I’ve made some serious progress as of late with Tilt To Live. The age old saying “I’m 90% done…” is rearing its head and yet it feels like there’s 90% more to go! This is a bit regurgitated, but saw an interesting bit in a post on burnout and motivation at Zen Habits:
1. Achieve in increments. When you only focus on a big goal someday, it’s easy to get burned out by the daily grind. It’s like driving toward a mountain in the distance. You can drive for hours, but the mountain doesn’t seem to get any closer. And spinning your wheels gets real tiring real fast.
The solution is to give yourself a way to measure and record every little step forward you take. Here’s how:
- Get a journal, notebook, or calendar. Writing things down is important.
While I’ve been doing the above for a while now, I’m finding the advice becoming more critical as I polish up the game and there are only smaller, less visible changes to the gameplay or code. Along with all the milestone tracking, to-do lists, and time logs I tend to write down where I stand on the project at a high level almost on a daily basis. It gives me a good “whole picture” look at the game to see what else is coming up on the horizon or if I’m finding myself focusing too much on any single feature. Anyway, back to work… :]
