Scope creep

 One thing I have noticed about my projects is that a lot of times they suffer from two problems that are related. They are overly ambitious and they have a lot of scope creep. What I mean is that I will start by saying something like “I want to read this book” or “I want to play that game”. That quickly will morph into, “I should read all books / play all games of that type.” and pretty soon that will morph into, “I should be a universal genius who knows everything.”

This is a recurring problem. It also might have something to do with the whole problem of switching obsessions all the time. So right now I am kind of wanting go to be the focus but I am trying to keep that project really low key in a way. I have been reading some go books and playing some daily games but I am trying to steer clear of big goals like “I need to become a 9 dan professional go player.”

I have also gotten interested in reading sci-fi again. So I have read a few of those lately. But it has been pretty casual and I am just kind of reading when I feel like it and not stressing out too much. I am kind of interested in reading some classics / award winners but I am not making a big project.

I have also felt my interest for video games come back some. So I have decided to play Baldur’s Gate 3 which is a super popular and critical success. So, again, trying not to make a big project or whatever but just playing the game and seeing how I feel about it.