For me there's always a ramp up phase before anything new that I do in life. Usually I've got several Next Big Things that I've been dabbling in and then some critical crossroads will approach where I have to pull the trigger and run with one of them.
This means that there are a lot of things that never make the cut: painting, DJing, learning French, etc. I've taken first steps in them and have paint brushes, turntables and French books, but never pulled the trigger to take them seriously. Other things won.
As long as I'm getting stuff done in my life this is fine, and those options are still there should I choose to go back to them at some point.
What seems a little more dangerous is picking one thing and lingering on the cusp of it indefinitely. I think some people do that as kind of a romantic escapism: one of my best friends always talks about being a bike courier. She doesn't really want to be a bike courier; it's just romantic contrast with her job behind a desk.
This means that there are a lot of things that never make the cut: painting, DJing, learning French, etc. I've taken first steps in them and have paint brushes, turntables and French books, but never pulled the trigger to take them seriously. Other things won.
As long as I'm getting stuff done in my life this is fine, and those options are still there should I choose to go back to them at some point.
What seems a little more dangerous is picking one thing and lingering on the cusp of it indefinitely. I think some people do that as kind of a romantic escapism: one of my best friends always talks about being a bike courier. She doesn't really want to be a bike courier; it's just romantic contrast with her job behind a desk.