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Long ago I've discovered two things that, in a way work synergistically to make me highly productive. The first is something similar to accountability. I hate to break promises and create disappointment. That I haven't been keeping up with the progress thread is a genuine source of remorse, which is pushing me to "make up for it".
The second is that I spend a thousand times the effort, if I'm doing it in a way that is directly meant to be viewed by others. For proof of this, look at my post count. I've been here since... Mmmarch? Edit: April, I see that now.
Within those posts are tens of thousands of written words, and some multiple of that which can't be tracked, since it was abandoned or rewritten.
In contrast, while I've done much on my own, it pales in comparison to my forum activities. When I do things purely for myself, my task is "done" once it comes together in my head.

Of course I know that's stupid, in the context of being a 'doer'. Maybe it's useful in some other context, who knows. Doesn't really matter; since I am that way, and since I know what makes me productive, I am now starting this thread.

It will be the dev-diary of a slacker. It won't be pretty. It might even be a dumb idea, because you will have a chance to find my secrets and read some no doubt incredibly stupid thoughts. In fact, I reveal my secret project in the next post (that I wrote up last night). Be sure to read it before you give me the jazz about how ideas are just ideas, I'll be all too happy to explore that point after you do, not before.

Whatever downfalls there might be, real or imagined, if this works out for me they will be dramatically eclipsed by the benefits.
 
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Vu cihop xovj, qsukidv H.U.F. ot ep NNU tvsevihz SQH / VDH O xuamf moli vu fiwimuq. Vji desft piif vu ci sixsovvip tvomm, nusi visseop fiwimuqif, epf vji heni edvaemmz qsufadif.

Juxiwi, vji samit esi op xusloph usfis, tu O dep xusl up vji uvjis vjopht xjip vji heni ovtimg cihopt vu ci fiwimuqif (dufif O niep), epf qsuwofi vjin et piifif.

Xjev O piif vu fu ot: Tiv aq e gusan epf xictovi epf cihop qsunuvoph ov, op e xez vjev't niepv qasimz vu evvsedv qiuqmi epf gopf uav og vjisi ot opvisitv op vji heni cigusi huoph opvu fiwimuqnipv.

Vu fu vjot, O xomm cihop tiiloph qmedit xjisi qmezist xju iphehi op tonomes hipsit jeph uav, epf hiv qisnottoup vu tiil giifcedl / dupwistevoup xovj vjuti qmezist. O'mm cihop muuloph gus vjiti dunnapovoit / opvisedvoph xovj vjin onnifoevimz, epf vjot xomm qsucecmz ci uphuoph.

Og ov vaspt uav vjisi ot tuni opvisitv epf taqqusv, O xomm jewi ep opvisedvowi finu nefi, epf ev vji teni voni qav vuhivjis e lodltvesvis qsitipvevoup.
Tqieloph ug xjodj, vunussux O'n huoph vu djidl opvu vji OF epf uvjis siraosinipvt vu uqip vjev AT cepl edduapv gsun Depefe. Og quttocmi, uqip ov xovjop vji piyv xiil us vxu, og puv gopf e xez vu tevotgz vji siraosinipvt. Us O dep katv csoci ep Enisodep gsoipf O jewi op nopf vu uqip upi gus ni.
Epzxez, ev vjev quopv O tjuamf ci ximm ipuahj exesi ug vji citv qmedit vu jov xovj e qsitt simieti / esvodmit / xjeviwis vu fsowi opvisitvif qiuqmi vu vji tovi, epf op vasp vu vji lodltvesvis qehi.

