-Motivation and discipline is a really tricky thing when it comes to working alone. To solve this I have to see myself as a battery that each day has a limited amount of power. Or rather a set of batteries for different tasks.
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| There is nothing like a good cup of coffee and a slight touch of hypothermia |
Rule nr 1: only one sketch each morning
-First of all, it´s really important not to drain your battery completely. I solved this by never doing more than one sketch each morning. If I did more than one I felt drained and wasn't looking forward to the next morning.
-Just to make a silly comparison of what I mean by feeling like a battery:
My phone re-charges really fast if the battery isn´t completely empty, But if it is then it takes a long time to get it running again.
Second rule: No erasing
-Saying goodbye to your eraser is also a fantastically inspiring thing that builds motivation. When regret is not an option you just have to keep drawing until your misstakes look like something decent and makes you want to improve the next morning. (This is a big part of why my drawings look the way they do)
Rule nr 3. Let people see your misstakes
-Now social media comes into the picture. When you draw something for yourself there is no pressure, but if you set up a rule that you have to show the "world" every sketch you do, it makes you want to do good every time.
Here comes the trick: If you fuck up, and your not proud of what you have done but still have to upload it... let me tell you, It motivates the shit out of you to retaliate the next morning.
Final rule: Never skip a day!
-If you force yourself to draw something at a certain time every day it becomes a habit that eventually will be very hard to break. This however gets trickier with time and I have been breaking this rule a lot lately.
See you next week
