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    1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 22
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      This flippant commitment has proved to be seriously interesting. I need to think it through and take it seriously.https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1328500343630487552 …

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      Ok I’m not starting any more projects. At least not top-level projects. From now on I’m only finishing projects or killing them.
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    2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 22
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      Projects : second brain :: neurogenesis : first brain? To a first approximation, no more neurons after infancy barring exceptional conditions. To a first approximation, no more projects after middle age barring exceptional conditions. Cc @fortelabshttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-the-adult-brain-really-grow-new-neurons/ …

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    3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 22
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      Not arguing for closing off your brain or becoming hidebound with age, which of course is a risk this strategy can exacerbate. Just arguing that the “new projects” area should perhaps be off limits by default. Things with commitment to produce long-term outcomes.

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    4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 22
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      You can still do zero-commitment dabbling and pursue open-ended curiosities so long as they don’t get on your to-do list. The bar for getting into your project brain is that a commitment must fit within an existing commitment structure.

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    5. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 22
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      One litmus test: if you can give it an independent name (or worse, buy a domain name) it’s a new project. If it only has a dependent name or subdomains, it fits existing commitment structure. So a proxy commitment is: I’m not buying any more domain names.

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    6. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 22
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      So for eg, if I get curious about say quantum computing, I’m allowed to write blog posts about it on ribbonfarm but trying to do a serious research project and publish a paper at a conference is off limits.

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 22
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      New definition of a life project/terminal project, which makes the cut with the freeze: 1. Has a name 2. Has an end-date (possibly your death) 3. Has output (possibly negative/destructive) compounding towards a terminal outcome

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        2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 22
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          The name can be commodity like “stay healthy” (that one will have negative output compounding to death). The terminal date need not be death date but will likely be at least a year. The compounding is what makes it a project as opposed to just a series of unrelated events.

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        3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 22
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          By middle age, hidden connections and progressive consequences become apparent in many activity streams that have no apparent compounding outcome when young. Physical exercise is a project by middle age because compounding losses are evident even at the scale of a week.

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        4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 22
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          Almost everything becomes a project. Like brushing your teeth (you’re in a progressively harder battle that will likely end in dentures) or just using your eyes (hey, look, reading glasses getting worse, cataracts and other compounding things coming your way).

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        5. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Dec 7
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          Taking on new things while also being a finisher means everything gradually slows to a crawl. That’s why I’ve decided I’m basically not taking new top-level projects from now on.

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