Often he who does too much does too little

A while back I read an interesting article at the Motley Fool that was about paying attention to companies that diversify for seemingly no good reason. I took it a different way. Here's an excerpt.

Drucker believes that most people and, by extension, most companies, are terribly unfocused. They have too many loves to satisfy and too few commitments. They dabble here, dally there, and fail to master anything. ... Drucker (names) it a primary driver of sustained mediocrity.

Reading those lines hit me like a ton of bricks. I saw myself in that description. I seem to be interested in everything and yet don't follow anything through. You should see my to-do list. There are mountains of things to do every night and yet usually I look at the list, realize there's way too much to do in one night, and then don't do any of it. So now I'm in the process of simplifying my life. First step is cutting back on the to-do list. I still need a list, trust me on that one, I just need to plan less for each day. That way I can actually get the things on the list done. The second part is focusing on a couple of hobbies and dropping the rest. That part I'm having a harder time with.