Yesterday evening I did something I should’ve done a long time ago.
More precisely, for the first time in probably months, I once again opened up Unity (a game engine) and started working on a card game I’ve been working on for quite a while now—albeit relatively slowly.
And to my surprise…
I got way more done in one single evening than I did during the last couple of days when I was actively working on my card game.
What changed?
Well, for starters, I got excited again and have so many new ideas I want to test out and experiment with.
More practical…
I stopped working on it some months ago because I was trying to implement a multiplayer system (the most logical and efficient thing to do at the time) and got overwhelmed—and eventually, a bit discouraged—with how much there was to learn and how little progress I was making.
This time around?
I skipped all of that and focused my attention on finishing the game loop (the actual “playing” of the game) and worked on things I found enjoyable and did actually reward me with a feeling of meaningful progression.
That’s not to say I’ll never add the multiplayer part.
But it’s important to reflect on what you’re doing in the bigger picture.
And the bigger picture here was: forcing myself to work on the multiplayer part 24/7 will result in me not getting any work done at all. If I were instead to focus on building the actual game part—rather than the networking infrastructure—I’ll get some stuff done (while also, slowly but surely, piece by piece, getting the multiplayer stuff implemented as well).
All that’s to say: never forget why you’re doing something and always keep is as entertaining and enjoyable as possible.
Which brings me to a (not-so-profound) realization I made recently and an idea I’ve been playing with.
The realization:
I enjoy writing these types of emails while being quite skilled at it.
The idea I’ve been toying with:
Dabble my toes into doing some client work once again and offer email-writing services (to readers only) in case there’s any demand for it.
So here’s a question for you:
Would you like me to write your emails? Whether it’s a one-time job setting up an autoresponder/email sequence or writing your regular daily/weekly/whatever emails promoting and selling your offers to your list.
If so, reply to this email and let me know.
There’s no obligation to commit to anything by replying. I’m simply gauging the general interest here.