New here:
Hey everyone.
I'm 40+ years into a tech career (ran my own IT consulting firm for 30 of those), but I've also worked as a stand-up comedian, broadcaster, photographer, songwriter, and real estate investor.
For most of my career, I thought my problem was discipline. I kept trying to pick one thing and go deep. Every productivity system I tried told me to eliminate distractions and focus. The non-tech interests felt like evidence I couldn't commit.
Turns out I was solving the wrong problem. The issue wasn't that I had too many interests — it was that I never mapped how they connected. Comedy taught me timing for client meetings. Photography trained my eye for presenting data. Broadcasting made me a better communicator.
I'm here because I'm still learning how to structure time around multiple things without feeling like I'm failing at all of them. Looking forward to learning from this community.