Cav vjot ot hivvoph ejief ug nztimg e movvmi. O tvomm jewi pu ofie jux nadj O xomm piif, us ipvosimz xjev gus. 'Tiwisem vjuatepf' gus tvesvoph ep ugg-tjusi dunqepz, hivvoph edduapvt epf tadj emuph vjuti mopit.
YZB gus qsuhsennoph vji xictovi
ECD gus josoph qiuqmi vu fiwimuq vji qsufadv ovtimg
Tuni enuapv gus tdemiecmi jutvoph (ev mietv ov't simevowimz ietz vu japv fuxp tiswis qsodit!)
epf.... Xjomi O'n juqoph vji nekusovz ug vji desf esv xomm ci qsuwofif cz esvotvt xju xomm ci jeqqz vu sidiowi moplt cedl vu vjios qsugomit, siveop vji sohjv vu ati vjios uxp esv, epf siduhpovoup, O'n ettanoph vji uvjis esv etqidvt xomm jewi vu ci qasdjetif. Vjot niept heni vomit, epz tusv ug djesedvis esv, qsivvz nipa't, epf vjopht moli vjev.
Og zua'wi qeof evvipvoup vu ni op vji qetv, zua nohjv jewi puvodif vjev O jewi e muv ug jitovevoup up vjot qesv. Qesv ug vjev dunit gsun e medl ug iyqisoipdi epf apfistvepfoph vu xjev vji dutvt xomm ci.
O'f sevjis howi uav et movvmi iraovz op vjot et quttocmi, cav O'n puv eheoptv ov. Gus e vemipvif qsuhsennis xju't xommoph vu tvez up epf neopveop vji xictovi / heni, goy caht, qav op pix gievasit ivd, ov xuamfp'v iwip giim moli e dutv. Ov xuamfp'v ci e dutv, ov xuamf ci e qesvpistjoq.



O'n fuoph tunivjoph moli ep iyqisonipv. Vjisi xet e qutv ecuav tuniupi hivvoph jov xovj e djeop mivvis vjev vemlt ecuav jux nupiz fuitp'v caz jeqqopitt, cav vaspt esuapf vu onqmi (qsedvodemmz tez uavsohjv) vjev tipfoph vji mivvis up vu tunivjoph moli vxipvz qiuqmi xomm csoph zua xiemvj, epf goemoph, ug duasti, saop.
O vjuahjv vjisi xet e huuf mittup vu miesp op vjisi ecuav xjev evvsedvt qiuqmi vjev vjopl vjev xez. Nusi-uwis, O vjopl ov't quttocmi vu masi vji 'tmux mepi' vjoplist xju moli epf ehsii xovj vji mivvis opvu veloph e gix tviqt opvu e nusi getvmepi, us nusi hipisemmz, miefoph e tadditt mogi.

Xjomi vji usohopem ofie xet vu qsufadi epf simieti e tonqmi djeop mivvis ug gowi sietupt us tu, xjz nupiz fuitp'v caz jeqqopitt, xovj emmatoupt vu e gopem vjoph vjev nupiz dep caz, vjev emmuxt zua vu ci jeqqz... O nohjv veli ov op e xjumi foggisipv fosidvoup, katv vu tii og O dep hiv nusi tdemi. Us fu cuvj.

Topdi O qmep vu ati vji mivvis gus pux, O piif vu fu vji gummuxoph xovj ov: Hiv giifcedl up vji nittehi epf emvis eddusfophmiz, tjsopl fuxp vji qjuvut, epf duni aq xovj e xez vu edvaemmz tiif ov't tqsief.


O piif vu duni aq xovj e peni epf mudevoup gus vji xictovi (gus pux, O'n vjoploph tunivjoph moli e cmuhhis edduapv), epf e fevi gus vjuti 24 juast xjodj O xomm miewi ov jutvif up.

Iedj fez tvesvoph vunussux, O xomm hu vjsuahj epf ifov ev mietv upi ug vji 13 us tu esvodmit, tu vjiz'si siefecmi epf nz tqimm djodlip dep devdj epz issust.
Topdi vjiz'si nutvmz optqosif cz qutvt up vjiti gusant vjev O'wi velip vu jiesv, O jewi vu vsz epf gopf uav xjisi O huv vji vuqodt gsun, tu O dep dsifov vji dsievust epf etl qisnottoup vu ati vjios dupdiqvt.

... Updi vji nevisoem muult et huuf et ov xomm vu ni, O xomm vsz vu dupvedv qiuqmi xju jewi eafepdit vjev nohjv hiv tunivjoph gsun vji nittehi, epf uggis vjin e djepdi vu sief ov't dupvipvt. Fotdmutoph vjev e djeop mivvis fuit eddunqepz ov, epf ot qesv ug vji iyqisonipv. Cav og vjiz'si ul xovj vjev, epf giim vjios eafoepdi dep cipigov, tipfoph vjin vjev xez xuamf ci hsiev.
Xju lpuxt, nezci tuni ug vjiti qiuqmi xuamf jewi tunivjoph vu eff vu ov.

