I've realized I have a problem concentrating lately and fear it's an early form of ADD. I think my 2 month break fucked me up a bit in the motivation aspect of working for yourself but it also caused me to pick up bad habits like leaving the TV on all the time and playing some online Command & Conquer whenever I found a dull moment. An online game can last anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 hours. It's a total drainer. Not good. Very so not good. Anyway, I spent a solid 5 hours drawing a cover last night to prove to myself that I CAN still work without screwin' around. The cover turned out pretty nice to boot. So, yeah, through self-diagnosis and self-remedy, I've caught and cured myself of ADD. Am I good or what?
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6 Comment(s):
Keith Cunningham said...
I feel your pain, Tak. I've been going through much the same thing lately with some of my writing. I don't know if it's just the post-school funk I'm in, or whatever, but I just haven't been able to concentrate.
I think . . . at least for me. . . work is a bit of an inertial thing. If I stay productive I can just keep going on working for what feels like forever. But if I stop at any point it takes me forever to get started up again. Leads to either being a complete slacker or a workaholic . . . neither of which is that desirable a prospect.
It also doesn't help matters that I'm what my writing mentor deemed "a chronic rewriter"
Keith Cunningham said...
Sorry about the above novel :P
TAK said...
keith - Momentum is a big factor for me as well. It's funny how sometimes I dread workin' on something and take every possible step to avoid it but once I sit down and draw a few lines I can't stop. Like, wtf. I wish I could bottle that work 'juice' and take a shot as needed. Would make my life a lot easier.
Keith Cunningham said...
Yeah, definitely. The problem with any creative job is it's something that never can really work on a 9 to 5 schedule. Regular people don't know how easy they have it :P
Matt K. said...
I'm in that place constantly. Have to fight to get myself to the drawing board sometimes. I cut TV out of my life (except for episodes on DVD) a while back, but online games do seem to pull at me something fierce. Forcing myself to do at least a little every day helps a lot though. Glad to hear we won't be losing you to the professional gamers circuit.
TAK said...
keith - word. Grass is always greener, huh? When I used to work summers in a warehouse I dreamed of drawin' and keeping my own sched. Now that I have that I don't know what to do with myself sometimes. How conflicting. lol
matt - I've been tempted to cut TV as well. I hear it's pretty liberating. If I could wire it so that I only get Food Network, that would work for me. And as for the online gaming, I only play C&C and horribly at that. Buds are all into WoW and stuff but it's too consuming for me, not to mention too open-ended. I like finite entertainment.