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Re:People work longer and different hours under lockdown by baby on Sunday August 09, 2020 @04:57PM (#24102850)
I actually am writing a book and I have told myself that I should work on it after work, but I have failed miserably to switch to that hobby after work :(
Re:People work longer and different hours under lockdown by imtringued on Monday August 10, 2020 @04:51AM (#24107008)
When you consider that all you have to do to acquire (not master) a skill is get past the total beginner phase it actually makes quite a lot of sense to jump to something that catches your interest as soon as possible. You can use that newfound interest to break through the first few weeks which are generally the hardest. Basically catch the spark of curiosity and go start a fire instead of letting it vanish.

Okay long story short here is my advice: Just do it. Do it every day. If you find something more important and interesting then do that instead.

Of course it is even better if you have found something that is more important to you than everything else. There is no shame in doing the same thing for years.

Re:People work longer and different hours under lockdown by baby on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @03:54AM (#24129581)
Thanks for the advice. I totally won’t be able to achieve it if I don’t create these kind of habits.
Re:People work longer and different hours under lockdown by eikenberry on Monday August 10, 2020 @02:03AM (#24106061)
Unless you just really love writing that could very easily just be a second job.
Re:People work longer and different hours under lockdown by baby on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @03:54AM (#24129579)
I do love writing, but technical writing actually takes more reading/researching and revising chapters than actually writing new chapters. It makes the second job quite hard :)
Re:People work longer and different hours under lockdown by therealdrag0 on Sunday August 09, 2020 @08:50PM (#24104331)
Right there with you buddy!