Chasing what’s next is fine. Just don’t arrive there having never noticed the place you were.

Ambition and attention are not in conflict, though they are easy to mix up. Wanting the next thing is reasonable and pushes you forward; the risk is that the present becomes a corridor, useful only for getting through, and the years you were alive in go unexamined. Arriving somewhere is a single day. Getting there is all the other ones.

Keep the plan and add one habit: at the end of the week, write down two things you would not want to forget. Keep going with the applications, the training, the saving. The point is not to want less, only to be present for the part you are in.