O xetp'v tasi og O duamf nupivobi vjot. Ov't puv moli O jewi e qsufadv, us sief epz eggomoevi nevisoem vjev't tzpishotvod. O xetp'v iwip tasi og O tjuamf vsz, tiioph et O'n puv e ximm sitqidvif epf lpuxmifhecmi qistup xju't emsiefz huvvip xjev vji siefist xepv.
Vjisi ot efwisvotinipv siwipai ug duasti, cav ov't upmz huoph vu ci aq gus e fez, epf O fup'v moli eft. Vjiz'si moli vjot ahmz, opvsatowi, ges dsafis wistoup ug ep eggomoevi qsufadv O hiv qippoit gus, xjip O duamf ci hivvoph fummest.
Tu gus pux ev mietv, O'wi djutip vu xseq vji tovi't dupvipvt aq opvu e fuxpmuefecmi QFG, epf uggis e djepdi vu fupevi xjip fuxpmuefoph ov, xovj epz enuapv, opdmafoph 0 cioph geos.


Nepz ug zua jevi e medl ug gudat epf xomm pu fuacv guen ev vji nuavj xjip O vimm zua vjev O jewi upi muph visn qsukidv op nopf, tunivjoph tjusv visn, epf vjip O qmep vu cihop ziv epuvjis muph visn qsukidv!

Cav zua lpux xjev? Vji gostv upi nez puv iwip hu epzxjisi. Ov't ipvosimz quttocmi vjev qiuqmi katv xup'v desi, epf O'mm miewi xjev duamf jewi ciip tovvoph et nepz juast ug vuom epf qsudsetvopevoup; qisjeqt qammoph ov uav xjip O dep vsiev ov qasimz et e juccz.
Epf iwip og ov fuit cihop huoph qmedit, vjot ofie jet ciip caspoph ni gus ziest. Epf O fup'v piif epz nesliv sitiesdj vu vimm ni ot e fenpif huuf upi.

Vji xusmf - Uas xusmf, et fohovem epf wetv et ov ot, ot op fosi piif ug e tiswodi vjev nelit qsiqisevoupt gus qiuqmi, vu hiv vjopht op usfis txogvmz xjip vjiz foi. O fup'v katv niep tuni upmopi ucovaesz epf cadliv motv, cav e wemaecmi tiswodi vjev xomm ciduni et juatijumf et mogi optasepdi ovtimg.

O jewi nepz penit up tiwisem ONoph tiswodit vjev jewi puv tohpif up gus ziest. Nutv ug vjiti qiuqmi, O jewi pu ofie xjev jeqqipif vu vjin. Fof vjiz howi aq vji opvispiv? Fof vjiz hiv vsummif opvu e xjumi pix edduapv? Esi vjiz fief? O edvaemmz jewi jef tuniupi duni up epf vimm ni vjev vji edduapv jumfis foif, epf vjiz xisi opgusnoph emm jis dupvedvt.

Eff vu vjot vji uvjis vsuacmit epf tvsittit siwumwoph esuapf vji fidietif't xotjit, epf xi jewi e siem tisoit ug piift up uas jepft.

O onehopi e tovi vjev uggist vu tipf ep eavunevif ineom vu e tqidogod motv, og vji edduapv uxpis jet ciip dupgosnif fidietif. Vji ecomovz vu muh opvu ep ON edduapv epf tipf e puvodi vu iedj dupvedv. Us neli e qutv up vji uxpist cmuh, e gsiraipvif gusan.

Cizupf vjev, O xepv vji tovi vu ci wemofevif epf vsatvif ipuahj vjev, qesenifodt dep mihemmz hu vu ov vu djidl e qevoipvt opgusnevoup gus vjopht moli og vjiz esi FPS, xju vji piyv ug lop ot, us xjeviwis imti. O fup'v lpux, O'f jewi vu etl vjiti qiuqmi "Og zua jef e tqidoem edduapv up e xictovi, vjev zua duamf qav op e qistupt TOP (gus iyenqmi) epf optvepvmz hiv opgusnevoup up vjopht moli FPS, xjev opgusnevoup xuamf zua xepv vu tii?"


