Reply To: Your CG routine – how do you keep up the pace ?

[Jonas Grund]

Hi Kent,

I am new to CG Cookie since a month and I have to say, I am really in love with this. I don´t have a problem with the buffet of tutorials. It gives me the freedom of choosing what I want.

But I would appreciate more learning flows as additional option. Some structure for newbies isn´t bad at all.

I guess the major problem with people loosing the motivation is not your structure of the side. Moreover it is their organization talent and mindset. We all get overwhelmed by the demands of our daily life. Sparing some extra time for self development can be too streßfull in long term. It is not their lack of motivation that makes them loose track. It is their lack of knowledge how to organize and/or schedule themselves. Because all good will is meaningless if you don´t have the tools to make it.

So how about you and your team try to give your students this tools of selforganization. Help them to relocate their mindset and priorities. Maybe by an well writen article, by introducing the people to your daily routine and organization methods or even by a own tutorial. 
We as artists have one of the most demanding and stressfull work. If we don´t master ourselves and our work we going to work incorrect, loose motivation and loose track of other important part of our lives such as family, relationships and time for ourselves. But these are essential to deliver quality continuous.

I personally use the time around christmas and new year to reorganize myself and my priorities. I try to establish a schedule for tutorials, studies and exercises so that it correlates with the demands of my daily life. It is a time consuming work to get your own priorities and values straight. But it´s worth it.