Organization, Stress, and Progress
Everything here is my opinion and experience and could be extremely wrong:
One huge factor to making consistent progress, and lowering your everyday stress level, is to create a schedule and a routine and stick to it. That is a major factor in which I'm lacking because I go to bed every night at random times, wake up tired, and get a respectable amount of things done, but not nearly the amount that I'm capable of.
I have ADD and it's really difficult for me to focus on a singular item without losing focus, but I've heard from other people who are in the same boat that motivation and focus are fickle, but practice and repetition allow you to do the things you need to do without breaking away to clean the stove so you can cook dinner so you can eat before you do your work so you won't be hungry so it won't distract you from getting work done and leading to 50 other things you "need" to do before something gets finished. Everything feels important and immediate when you are like this and you just have to find ways to break away from your native though process and use muscle memory and familiarity to define your path.
Going forward, I'm going to, at the bare minimum, follow these steps to make sure that I at least make a little more progress than I have been in all aspects of my life:
M/T/W/Th/F/S
Write the daily blog after my first class
At least 1 hour of Alternare
At least 1 hour of ONLY playing with Finn
After ALL OF THAT is done, I'll let myself wander the internet and learn new things/watch dumb videos and scroll through Facebook and Twitter
I've already stopped reading the comments on MOST sites, but I need to get it out of my head that my opinion is needed in every situation - sometimes it's okay to let people believe things that are factually incorrect or logical fallacies.
Lately I've been internalizing all of my big and small problems and causing myself to lose sleep, worsen my quality of rest, and become more irritable. Those are all HUGE issues that need to be resolved. The organization process that I described above will be a huge step towards facing the reality that I need more stability in my life that I currently have, but it'll also allow me to be more effective when I work if I cut back on the stress and start thinking of more positive ways to handle and prevent stressful situations like missed assignments or getting sick. One missed exam leads to more missed class time leading to stress on when projects are due and I don't need any of that in my life. I get that some things are important, but I need to start putting more of an emphasis on timeliness and also just finishing more things in general (games, artwork, homework etc.).
Like I said before, I'm absolutely making significant progress, but I'm confident that my abilities would increase twofold if I lowered my stress levels and got more sleep at night. Money is a pretty big factor though, and doing freelance is what's (barely) paying the bills at the moment. I might have to pick up a "real" job, if just for the consistent pay, but we'll see as time goes on. This will negatively affect my progression in the immediate, but in the long run no being homeless sometimes helps. :P
Alternare is tugging along and moving inch by inch. Currently I'm trying to fix and perfect the tree generation algorithm to provide dramatically different, and visually distinct designs that won't be so chaotic that I'm hoping to submit to the IGF Student Showcase, but we'll see what state the game is in by that point. It's looking promising, but I don't want to skimp on my game just to try to make the deadline.
IN RELATION TO THE LAST BLOG
Playing video games while inebriated and dressed as a rogue was fun... the next morning was not. I know know the answer to "TURN DOWN FOR WHAT?!"
Turn down for not being sick all day the next day. :P
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