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.
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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