The Top Idea
Read OriginalThe author describes struggling with numerous unfinished programming projects (a Lua/Perl script, an IRC bot in Haskell, website backend updates, game development) and a personal goal to learn drawing. They analyze the difficulty of maintaining focus, referencing Paul Graham's essay on keeping the 'top idea' in your mind, and relate this common productivity trap to both startup founders and historical figures like Newton.
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