What usually distracts you guys from getting your work done, and what do you do about it?

For me I put too much on my plate, and then nothing quite gets done until it's just gone past the work flow time. So what I try to do to counter this problem is simple. Instead of tossing it all out the window, I simply clean up the crap that I didn't quite get right when I don't feel much like being creative. So far the system is working out pretty well. I've also noticed the music I put on is very important. I find that putting slower more depressing music to kill the work ethic. Usually I like to keep on some Chuck Berry, White Stripes, Tom Waits(The more upbeat stuff), Beatles (Especially magical mystery tour), some David Bowie, Rolling Stones, Sonny Terry, and some Prince. Although I don't advocate it, pot does some amazing work for when your work is too tense. Not too much, just a whiff to keep loose.

When it comes to ideas I can't say I ever really get stuck. At the same time like any good artist I just steal a lot of good ideas and make it my own.

As for knowing how much work is too much work I like to give myself 4 hours a day, and add an extra 30 minutes for every time I catch myself dicking around. I think my results will be satisfactory if I keep it up.

well I'm experiencing this now. I'm absolutely terrible. I have a lot of hw and shit to do.

If I have music on, which I always do, then I'm always inspired to do anything other than work like write music my self. as great as that sounds it means no work is done.

My mind will generally subconciously find any excuse not to do work and that normally means doing stuff I wouldn't normally do, like clean the house, be motivated to make flash or music, cook, maybe run a few errands that I've needed to do

which also sounds great but then no work is ever done.


I have never found a way to fix this problem and that is why I just failed my exams

Quote from: YoYoClock;1391294well I'm experiencing this now. I'm absolutely terrible. I have a lot of hw and shit to do.

If I have music on, which I always do, then I'm always inspired to do anything other than work like write music my self. as great as that sounds it means no work is done.

My mind will generally subconciously find any excuse not to do work and that normally means doing stuff I wouldn't normally do, like clean the house, be motivated to make flash or music, cook, maybe run a few errands that I've needed to do

which also sounds great but then no work is ever done.


I have never found a way to fix this problem and that is why I just failed my exams

honestly I'd say if you're making flash and music in your clean house with great meals, who cares about exams.

AbsintheClock in... outer space.

It's getting started that's my problem, i have to get so bored with what i'm doing on the internet that my last resort for entertainment is work, which is usually actually pretty fun and i get very focused on what i do and i do it the best i can. but wow / various internetting can be so-- time consuming.

I discovered this year that all I have to do is just tell myself to stop being a prick and do a load of work.

Unfortunately right now I'm having trouble finding something to make and so all my energy is going into a painting that isn't quite working and I'm just getting annoyed and I can't just attack it with paint because it's oils and none of it's completely dry yet and it will all just smudge and look shit gar gar gar agagr

For me it's pretty simple, everytime I start brainstorming about a hypothetical upcoming clockmovie, I shake myself awake thinking "if you're going to be productive, how about make those wedding invitations that have to be done by the end of the week" and then my creative impulses die.

So if I didn't have any other projects running I'd probably start working on something.

i'd write a story but i couldn't be bothered

It's just a part of me I really really really love.

I have nothing else I should be doing instead of this right now.  In general I'm not very lazy though, not anymore.  I used to be, and I used to spend hours upon hours between just the internet and video games, but now I find I spend most of my time cleaning, cooking, looking for a job or doing odd jobs for extra cash.  I don't have time to be lazy anymore.

In my case, I think the cure for laziness, was desperation.  My life was going kind of to shit.

Anything more interesting than the thing I´m currently doing.
There is a great factor of how important the two things are though.

For me, I've always been on Flash, always coming up with New Ideas and junk. As a side-effect of this, the internet distracts me from getting it done (rather often in fact). Which oddly enough, I still get my work done early. Then I work more. I guess I work on Flash too much. It also slows down my school work, but School starts thursday, so I got a few more days.

Also I normally listen to fast-paced music when working on Flash.

I think simply by spacing out all day long or how suddenly a process shakes my brain it makes me think "agh fuck that, my family never did this shit and they are wealthy"

I take on too many projects at once. Right now, I'm doing stuff for three collabs, and I'm working, but at the pace of a snail with a rock tied to his back

Smoking weed kills my motivation to work on any said project for more than 30 minutes, and I smoke a little too much. It has almost killed my enthusiasm for even playing video games which is disturbing.

The biggest distraction, however, is just the internet. Its a huge source of entertainment and crazyness and I just spend way too much time on it.

Really? Smoking pot makes me work more.

I just started the semester a week ago, and I found out that if I remove all immediate access to the internet, video games, etc. and if I just go to the library I can work for three hours straight.

I even started reading books again.  It's crazy I tell you!

Quote from: RomanCollarClock;1392827I just started the semester a week ago, and I found out that if I remove all immediate access to the internet, video games, etc. and if I just go to the library I can work for three hours straight.

I even started reading books again.  It's crazy I tell you!

Clifford the Big Red Dog doesn't count.

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