sabotai
12-04-2003, 11:12 PM
I was searching back in the forums looking for something, and I came across a thread I started 6 months ago. It was a thread for brainstorming ideas for a football sim. Got A LOT of valuable information from that thread. A LOT. And considering that thread ended 6 months ago (almost to the day), you'd think I'd have some good, wirtten out designs for my next attempt at a football sim, wouldn't you?
Nope. I have more scribblings, read some more books, watching another season of football....but I'm not closer now to a design for a football sim now than I was 6 months ago. In fact, if it weren't for me sitting down a week ago and writing out some design for plays, I would say I've actually taken some steps back.
A few months ago, I also sat down and decided to start designing what will become my next project (the one I will be doing before a football sim). I started reading up, asked a lot of questions, and got to work on a design. How much has gotten down in the last month or two? Practically none.
My C++ tutorials. When was the last time I wrote one of them? Several months.
I can honestly say I'm not very happy with myself. I've wasted so much time. And no, aside from the dictator thread ( :) ), my time spent on this board, doing my dynasties, and playing video games (spent most of today playing Freelancer), I do not consider that wasted. My R&R time keeps me from grabbing a rifle and finding a tower. :)
But it doesn't take six months to do some dynasties and play video games. Or watch some movies and spend some time with my friends.
Where is my time going? I don't know, but I look at the clock, and I see it's midnight (12:07) right now. I played Freelancer from about 3:30 to roughly 7:00. A break in the middle for dinner. What have I been doing since 7:00? Where did that 5 hours go? I looked up some wireless stuff for mrskippy (for a post of his on .400) and I watched some thing on Ants on the Discovery channel. That doesn't take 5 hours. Where did it go?
Obviously whatever it was I was doing during that time, aside from the few short period things I remember, wasn't important. It was wasted.
So here it is. An early New Year's Resolution: No more wasted time. I'm going to get my ass in gear. (That's waiting to be Fritzed :) ). No more sitting in my chair, staring at website that I forget about 5 minutes later, or staring at wall trying to figure out what to do when I'm bored. I shouldn't be bored, I should be working!
No more wasted time. Time to work on my website. Time to start designing my football sim. Time to start asking more questions and start working on my other project. No more wasted time!
I'm pumped!
Nope. I have more scribblings, read some more books, watching another season of football....but I'm not closer now to a design for a football sim now than I was 6 months ago. In fact, if it weren't for me sitting down a week ago and writing out some design for plays, I would say I've actually taken some steps back.
A few months ago, I also sat down and decided to start designing what will become my next project (the one I will be doing before a football sim). I started reading up, asked a lot of questions, and got to work on a design. How much has gotten down in the last month or two? Practically none.
My C++ tutorials. When was the last time I wrote one of them? Several months.
I can honestly say I'm not very happy with myself. I've wasted so much time. And no, aside from the dictator thread ( :) ), my time spent on this board, doing my dynasties, and playing video games (spent most of today playing Freelancer), I do not consider that wasted. My R&R time keeps me from grabbing a rifle and finding a tower. :)
But it doesn't take six months to do some dynasties and play video games. Or watch some movies and spend some time with my friends.
Where is my time going? I don't know, but I look at the clock, and I see it's midnight (12:07) right now. I played Freelancer from about 3:30 to roughly 7:00. A break in the middle for dinner. What have I been doing since 7:00? Where did that 5 hours go? I looked up some wireless stuff for mrskippy (for a post of his on .400) and I watched some thing on Ants on the Discovery channel. That doesn't take 5 hours. Where did it go?
Obviously whatever it was I was doing during that time, aside from the few short period things I remember, wasn't important. It was wasted.
So here it is. An early New Year's Resolution: No more wasted time. I'm going to get my ass in gear. (That's waiting to be Fritzed :) ). No more sitting in my chair, staring at website that I forget about 5 minutes later, or staring at wall trying to figure out what to do when I'm bored. I shouldn't be bored, I should be working!
No more wasted time. Time to work on my website. Time to start designing my football sim. Time to start asking more questions and start working on my other project. No more wasted time!
I'm pumped!