As long as it was true that the best way to improve in something was to spend time doing it (or studying it, researching it, etc...), then there was a drawback to trying to be good at everything.
You might lose the chance to be the best at one thing.
One part of me said that it was really boring to do just one thing. Not only that, but it became almost pointless after a while. In Mario Kart Wii [Time Trials], you might be making 3 second improvements over your previous PRs (personal records) when you start out, but when you get to the worldwide rankings, you have to play much much longer just for a chance to improve a tenth of a second. Considering that a lot of records are over 100 seconds, you're putting out a lot of effort just to improve your time less than .1%. I could spend a fraction of the effort doing something I had less experience in, and I could watch my ability in that improve a whole lot more than .1%.
But there was something special about being the best at something. Being the person I was, if someone asked me how good I was at something, I'd say I was all right, knowing that there exist people better than me, and that the person asking could possibly be one of them. But if I was the best at whatever it was, then I wouldn't have to say, "I'm all right," or "I'm pretty good," I could say "I'm the best in the world. If you don't believe it, then go ahead and challenge me. I'll show you the difference in our abilities! I'll make you accept that you will never defeat me at your current level! Ahahahaha!" (Okay, I wouldn't actually say anything like that, hahaha.) But if there was something I really liked to do, then why not try and be the best in that?
I figured it would be best just to do what I enjoyed doing. If I really liked one thing, do that one thing, or if I liked doing new things, do new things. But basically, I should just do what I like. Which is... Uh-
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