In my earlier years pre 18 I did EVERYTHING, when I say everything I mean it, football, cricket, adobe flash (remember Ray games), competitive gaming, after effects, photoshop, coding, 3d, sculpting, chess, painting, music production, enthusiastic reading and writing and I was PRETTY good/way above average at all but over time it just became impossible especially with a job and college at the time so I went from a jack of all trades to "master" of a few (my current routine now is basically gym & programming), you just literally can't do it all while working at least.
The good thing is a lot of that is lying dormant in wait so the plan I came up with back then was to hone the few since I wasn't born rich (been grinding the past decade) and make some good money, semi-retire and resume what I can in my late 30s when I don't have to work 24/7. I'd love to get up one day and just make pottery, paint or come up with ambient music in fl studio.
My overall lesson and what I've found to work and be happy is don't chase "mastery", being proficient enough to enjoy the activity is good enough, I can juggle a ball but I can't do advanced tricks and that's fine, I can sculpt a bust but I can't get the anatomy 100% like a true artisan, my paintings won't sell but they look good on my walls, I can make music others would listen to but it won't become a viral hit and lastly in my dedicated field I can write good enough code to live great life but I won't ever be a geohot or John Carmack or some bit shifting wizard.
The good thing is a lot of that is lying dormant in wait so the plan I came up with back then was to hone the few since I wasn't born rich (been grinding the past decade) and make some good money, semi-retire and resume what I can in my late 30s when I don't have to work 24/7. I'd love to get up one day and just make pottery, paint or come up with ambient music in fl studio.
My overall lesson and what I've found to work and be happy is don't chase "mastery", being proficient enough to enjoy the activity is good enough, I can juggle a ball but I can't do advanced tricks and that's fine, I can sculpt a bust but I can't get the anatomy 100% like a true artisan, my paintings won't sell but they look good on my walls, I can make music others would listen to but it won't become a viral hit and lastly in my dedicated field I can write good enough code to live great life but I won't ever be a geohot or John Carmack or some bit shifting wizard.