I find myself drawn to several things at the same time - Wanting to join a finance firm and be a quant, wanting to be a better software developer, wanting to go to grad school to get a PhD, or maybe become a PM and hopefully startup something soon. I'm not an incredibly talented guy, but I have decent logical abilities and I feel my hardworking nature would take care of the rest. However, given our limited lifetimes, you cannot do everything. How do you prioritize your interests/goals? I'm fairly confident that several other people feel drawn towards the things the same way as I am. How do you decide what to focus on at any point of life?
I'm interested in the answer to this question as it's giving me massive grief (along with regret of not having done X Y and Z already -- I could've had a PhD by now!...) and I'm seeing a psychologist about it.<p>I want to do a Masters in Computer Science and study computer vision (whatever uni I can actually do that at).<p>But also, I want to give acting a shot!<p>And I have three or four ideas for a startup or kickstarter!<p>But I really wanna try living overseas!<p>But at the same time I pretty much need to work full time to pay rent.<p>How do I pick something to do when even one thing plus work seems exhausting?