What makes you think you can be an expert in even one thing?
Ask HN: I want to be an expert in many things but my lifetime won't be enough
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Re: Ask HN: I want to be an expert in many things but my lifetime won't be enough
#12In that case, first become an expert in life-span extension!
Re: Ask HN: I want to be an expert in many things but my lifetime won't be enough
#13You can use money and fun to judge.
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#14Obvious solution: become an expert in life extension.
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#15First step after finding inspiration was to stop doing wage labor
Re: Ask HN: I want to be an expert in many things but my lifetime won't be enough
#16I follow needs and desires... For needs well, priority is needed... For desires since I have no specific time goal I can follow momentary willingness, stop and restart as much as I like.
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#17depth first search is a perfectly cromulent way to live.
my heuristic: does this work serve others? do i have to struggle at wanting to do it or do i struggle to stop working?
Re: Ask HN: I want to be an expert in many things but my lifetime won't be enough
#18Most people overestimate what they can do in one year, and underestimate what they can do in ten years. - Derek Sivers [1]
Re: Ask HN: I want to be an expert in many things but my lifetime won't be enough
#19I used to get this with books until I came across the Japanese concept of Tsundoku which helped identify and calm the anxiety. Tsundoku (積ん読) is the acquisition of reading materials and letting them pile up without reading them.
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#20I’m curious about a lot of things, and always eager to learn something new, but at no point have the desire to become an expert. I’m hardly an expert in my every day job. I’m content with exploring. I can fix my bicycle if it’s broken, but I can’t fix any bicycle. I can also fix my plumbing up to a point, or make general home fixes like paint a room, or maintain the wooden shutters, but I can’t compete with a professional painter. I just don’t see the point of investing the extra time to go in all the way. It’s not like I’ll change career any time soon.