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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Here are the most important ones:
 4. Android app development
 5. 3D modeling & Art
 6. Video editing
-7. Music production
+7. Music Production
 8. Writing essays and tutorials
 
 It surely is a lot. Right now, I could be defined as a student, a programmer, an artist, a musician, and a writer all at the same time.
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ But if this sounds impossible, that's because it is.
 
 While I'm glad to frequently have the desire to put myself to work and make or do something relevant (a rare phenomenon for many people), I still have a problem distributing this energy properly.
 
-When you try to do something by only exploiting the bursts of willpower and determination instead of forming a habit, you'll almost always come back empty-handed from what you were trying to achieve.
+When you try to do something by only exploiting bursts of willpower and determination instead of forming a habit, you'll almost always come back empty-handed from what you were trying to achieve.
+
+![Habits vs Motivation chart](/sm_blog/assets/images/too-many-things-images/habits-vs-motivation-chart.png)
+<span class="caption">Motivation 🆚 habits. You don't get results with motivation alone.</span>
 
 I can put all of myself into what I'm interested in, but most of the time, I quickly end up exhausted or distracted by something else.
 
@@ -58,4 +61,17 @@ I will describe the projects I'm talking about in the upcoming *end-of-the-year*
 
 I don't really know how to end this post, and I still haven't found a satisfying solution to my problem. I might update the post if I find it, but in the meantime, I hope sharing this feeling of mine could be helpful to other people too.
 
-<span class="caption">Post thumbnail generated by DALL·E 2 and edited with GIMP.</span>
+<span class="caption">Post thumbnail generated by DALL·E 2 and edited with GIMP.</span>
+
+### Update
+
+In his latest newsletter, James Clear shared an interesting [thought](https://jamesclear.com/3-2-1/december-28-2023#:~:text=%E2%80%9CCuriosity%20can%20empower,or%20a%20roadblock%3F%E2%80%9D) about this exact problem of mine:
+
+> “Curiosity can empower you or impede you.
+Being curious *and focused* is a powerful combination. I define this combination as unleashing your curiosity within the domain of a particular task: asking questions about how things work, exploring different lines of attack for solving the problem, reading ideas from outside domains while always looking for ways to transfer the knowledge back to your main task, and so on. Even though you’re exploring widely, you’re generally moving the ball forward on the main thing. You start something and you keep searching until you find an effective way to finish it.<br><br>
+Meanwhile, when your curiosity sends you off in a dozen different directions and fractures your attention, then it can prevent you from focusing on one thing long enough to see it through to completion. Curious, *but unfocused*. You’re jumping from one topic to the next, they aren’t necessarily related, your efforts don’t accumulate, you’re simply exploring. You start many things and finish few.<br><br>
+How is your curiosity being directed? Is it rocket fuel or a roadblock?” -- James Clear
+
+With this in mind, the best solution is probably to keep a balance between task-specific curiosity and general curiosity, since both are necessary. In that way, you can both complete your projects and discover/learn from the world around you.
+
+That's what I will try to do from now on.