fucking procrastinating
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Be your own producer. I made the switch from programmer/designer to producer a couple years ago and I notice things about my designers all the time when they're not working smart enough or not getting things done on times. And sometimes my solutions aren't what you expect but it seems to work so far.
When people have trouble working, it usually means they're burnt out. There's a couple things you can do to fix that.
One thing I suggest to designers or programmers with a mobile laptop situation... spend a couple of days outside of the office. It's good for you. I tend to trust the people I hire to work on my projects so it doesn't matter to me if theyre in the office or not as long as I can get a hold of them. I like to send people to work poolside or in a swanky lobby of a local Hotel. They usually have internet there and you get to be outside... or somewhere different. You can also do the same thing at museums like the Ghetty in Los angeles. It's got a pretty campus and something different to look at but you can still get work done and take phone calls outside.
I'm a big fan of lists. You can see what you have to do and what you've accomplished so far. It helps you prioritize your day with some room for organic changes to happen. Take one with you while you work outside the office. It can be as easy and having a text file on your desktop that you mark done as you go down the list.
Or,
Take a vacation with no computer. Totally unplug so you don't have any distraction except to do something or nothing if you feel like -- totally uninterrupted by work/school/obligations to yourself or others.
It doesn't have to be long... or far. I do it often. I live in LA and sometimes I'll go get babied by my mom in orange county and play chess with my dad. Or, sometimes I go north a couple hours to Santa Barbara and enjoy the hippy beach living thing...
When you come back, you'll be looking at the list you left for yourself before you left. You didn't have to think about it all weekend and you gave yourself a well needed break. Your head should be clear enough to check each thing off the list.
Repeat until you have no more lists. Done.
Yup, be your own producer. Take care of yourself.