### *"Just focus on the next little fun idea"* Paradoxically, moments of my life where I became paralyzed and couldn't work toward my long term goals were when I got too focused on the long term. Inversely, moments where I was most productive were when I just had fun on a small idea which naturally grew bigger. I love these two references about this idea: - In Neal Gabler's biography of Walt Disney, Walt, trying to live up to the success of his latest movie Mary Poppins, echoed the same idea: "I have to keep trying to keep up to that same level. And the way to do it is _not to worry, not to get tense, not to think, 'I got to beat Mary Poppins_, I got to beat Mary Poppins. ...The way to do it is just to go off and get interested in some little thing, some little idea that interests me, some little idea that looks like fun”, which is exactly what he did." - Paul Graham writes about this well too ([How to Do Great Work](https://paulgraham.com/greatwork.html), 2023): follow what you find interesting, then double down on work that feels both exciting _and_ ambitious. By continuously following this search algorithm, you'll discover beautiful new branches of the human fractal of work and ideas.