Those of you who are following DevYou (and thank you very much for that, by the way) have noticed that my once nearly-daily posting schedule has dropped to every-once-in-a-while. Let me assure you: it’s not that I’ve lost interest. And let me assure you too that it’s not because I’ve run out of material; I have almost 100 article ideas eagerly waiting to be written and posted. The trouble is that my freelancing and consulting business is doing so well that I’m super busy. Beyond super busy. And likely to get even busier in 2008. That’s why I was particularly interested in this great article on Brazen Careerist titled “How to figure out which tasks you can ignore”
In the article, Penelope describes how her workload grew and grew and grew, and how she learned to know what to ignore. Because she was up to her eyeballs in great opportunities, she had to accept that she couldn’t take them all on, and ignored some great ones. Did the sky fall because of those choices? No. As she says:
But what I want you to know is that it was okay. Nothing terrible happened.
This article came at the right time for me, as I face simply too many great opportunities, and I know I’ll be taking Penelope’s words to heart.