Yep, that's pretty stupid. And I can relate. Of course, I have the luxury of being far away from my family and liking my job okay, but usually, I don't have the energy to do anything after work. Still, I do find actuallybrekying on video games, no matter how unwinding it may feel, does take away from the creative drive. I started drawing every day at exactly the same time I stopped playing after work. So maybe it might be a good idea to ease off the games for a bit? Like, play fewer of them at once, or on fewer days of the week?
And now I'm remembering my issues with Phoenix Wright. I'm doing the final court case and looking over the evidence, I could see all the issues with the witness testimony but since everything is scripted, I have to figure out where the game thinks the testimony went wrong when I could probably tear the whole thing apart or at least ask relevant questions to get the ball rolling. There is a discrepancy with the times on two of the pieces of evidence but since I can't figure out how to get Wright on that track, I'm kind of getting frustrated on some of the logic this game follows.
Probably the fact I hate my job, which is why I'm always more creative there because I'm trying to distract myself from the monotony. By the time I get home, I'm usually too mentally drained to want to be creative, so it's easier to just shut down and do something that doesn't take much mental effort. My last real creative spurt in life was the time I was unemployed for six months about three years ago. The other issue with "busy months" is that I'm usually juggling family events and holidays. The majority of my family have their birthdays in the last four months of the year. That alone brings it's own drama because my family is pretty nice, but very clingy and needy. It's difficult to plan anything around them. None of this is helped by the fact that I find interacting with others to be very taxing, so even if I like them, I often walk away from group events completely drained and wishing for sleep or something simple to occupy my mind. Gaming in general is more of a coping/relaxing tool than a hobby for me nowadays.
Well okay, that's a good opportunity to think what can be done to reduce frustration in a heavy month So what do you feel usually interferes the most? Imagine it's a loaded month and suddenly a great idea starts taking shape when you're at work. What is it that is stopping you from writing it down when you get home?
It's not a busy month for me actually, I'm just more engrossed in other things at the moment.
So is now one of your busy months or do you actually have time to write?
True.
Of course. At the same time, our sensibilities are pretty compatible.
Not a bad idea. Course we'll have to deal with creative differences since we both know that both elements are interconnected.
I meant to say "Tell me about it" but apparently my phone had something different in mind We probably need to collaborate on something one day, considering we feel better in different areas. You can weave the plot, I'll do the characters
