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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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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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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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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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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