Jobs & Your Project

Posted on Jan 25, 2010 | 0 comments

One of the most difficult parts of designing an RPG or doing any other project is the necessity of working another job on the side. Lately I have been working a contract; doing design and project management on a Nintendo DS title and is severely limiting my bandwidth for Free Spacer.

On breaks at work and in the evenings after work I find it incredibly difficult to get into work mode, even to write a blog. It is like changing from 2^nd to 5^th gear, I stall. Fixing this is not easy; working harder isn’t always possible I need to develop another strategy. So what is my problem? Is it a time management issue? Or something else?

There is a lot of information out there on Time management and as I did research and found lots of info on time management for writing. While these experiments seemed like they would be very informative, any long term use of time management techniques could in themselves be quite a time waste. These techniques have not solved the issue, but may have led me to the answer.

Some people work out or go to classes, I myself have been able to do this. The difference seems to be, the schedule, responsibility, and deadline. I am scheduled to be there at a particular time and I feel guilty if I skip it. Is it as simple as scheduling the time and insuring that there is a goal to meet? That is the new plan; I’ll give it a try, schedule it, and get the work done.