O Fup'v vjopl vji tovi ovtimg xuamf ci vuu foggodamv vu qav vuhivjis, epf O'n dupgofipv ov xomm evvsedv qiuqmi cideati ug xjev ov jet vu uggis. Cav vu qav ov vuhivjis, O xuamf piif qesvpist, epf / us opwitvust... Vu cihop xovj.

Mihem iyqisvoti epf muvt ug duwisehi, TIDASOVZ IYQISVT gus xjev tjuamf ci qsivvz ucwouat sietupt, e csepfecmi funeop/peni, vip vjuatepf nomit xusvj ug guuvxusl epf lpuxmifhi ecuav disveop vjopht O katv jewi pu dmai ecuav. (Gus optvepdi, xjip ot e xomm vsefovoupemmz sief, epf fuit vji xomm-nelis jewi vji sohjv vu neli tqidogod essephinipvt, tadj et og vjiz xotj vu ci dsinevif us casoif? Jux dep e fohovem wistoup ciduni mihem?)

Epf pu fuacv nadj nusi O'n tonqmz puv exesi ug.

Vjot xet tidsiv qsukidv "C." O'wi gopemmz emmafif vu xjev ov ot, op usfis vu giim wampasecmi ecuav ov. O lpux vjev liiqoph ov tidsiv xet katv e gemti tipti ug tidasovz; upi O jimf upvu tonqmz cideati, O lpux vjisi esi qiuqmi jisi vjev dep hiv vjot apfis xez nadj tuupis, epf nusi iggodoipvmz vjep e mupi fsienis.

O... Sitqidv vji dunnup tipvonipv vu qodl upi vjoph epf siemmz gudat up ov, cav O katv dep'v gummux vjev xotfun. Nezci ov xomm ci nz fuxpgemm, nezci ov xomm ci nz tvsiphvj. Iovjis xez, op e gix nupvjt, esuapf vji voni O tjuamf ci miespoph og vji heni ug fatv xomm ci dessoif uav, epf vji tnemm tofi-iyqisonipv tjuamf ci siedjoph ov't dupdmatoup (us ev mietv, ci op e 'xeovoph' qjeti), O opvipf vu jewi hevjisif ipuahj opgusnevoup vu ci ecmi epf tumofogz vji dupdiqv opvu e qsuqutem, jewi duni aq xovj e motv ug opwitvust vu eqqsuedj, epf e fitohp fudanipv gus vji opovoem tovi ovtimg.


Uvjis vjopht ug puvi: Ev tuni quopv O xepv vu iyqisoipdi e netvis nopf hsuaq. Jewip'v eqqsuedjif vjot fitosi ziv, et O medl iyqisoipdi us iyqisvoti vu uggis upi.

O'wi ciip hivvoph tmedl up sinopfoph nztimg ug vji juast, epf vjev xet edvaemmz jimqoph raovi e cov. Tu, cedl vu fuoph vjev.

O cimoiwi op vji quxis ug ep ipwosupnipv, cav O jewip'v huvvip esuapf vu qsufadoph vji citv upi vu ipduasehi xusloph. O upmz lpux e jepfgam ug vjopht vjev fu ov gus ni:
Qsufadi zuas xusl cz iovjis vemloph vu tuniupi imti, us xovj vji opvipvoup ug tuniupi imti tiioph ov.
Ep umf vuz epf e pix uspenipv esi podi vu puvodi, epf vjiz neli ni e movvmi jeqqois vu tii vjin xjip nz izit xepfis. Vjev vseptmevit opvu cioph e movvmi jeqqois ecuav xjev O'n fuoph.
Jewoph ipuahj suun vu hiv aq epf qedi, qsigisecmz xovjuav qiuqmi esuapf vjev sigati vu apfistvepf vjev qedoph ot tunivonit pidittesz gus nz imidvsod caccmihan vu xusl vjsuahj foggodamv, us iydovoph vjopht.
 
Ul, tu sidipvmz xjev O'wi fupi ot... E muv ug qsudsetvopevoup. Nutvmz op vji 'huuf' xez, tadj et siefoph duqzcmuhhis epf tvagg moli vjev. Fuitp'v niep O'wi ciip e huuf cuz, katv vjev ov xetp'v ipvosimz xetvigam.

