Reply To: Your CG routine – how do you keep up the pace ?
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I have a normal job in security (I work 3rd shift, 11 pm-7 am). I have been learning 3D for about close to a month now so (obviously) I am very new and green lol. I am in a somewhat difficult life situation right now because of trying to fit in life responsibilities, family time, and personal learning. (No kids yet, just a wife.)
I get home around 7:30 AM and i get started on my courses whether its here or from Udemy. I learn and do as much as I can until 11:30 AM where I put up shop and go to bed. I then get up around between 3:30 and 4 PM, get myself situated to go to my mother’s house for dinner and time with my wife. To explain, right now my wife lives at my mother’s house because they work the same hours and same shift and my wife doesn’t drive so my mom is her only transportation. The only time she gets to live in our apartment is on her days off.) So after dinner I spend much needed and limited quality time with my wife before I get back home hopefully before 8-9ish PM where I take either a power nap or get household (as much as I can) before I leave for work, about 10:20 PM before the cycle starts all over again.
On my personal days off (my days off and my wife’s days off don’t sync up) I like to keep to my schedule so I stay up the time when I’d normally work and I crack open blender + Udemy or Youtube and learn as much as I can. So I pretty much start my Blender kick from 10:30 PM is to 11:30 AM with pizza roll and Game Grumps breaks in between to keep myself motivated.
I realize my time management needs improvement but there are a lot of personal history with me, myself and my discipline to persist and finish what I start. Recently I have become fed up with myself and I really want to finally do what I’ve always have put off and said “tomorrow” for the past 5 years. So right now I’m on a a educational sprint to learn and improve as much as possible but man am I really starting to feel the candle burn at both ends. I know I’m at risk of total burnout but I’m tired of my job, I’m tired of not achieving my dreams, I’m tired of putting things off, and I’m tired of not getting good. It’s just really hard for me to put the wacom pen down whih I suppose is a good and (really) bad thing? I’m just afraid of slipping back into my old ways. I’ve spent the last month on Udemy+Youtube(Blender Guru) so my CG cookie stats and progress is on the leaner side but I hope to change that.
I’m so sorry for spilling my guts out to you guys, I know you guys didn’t sign up to hear my life story so again, sorry guys..but thanks for hearing out my story if you stuck with me this far. I guess telling someone my story makes me feel better, a little more hopeful motivation that someone out there knows whats going on.