danimal cannon wrote:DEADLINES.
SOMEHOW INVENT THEM IF THEY DONT EXIST. Ex: Weekly Beats, Compos, etc
This is sound advice for people who own their own schedule. However, there are some of us who often get reminded that school or the day job often require you (and tell you outright) that you dedicate yourself entirely to them, or else. Otherwise, you might be the kind of person who sets tight deadlines, takes ambitious projects only to later realize you bit off more than you can chew, or are more defeatist than the rest of the people.
Deadlines, then, are not for you.
Not necessarily, if you can recognize that missing one of those deadlines isn't the end of life, but there lies the rub...
In that case, well... I can't guarantee 100% success yet because I'm merely starting to try it out, but keep a checklist of things you want to try to practice in a whole month. Yes, keep it to a month - you can even use a calendar. Divide your main goal in lots of VERY SMALL goals, and commit yourself to them in tiny timeslots (think 15 minutes); use as may days as you want for each mini-goal.
I do this though I don't commit to paper anymore.
Although I suggested and I'm fairly sure I need compo deadlines to keep steady, I have my day job and typed half of this to the sound of my daughter screaming as she felt exhausted but refused to do something about it by going to sleep.
Sometimes I get a lot done, sometimes I can't do anything, but I know I might have a better day tomorrow.
Maybe the time will come that I can never do this stuff again- but that thought helps me keep going too. I'll do as much as I can until I can't, and in the meantime I already have a big back catalog.
