Title: Generally, I&#x27;m not doing everything I want to do in my life, and I&#x27;m wondering how other people manage to do all the things.<p>After a conversation here with another HN user[0], I&#x27;d like to ask high-performers how it is they do what they do.<p>First, what do I mean by &quot;high-performer&quot;: someone who is doing what seems like two or more full-time tasks during their everyday life. In the case of [0] the user in question is a dad, full time at school, and has a full time job.<p>Second, by &quot;how you do what you do&quot; I mean: when it comes down to the <i>point of action</i> how do you move into an action? When does the choice happen? Did you offload that to a list a week prior? How do you handle feeling overwhelmed? Do you even have a sense of overwhelm when moving in to an arbitatrary task? Do you feel exhausted or mentally non-functional with any frequency? What does your sleep, food, and exercise routine look like? Do you meditate?<p>I just want to know if I&#x27;m lacking something fundamental: something physical (chemical imbalance? gut microbiome?), some lack of character development (do I lack &quot;grit&quot;? am I undisciplined?), or something else entirely.<p>In the case of the conversation in [0], the user has some external motivation; having faced death by cancer, he now wants to live his best life possible. Is this something I can apply to myself? I ponder death on a regular basis (2 to 4 nights a week, not in a sense of suicide, but considering my own mortality), and that doesn&#x27;t seem to have the same sort of effect.<p>[0] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=19357028
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