Tag: productivity

  • An Unusual Guide to Problem-Solving Strategies

    After a personal event upset my routine, I struggled to work on my graphic novel. I couldn’t focus, didn’t feel like working, and felt stuck. I needed a new strategy for solving this problem! An idea came up: I could try using deadlines again so that I would meet the dates I had set for…

  • Updated Creative Work Problems Posts

    I have updated all of my Creative Work Problems Comics Posts on this blog! I uploaded them for a while to Instagram and my blog as solo posts. When I did them, I mostly just posted the comic itself, and rarely some more information about it. Well, now I’ve updated them all and added additional…

  • Why You Need To Do a Big Project

    While listening to the Draftsmen Podcast, I was struck by a line from guest Flint Dille about his experience writing a novel. Despite being advised to start with a short story, Dille decided to jump into a big project by writing a book. Although the resulting novel did not sell, he gained confidence in his…

  • Play the Role of Your Future Self

    Sometimes we wish that we are already in our ideal future. That we have already achieved our dreams. We dream about how this day would be in a distant time. How we would finally do what we have longed for. How we could be. Our better selves. We revel in this moment until we fall…

  • How To Deal With Procrastination

    Procrastination is a form of self-regulatory failure that a lot of artists and designers have. But you can improve this issue and get more productive with your creative work! This blogpost gives you insight into a meta-analysis with the answer to why you put off work and how you can deal with it. I give…