When I first quit my job, I made a mind map of interests I wanted to pursue.
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| A skinnied down version of my mind map. (Some of the map is not for public consumption; refer to "Guarding My Intentions.") |
Once I started investing large chunks of time tackling these interests, I noticed that exploring my interests led to even more interests. The panning led to riches, and so my mind map grew.
But the explorations revealed that some of my supposed interests weren't really interests after all. In these cases, the panning yielded pebbles, and these pebbles were tossed by the wayside.