20 September 2021, Somewhere in the Metaverse - UplandDood (@Just1Dood)

The recent events surrounding the smartBCH sidechain have sorta thrown a spanner into my normal clockwork schedule. A schedule that I have comfortably adjusted into and that has been part and parcel of my life for the past one year or so.

This smartBCH sidechain has intrigued me so much so that it has successfully taken chunks of my time from my other interests.

This chain of events has again caused me to think about time and how much of it is at my disposal. In the grand scheme of things, time is infinite. But when you put it under the microscope of daily use, it is finite. I have written about this finite use in an earlier article.

It is this finite use that has put me in a dilemma. I can only have so many good things in a day, no matter how good they are. I need to prioritize and that often means something has to give.

Sometimes, this is an easy decision. Sometimes, it is not.

Regardless of whether it is easy or not an easy decision, what is forthcoming in the immediate future is the need to relook at my time management. It is time for me to dust off that long-forgotten "Urgent vs Important" time management quadrant tool and put it to good use.

Side note: This is also known as the Eisenhower matrix. If you are interested to learn more, you can read this article from developgoodhabits.com.

Tick Tock

Why am I writing this?

A big part of my online life is taken up by my activities relating to Read.Cash, Noise.Cash and now, to a lesser extent, Publish0x, and a few games that I play.

Reading, commenting, and writing takes a large slice of the time in the activities mentioned above. Whatever time that's left goes into taking care of Noise.Cash posts. Being a responsible channel owner would entail posting topics related to the channel for my readers. The depth and quality of engagement in these two platforms alone may end up being equivalent to a full-time job's time demand. Maybe some of you can identify with that.

Now, consider this - add the time demand of recent smartBCH activities into the equation. Without going into the minute details of time spent for each, can you see how that can mess up my schedule? If I choose to get more involved in the tokens listed on the smartBCH chain, the obvious DYOR part is not an option to be ignored. DYOR means more time is needed. After which, if I do plan to support the project, that would mean understanding and performing some transactions. All of these involve time.

And it was precisely these that had taken time from my clockwork schedule in the last week or two. Initially, it was workable but as time progresses, I have come to the point where I need to whip out the Time Management matrix to do a quick analysis to see what needs to give way.

At the Crossroads to ...

I am now at that crossroads. A crossroads that I can set camp to look at the options for a little while longer but in order to keep moving, I will soon have to make a decision. I have a feeling I won't be camping long at this crossroads.

This crossroads at this juncture of my life is more significant than just making a decision on better Time Management. The ripple effect of my decision may lead to something much bigger, and quite possibly a game-changer, taking up an even bigger slice of my time, if not most of it.

I can feel it in my bones this is the birth of something great. I do hope and pray that this vision will not dissipate into oblivion and be buried in the dreaded graveyard of great ideas. Those of you who have read about the "Chicken Me" in this article would understand.

Meanwhile, to get ahead of the "Chicken Me", I determined to start with putting pen to paper and get my plan down in writing so that I can see the bigger picture to get the upgrade rolling.

I will write more about this. Watch this space.

This is has been a #BetterSeptember and will continue to be. Thank you for reading.

Sources:

Header Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay 

Eisenhower Matrix Image from developgoodhabits.com

Crossroads Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay 

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