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> it's hard to work on the craft you love at night while doing your day job I was going to comment on this. As someone going through it now (working for money
by JonLim 14y ago
> it's hard to work on the craft you love at night while doing your day job
I was going to comment on this. As someone going through it now (working for money in the morning, and working on craft in the nights,) it seems that many of my peers who do the same thing are burning out because they charge on until 2-3am, and get up for work at 6-7am.
You aren't going anywhere faster because you work yourself to death. A solid 3-4 hours at night, some great sleep, and I'm good to go. I just expect the payoff (of working on the craft) to come much, much slower than if it were my full time gig.
It works for me, and I take plenty of breaks from working at night because girlfriend, friends, and family would all leave if I didn't. I just take it slow and steady.
- polyfractal 14y agoI'm in the same boat. It's a love-hate relationship. If I've had a particularly rough day or just don't feel like working, it's nice to just say "screw it" and drink a beer, play with the dog and talk to my girlfriend. I don't feel particularly bad because there is always tomorrow. If you take the long timeline perspective, it doesn't really matter much if you slack a little today. On the other hand, it's easy to become complacent and lose motivation to keep toiling away. Maintaining a steady regimen of working, even just a little, each night seems to be the best way to not lose interest. Otherwise it's easy to continually say to yourself "well, I'll work on it tomorrow" for the hundredth time in a row.