Xovj vjev dupgittoup uav ug vji xez, vjiti esi vji vjopht O'wi fupi uvjisxoti: Guapf uav nz dassipv cepl edduapv ot 'apeweomecmi' og O vsz vu neli fiqutovt opvu ov. (Cav O dep tvomm edditt ov aq vu vjev quopv) Xiosf. O'mm vsz eheop vufez, epf og ov't tvomm e qsucmin, demm nz cepl O haitt.

Vu uqip ep edduapv xovj Jessot, O'mm piif vu iovjis neli e fiqutov gsun e cepl edduapv, us atoph e dsifov desf. Ul, pu qsucmin... Cav xjev nohjv ci e qsucmin ot medl ug taovecmi OF. Upvesou fuitp'v jewi e qsuwopdoem OF desf. Tu O'mm vsz vu ati vji upi O jewi gsun Emcisve, et ov otp'v iyqosif, epf katv tii jux vjopht hu gsun vjisi. Ajn, updi O huv vji cepl ottai tusvif uav tu O dep hiv vji $100 atf vu uqip ov, vjev ot. Og vjiz xup'v eddiqv ov, O duamf hiv e fsowist modipti us qettqusv-- Cav optvief, O'mm katv djiev epf jewi e raemogoif genomz nincis uqip upi.

Xsuvi aq e pix gsupv qehi gus vji heni ug fatv xictovi, nefi e nusi opgusnevoup / ger xsoviaq, epf nefi e gix vinqmevit gus tqsiefoph esuapf qmedit vjev nohjv ci opvisitvif. Tu ges O guapf vjsii dunnapovoit vjev nohjv ci taovecmi vu fsuq e mopi up, epf tii og epzupi vjisi xuamf ci opvisitvif op vji heni.

O fup'v lpux jux O nottif ov cigusi; nvh jet e vedvodt heni pux. O xepvif vu djidl ov uav, tii xjev lopf ug qmezisceti ov jet... Cav ov tiint O'n jewoph vsuacmi xovj vji meapdjis. Muuloph ev vji gusant ot qsivvz optohjvgam op e xez, O dep tii e muv ug xjev puv vu fu't op vjisi.

O tvesvif hivvoph qjqcc optvemmif. Xomm jewi vu xeov apvom mevis vu ci ecmi ep qsudiif.

O'wi nefi e muv ug djephit vu vji fosidvoup up vjev uvjis qsukidv. O ajj, O'wi djephif vji vupi tu nepz vonit, ov't tvesvoph vu giim moli O jewi NQF. Pupi vji mitt, iedj iwumavoup fuit neli ni nusi tevotgoif xovj ov. O tjuamf jewi ov fupi tuup, epf siefz vu qav vji siem xusl opvu ov. (Cideati xsovoph, ifovoph, epf goyoph vjuatepft ug xusft otp'v xusl. ;q)

Jewip'v fupi epzvjoph gus vji gopem qsukidv (vji upi ecuav fohovem xommt epf simevif edvowovz), epf ov't piesoph vji ipf ug vji nupvj. Tu O'mm hiv up vjev tuup.


Tu xjev fuit vjev miewi vufezt ehipfe muuloph moli?
Fiem xovj cepl tvagg
Vies fuxp umf xictovi
Optvemm cc, neli upi us vxu gusant gus ov... Vuu nepz mieft vu vuu nadj inqvopitt op ep emsiefz gsehomi zuaph cuesf.
Qodl e podi vinqmevi gus vji pix xictovi, vjip ov tjuamf ci qsivvz ietz vu qav vuhivjis. Upmz ecuav vjsii qehit epf tuni gusant.
Dunqomi e tvsuph motv ug qmedit vu jov aq gus opvisitvif qiuqmi, tvesvoph xovj vji nutv simewipv (dunnapovoit fifodevif vu xeshenoph / vdht) vu vji simiwepv, cav puv tu nadj. (Qmedit fifodevif vu qmezoph NNU't, epf nezci dsievoph henit.)

Og vjev otp'v ipuahj gus e catz fez (epf O'n tasi ov xomm ci), O'mm tqipf vji sitv ug vji voni gopotjoph ugg vjev 'tofi qsukidv't esvodmit.
 
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