Busy Days!!!

Turn X!!!

I read this article from Lifehacker that tells of a mind hack to help a person be more productive at work by scheduling moments of procrastination or breaks.

Translated into how I work, it means that for every hour of work I put in, I get 10 to 15 minutes to spend on whatever it is I want to do.

For me that means standing up and working on a model kit (such as the Turn X above), messing around with my guitar or browsing online.

I was skeptical at this method, thinking that it would make me less focused but surprisingly it has worked so far. The logic behind it is that you get to accomplish more by being focused intensely for an hour than by working while browsing or working while the mind is off wandering somewhere else. As a reward, you get to do something that you like for 15 minutes.

Working as a freelance artist, I am tempted to do a lot of stuff when I should be working. Doing the method as described above has helped me to concentrate on my work knowing that later I get to tinker with my kits.

Because knowing that a break is coming after just 60 minutes, even if its brief, is always a better proposition than waiting for 4 hours to do something that you really want to do.

This also has the added benefit of forcefully taking me away from my illustrations so that when I get back to it after a couple of minutes I'm refreshed and I can see my mistakes more easily.

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On a side note... Kris and I are working on a bunch of cards for a CCG Very busy, hence the lack of personal art to share :)