling down on the wrong thing.
I have fallen into this trap before!
For me, the accompanying thought is that “time is slipping by, argh, why aren’t I making progress faster—I have to keep my nose pressed even more firmly to the grindstone from now on!” I feel that time is so fleeting that I don’t have any time to seriously meta-plan.
I have learned to be wary of that feeling; it usually just blinds me to working smarter rather than working harder.
I have fallen into this trap before!
For me, the accompanying thought is that “time is slipping by, argh, why aren’t I making progress faster—I have to keep my nose pressed even more firmly to the grindstone from now on!” I feel that time is so fleeting that I don’t have any time to seriously meta-plan.
I have learned to be wary of that feeling; it usually just blinds me to working smarter rather than working harder.