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- meffid0
I liked this thread. I'm only just coming out of the same kind of "bender".
I call them a bender because I feel stupid drunk the whole time, I can't communicate, I get nothing done, I sleep constant and only want to wake up and watch films. And it only happens during winter.
The sun is out again and I feel better.
- hektor9110
for some reason I work better when I'm depressed.
- I'm more inspirationalhektor911
- ive heard people say that... i cant see how you guys do that.sofakingbanned
- i think i know how.
hey, hektor. your gf says hi.
lol.akrok
- DrBombay0
Make a list of small goals and knock them shits out.
- nb0
I have this problem, too.
If you're on mac, use this app to block yourself from websites that distract you. This helps, when you need to get work done.
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac…
- DRIFTMONKEY0
- Fucking yes. "You're wearing a shirt that matches the building - do the thing.." Oh god, brilliant.mikotondria3
- zaq0
you need to get away for at least a month (2 weeks minimum). Travel!! it will change your life. But don't go to all inclusive hotels. Go to exotic place such as Cuba, Thailand or Brazil. It's cheaper than you think. Don't make excuses, all the suggestions you get in this thread are temporarily and you will get back to procrastination in few days. Don't foul yourself, nothing will help you if you continue doing the same things over and over again.
Pack your bag and go now. www.kayak.com
- mikotondria30
Completely clean, dust and tidy your office, open the window, get a new air-freshener - one that you really like, vacuum the floor, straighten up everything in the room, take off everything unnecessary from your desk. Get a haircut and some new shoes. Go outside and stay there for an hour, don't come in a do anything on the computer even if you really want to. Change your desktop, make your ui look different, if you're on windoze get a styler app.,
You need to stir your mixture up - that's you, internal and external, your environment, your imagination/world interface and the world you look at. Stir it all up with a big stick, dont' try to get anything accomplished. Recapture the thrill of being on a really great computer (isn't it the best you've ever had !! ?) and sail around the zeitgeist being hyper-critical of all the mundane tedious designer shit out there that passes for cutting-edge work. Get some awesome fonts and use them for no reason in fake little projects that are in colors you'd normally find abhorrent.
Go somewhere you've never gone - my batteries are charged by my first visit to a Renaissance Fair last week - totally immersed in a weird unfamiliar environment, stirred me right up.
Shake rattle and roll, my friend.
- 74LEO0
Are you talking about work/your job only or your own creative interests?
- dbloc0
Sativa
- jon_d0
made no damn money
- jon_d0
damn i worked all week
- vaxorcist0
You may be burned out....
Some time ago, I had just left a series of agency stress-factories and I'd burned myself out.. the agencies themselves were NOT staffed by evil people, nor did they have evil clients, but they DID have economic-desparation problems, where they had to promise more for less $ and be more flexible...
Hence, the creative staff got used to random requests during the daytime, we didn't seriously start working on anything till after the account people went home at 5.... hence, even now, I find my brain doesn't want to get started on stuff till after 5pm sometimes....
strange how we can train our brains.....
I liked:
http://www.diaryofaninja.com/blo…
http://www.simple-talk.com/commu…
http://stackoverflow.com/questio…I had some other shit in my life at the time...my car got stolen, house renovation financial mess, my wife left me.... a very slow-motion divorce, so the feeling of all the shit hitting the fan at the same time is real sometimes...
Now I use the 23 minute method... i.e. I set the countdown timer on my phone for 23 minutes, and work on ONE THING for that time, at the end of 23 minutes, I surf or go walk or make tea, starting the timer again....after a few minutes I breathe deep,write down the goal for my next 23 minutes and restart the process....
- Juanmonk0
I went through a similar patch at the start of the year, so I started swimming at lunchtimes. It helped immensely. Find it really therapeutic, something about counting lengths and listening to water. It washes out the negativity up there.
Give it a shot man, really helps.
- Hombre_Lobo0
Great advice from attentionspan, lobsterr and lukeo.
The major ones I think are -
Early to bed, early to wake.
Regular exercise.
Good diet. (inc vitamin b known as the energy vitamin)
Regular breaks while working.Its easy to sit at a machine for 5 hours solid, but it doesn't help you at all. Starting at screens drains energy like a bitch. Try to get 10 minutes away from a screen (preferably looking at something far away to strengthen your eyes) every 45 mins / an hour if possible.
Ive known a few smokers who have quit, but have been previously more productive due to the regular breaks and fresh air smoking forces
- Projectile0
close qbn, facebook and gmail... impose an internet ban for a day and see what wonders will happen.
Also... browsing inspirational sites is really motivational.. though sometimes it can make one a little despondant
- "inspirational research" is the sweetest procrastination, makes you feel like you're doing somethingraf
- attentionspan0
Like someone mentioned proper sleep pattern is so good. If i fall asleep after 10 i usually dont remember dreaming at all. But if it is before 10 i can remember my dreams pretty clearly also you feel like a new man in the morning.
In todays age its so easy to get distracted by things and not go to bed at proper times. A good but easy to read book usually does the job for me.
- lobstarr0
Good points from LukeO..
Sometimes the hardest part is getting into habit, once you get into habit, shit comes easy. Myself? I deleted everything that could be a distraction, games, fbook, all that shit. I took the "harsh" way, but its funny how often I'd dozy off and type in QBN or FB and accidentally reactivate my account lol (I kinda laughed at myself saying "wow this shits serious". Give your short term goal to do all the above what LukeO mentioned for two weeks (THATS NOTHING) and go from there.
Might also want to read Making Ideas Happen - Scott Belsky. I know what your thinking, not another self-help book, but give it a chance, it really spoke to me in terms of the phscy (sp) on how your mind thinks when it comes to creative endeavors.
- cannonball19780
Chances are you are working through something internally. Be open, take care of yourself, and let whatever it is uwind.
- Ironmonkey0
- yesvaxorcist
- First things first, step on that flower and the creative juices will spew forth. Then throw that book at the guy standing next to you.Pumpkin_baby
- interestingpopfodders