Keep a Running List of Things to Learn

You keep hitting the same gap.

A term you nod at
but couldn't explain.
A tool everyone assumes you know.
A concept you keep routing around.

In the moment, you're too busy.
Later, you forget it came up.

So it never gets learned,
and it quietly stays your ceiling.

Fix it with something dumb and simple:
a list.

The second you feel the gap,
write it down.
"Look this up." One line.

Then, when you have a slow hour,
you don't wonder what to study.
The list already knows.

The people who keep growing
aren't more disciplined
in some magic way.
They just captured the gap
instead of letting it slip.

Keep the list.
Let it point you
at the next thing worth knowing.

– Asael Shinder