Thanks a lot for your answer on my programming question, the next days will be screw-perfectionism-and-get-that-stuff-working-fortnight. Unfortunately I don't have much time for it beside work. :/
No excuses!
I hear ya though, I have the same problem when it comes to writing. That, too, is something you just need to do, to practice to get better, but with ridiculously high standards and general laziness after a long day's work, I don't do it as much as I should.
What I found to be helpful there, is to set aside one hour a day for practice. Doesn't have to be good, doesn't have to make sense, I just write for one hour, and if I'm feeling it, I just keep going (though it can also be a decent motivator if you force yourself to stop when the time is over. That way, if you're really into it, you automatically work faster to get whatever it is that has you excited done in time.)
So if you establish that, for example, 9-10pm is programming time and stick to it, it'll slowly become routine. That's kind of the ideal place to be at, where it's just part of your day and not a conscious effort you have to make.
Which reminds me that I should probably start doing that again. I guess I just forgot with everything that's been going on lately. OOPS.
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Anyway, no excuses, you! ;)
I hear ya though, I have the same problem when it comes to writing. That, too, is something you just need to do, to practice to get better, but with ridiculously high standards and general laziness after a long day's work, I don't do it as much as I should.
What I found to be helpful there, is to set aside one hour a day for practice. Doesn't have to be good, doesn't have to make sense, I just write for one hour, and if I'm feeling it, I just keep going (though it can also be a decent motivator if you force yourself to stop when the time is over. That way, if you're really into it, you automatically work faster to get whatever it is that has you excited done in time.)
So if you establish that, for example, 9-10pm is programming time and stick to it, it'll slowly become routine. That's kind of the ideal place to be at, where it's just part of your day and not a conscious effort you have to make.
Which reminds me that I should probably start doing that again. I guess I just forgot with everything that's been going on lately. OOPS.
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Anyway, no excuses, you! ;)
