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Still feeling a bit meh about not making a game, but an app instead. But I've committed to making a viable "something" first.
I had to take almost 2 weeks off due to health issues. I'm back into the mobile app now, focused on implementing functionality that is quite independent of the UI itself. Looking at designs at Dribble for inspiration, but I don't have my Mac here to fire up Sketch, so I might just play around with code and see (Flutter helps prototyping with code directly).
This is a dilema when thinking of an MVP - I want a good UI, not just a functioning app. I haven't researched this, but I think the days of a successful functional app with a terrible UI are gone (opinions about this are welcome). It's tricky to get something good enough, as you can always improve the UI more and more and never ship. Feature creep is another issue that I'm fighting as best as I can.
I've kept having more mini-FTEs. My plan of getting me out of my confort zone by moving abroad and getting a JOB is working well. I'm working on delaying my dreams and focusing on building a business to buy my freedom. I hope it lasts for long enough. At least, I'm going to make some steps forward for sure.
I've changed my routine this week to do the important stuff first (best productivity technique I know apart from subtracting stuff):
6:00 - 6:15: breakfast
6:15 - 8:30: work on the app
8:45 - 9:45: commute
9:45 - 18:15: work
18:15 - 19:15: commute
Work time varies a bit, but in average it looks like this. Rest of the evening: exercise, cooking, cleaning, dinning, and other random stuff. Sometimes I have a spare half an hour or so to work on the app
22:00: bed
Weekends are obviously different, and get around 4 hours of solid work per day. Have too much other stuff to do (e.g. cooking eats so much time). I'm going to track my time on the weekends though and see if there are any big leaks I haven't noticed and I can avoid.
On my (long) commutes, reading a few books to help me finding the last piece of the puzzle: a strong enough purpose. This is key, otherwise everything else will fall apart again.
Also, reading How to build a billion dollar app. Let's see if it helps. Reading about digital marketing too while eating, and looking at/learning designs on Dribbble for 15 minutes daily (I quite like it and gets me up to date with the last design trends).
I had to take almost 2 weeks off due to health issues. I'm back into the mobile app now, focused on implementing functionality that is quite independent of the UI itself. Looking at designs at Dribble for inspiration, but I don't have my Mac here to fire up Sketch, so I might just play around with code and see (Flutter helps prototyping with code directly).
This is a dilema when thinking of an MVP - I want a good UI, not just a functioning app. I haven't researched this, but I think the days of a successful functional app with a terrible UI are gone (opinions about this are welcome). It's tricky to get something good enough, as you can always improve the UI more and more and never ship. Feature creep is another issue that I'm fighting as best as I can.
I've kept having more mini-FTEs. My plan of getting me out of my confort zone by moving abroad and getting a JOB is working well. I'm working on delaying my dreams and focusing on building a business to buy my freedom. I hope it lasts for long enough. At least, I'm going to make some steps forward for sure.
I've changed my routine this week to do the important stuff first (best productivity technique I know apart from subtracting stuff):
6:00 - 6:15: breakfast
6:15 - 8:30: work on the app
8:45 - 9:45: commute
9:45 - 18:15: work
18:15 - 19:15: commute
Work time varies a bit, but in average it looks like this. Rest of the evening: exercise, cooking, cleaning, dinning, and other random stuff. Sometimes I have a spare half an hour or so to work on the app
22:00: bed
Weekends are obviously different, and get around 4 hours of solid work per day. Have too much other stuff to do (e.g. cooking eats so much time). I'm going to track my time on the weekends though and see if there are any big leaks I haven't noticed and I can avoid.
On my (long) commutes, reading a few books to help me finding the last piece of the puzzle: a strong enough purpose. This is key, otherwise everything else will fall apart again.
Also, reading How to build a billion dollar app. Let's see if it helps. Reading about digital marketing too while eating, and looking at/learning designs on Dribbble for 15 minutes daily (I quite like it and gets me up to date with the last design trends).
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