Yet another productivity hack ;-) | Gamedev Dairy #56
Hacks for learning, productivity, having work-life-passion balance and finally game development!
TL;DR
The problem diagnosed
My solution!
What benefits do I expect?
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The problem diagnosed
I might've diagnosed my problem!
I have a magpie problem. What is it? There's a saying in Poland that someone tries to grab many magpies by their tails, which means trying to achieve many things at once.
If you want to say that focusing on one is the solution, my answer is: not really. Of course, you're right, the truth you are representing is very hard to implement in life. And if you succeed you are either 100% sure of all your decisions and proceed full of confidence (not me) or look at every other thing you think you could be doing at the same time and the benefits I could gain. It's hard to pick priorities for passions in this work-life-passion-balanced lifestyle.
So, let's not focus on one thing, but a few. How?
My solution!
First of all, I decided to focus on 4 projects. Why 4? Because 5 would cause a mess in a table drawn on my remarkable tablet ;-)
Secondly, I create a table and name every column with a project name.
Thirdly, write down the next thing that needs to be done there. As simple as it gets. One step, only.
Fourthly, draw a straight line to know where this step ends. No place for "and one more thing" tasks. Just that. You cannot proceed until these are done.
Fifthly, DO THE GOD DAMN WORK!
Sixthly, if you're done, make a session and write down the next tasks. After that, go to point three.
What benefits do I expect?
This will make some processes slower. But the goal is to move more items forward at the same time. Who knows, maybe keeping myself aware of more than one goal at the same time, might prove beneficial. Not only will they move forward, but also a change of focus might work... refreshingly #wishfulThinking.
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