Lack of Creativity…
As I was beginning to fall into a creative rut, I stumbled on this article… Design Slumpbusting by Phil Renaud over at Fadtistic.net. I found the article and tips for “Better Designing Through Effective Time Wasting” inspiring this morning. It gave me a swift kick in the rear, made me remember I’m not the only one who struggles at times. I’m going to give a few of these tips a try, see how they work for me. Close Dreamweaver for a bit (*gulp*), stop using Lorem Ipsum, install the Rendered Source Chart FireFox extension, and maybe finish some of the projects scattered around my desk.
I especially connected with the lack of sleep issue.
“Learn to know when to quit - you can’t design when you’re too tired. This isn’t sleepbusting. Some guys can work on four hours of sleep and still get a full day of work in, but those guys are not you…”
Lately I find when I work on a project past midnight, I spend more time dozing during the next day, not really gaining anything in the process. And I’ve been doing a lot of dozing lately. Right now, I need to get some more caffeine.
12. October 2006 at 17:01
I gotta say…acting like a *gulp* adult for the past year or so…Going to bed at 10:00, getting up at 6:00, sticking to a schedule (my workday starts close to 8:00 and ends close to 5:00), only 1 cup of coffee in the morning…All that structure sets parameters that motivate me to be productive within them.
‘Course…All that hard work goes out the window next spring.