{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/pycron\/","author_name":"Henry McLaughlin","cat":"LD #26","categories":["LD #26"],"comments":[],"epoch":1370605740,"event":"LD26","likes":12,"metadata":{"p_key":"79390","p_author":"Henry McLaughlin","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"288400","p_title":"Motivation and Finishing \u2013 How Do You Handle It?","p_cat":"LD #26","p_event":"LD26","p_time":"1370605740","p_likes":"12","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1366934400","event_key":"16","event_name":"LD26"},"source_url":"2013\/06\/07\/motivation-and-finishing-how-do-you-handle-it\/","text":"

I\u2019ve been having trouble with motivation lately. Like, trouble working at all<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve decided to do some super-small projects in a sprint style to try to get me back into the habit of working on games.<\/p>\n

I have a question for my fellow LDers, though.<\/p>\n

How do you folks handle the problem of motivation? What do you do to help yourself finish things?<\/p>\n

I want to hear some ideas and maybe have some useful methods out there.<\/p>\n

More about this after the page break! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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Personally, I\u2019ve usually been better at finishing smaller projects. I\u2019ve gotten into the habit of starting things that are doomed by a combination of their scale and my attention span. Since I have trouble staying on a single idea for very long (I actually have ADD, diagnosed by my psychiatrist), having much smaller things will hopefully help me. Heck, since I know that my upcoming project (which I\u2019m starting tonight at 8PM EDT \/ 12AM GMT) is only going to be about 24h long (really will be working for that, though I\u2019ll take a little more time if I really<\/em> need it and am almost done), I\u2019m very excited to work on it. I know I won\u2019t have to commit to a single thing for months on end, so I can finish easily and then move on to the next thing very soon after.<\/p>\n

So\u2026 what do other LDers do to get and stay motivated? What helps you finish projects? I\u2019m curious what others do, since this has been a problem for me lately.<\/p>\n

As for the game I\u2019m going to make\u2026<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to put it on Kongregate to see if I can get a little bit of ad money from it. I don\u2019t expect much (really, I don\u2019t), but it\u2019ll be nice to get something out there to prove that I really am a game developer.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll write a post about it when it\u2019s been uploaded and I\u2019ve got it ready for people to play. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

Peace, love, and the sweet feeling of progress,<\/p>\n

\u2013 Henry<\/p>","time":"June 7th, 2013 11:49 am","title":"Motivation and Finishing \u2013 How Do You Handle It?","title_was_empty":false}