The 10000 Hour Rule - Art Edition - 7626/10,000

[JakeB]

crackedskull - Cheers dude, means a lot :). Happy new year :)

Today's stuff

Study


Kinda applying it, learnt a ton doing this




So, it’s (nearly) the end of 2013. Not going to ramble on too much, but wanted to have a little look back, and think about the next year (cliche I know, but this is as good a time as any to reassess goals and stuff right?)

Loads of ups and downs, periods where I’ve felt like my work was improving well, and others where I fell into a slump. Short stretches of productivity, broken up by lumps of laziness and stagnation. Going to try and swing it the other way next year, minimise the slumps (as much as possible) and be more consistent with my work.

In 2013 I broke 2500 hours for the year, went past 3500 hours total (sine I started counting), got my first private job, and did my first bits of work for some game companies. I went full-hermit at times, stopped exercising, started again, and joined a hockey club. As of right now I’m doing freelance work when I get it, and living at home after deciding to study on my own rather than returning to university (I took a year from a graphic design degree in November 2012).

Next year I want to really get my foot in the door. Going to be building my portfolio and looking for work more consistently, rather than the haphazard way I’ve been doing it so far. I’ve never been big on new years resolutions, but here’s a few things I’m going to be trying to implement through January, and hopefully for the rest of the year, in order to .

Early starts - I know I work much better and achieve much more when I get started at a reasonable hour in the morning. Lie ins are great, and they’re oh so goddamn comfy, but they leave me feeling groggy and generally gross all day.

250 Hours - Gonna try and hit 250 hours a month again. Did it a couple of times this year, but fell off a lot, when I lost focus, or just got lazy. Starting earlier in the mornings should help with this. It’s much easier to get the hours in starting at 9 than 12. :). As a side note, this would make a 3000 hour year, which’d be pretty sweet :).
I don’t want to get too caught up in the hours thing. But I’ve been doing it for a little too long to just pack it in now, so I figure I may as well use it as a motivation thing. Might not be the most efficient thing, or the healthiest, but whatever. Sue me ;)

Studying - Gotta study more!!! 2 hours a day, first thing in the morning. Did some studies over the holidays and had a load of fun, and realised how out of practice I am with them, gonna get back on it, and make it a habit :).

Output - Kinda related to the studying. This article was going round the other day (https://medium.com/better-humans/3bc2b16fe3f5) and it really resonated. I really don’t finish enough stuff, and that has to change, so I’m gonna be attempting to finish something everyday. Initially this’ll probably be an application of the day’s study, but it might expand, who knows? :)

We’ll see how it goes with these. Might be a disaster, might work well, either way I’ll hopefully learn some stuff. Pumped for the new year. :)

Happy New Year all, here's to an awesome 2014!

<3