Finish the Main Quest Before You Start the Side Quests

We get so caught up in trivial things that we forget what actually counts.

Reading Jung lately, I've tried to see life from a spiritual angle too, without reducing everything to a set of possibilities, and to say that things happen for a specific reason. That reading pushed me to think hard about the point of what I do.

I've always been obsessed with whatever I considered important at the time, and it usually turned out to be secondary. My head was on work around the clock. At home with my family, with my girlfriend, with my friends, my only topic was work and the urge to do more.

That's changing now. To be clear, I haven't hit the goals I hoped for at work. I've only changed my priorities.

At 26 I figured out it works like a video game: before moving to the side missions, I need to push the main quest forward. In mine, right now, there's family, relationships, and health.

Everyone has their own. And like in a game, you don't need to hit 100% before starting the side quests, but it's good practice to reach a solid point in the story.

Here's the real point: some side quests stay locked until you advance the main one. The game tells you flat out. Sometimes the item you need to beat that optional boss only shows up further along the main story.

It holds outside the screen too. Pushing the main quest forward and reaching the points that matter to you makes the side quests faster, or simply better.

Take this as an invitation to look closer. Sometimes we prioritize things that are anything but priorities, while neglecting the ones that deserve our full attention.

Again, you define your own main quest. Just remember to move it forward before you go do everything else.