What does it take?
I AM TIRED. People run off of 6 hrs of sleep all the time. I know this. I see it all the time. But me? No way, I need 7-8 solid hours or I feel it. Thing is, I also can’t bring myself to go to sleep without a little gaming getting done. Nothing crazy, mind you. Just some NES or some puzzle games on my PSP, but I need em to unwind. On a side note, the 12 year old–hell, the 24 year old in me would die if he knew the extent of my gaming these days was NES and puzzle games. I still love games as a concept. I still eagerly await E3 and TGS every year, but I just can’t bring myself to invest any REAL amount of time on gaming. Hence the reason I don’t have a PS3 or a 360.
I get a lot of shit from my friends for not joining in on a rousing game of the new Halo Beta (which I know has been closed or whatever), or COD MW2…but I had to make a choice…games or comics? Do I invest the time and money into games, or should I lose myself in the world of comics? Now, i’m not, nor have I in many years been a big comic reader, but I’ve never failed to be an enthusiastic comic creator…and even when I worked my childhood dream job in games, I’d have been hard pressed to call myself an enthusiastic developer. So, if I had to make a choice, it was comics. Did I have to make a choice? YES. For me, a choice definitely had to be made, because I have no self control. If I was playing anything more than simple “pick up and play” games I would not get any comicking done. NONE. Halo would be the death of me if I gave it a chance, and XBOX Live would be my executioner.
Just a thought for today. A thought about hard/necessary choices as it pertains to accomplishing goals. What are your goals? What have you decided has gotten in the way of them, and have you forsaken these possible road blocks to your success? Also, as a Pirate Club reader, what webcomics are out there that you think I’d go nuts for? They don’t have to be exactly like mine, I just wanna hear your favs more than anything.
i agree. i have had to give up games as well. the only games i really play are the games on my ipod touch. i so badly want to play all the games that i have that never finish (because i start to feel bad because i could be working) but like you, had to make that hard decision.
also, the internet is a huge distraction i really have to focus hard to stay on the internet for too long cause the time just slips away. those are just a few of the things trying to hold me down.
as for some of the cool webcomics…
http://www.meekcomic.com/ is a cool one. great art.
http://muchthecomic.com/ is another good one i think.
those are a few.
also, been checkin out the comic for a while but never commented. great stuff dude.
DAMN THE INTERNET! I waste way, way, WAY too much time here…but alas, I still get shit done, so I guess it’s ok. Thanks for the comic recommendations and the kind words!
Let’s keep working towards our goals! NO FEAR!
I have to limit television, work, and video game consumption to get anything done (I think I’m going to have to avoid podcasts soon too.)… and that is with being soooo single it isn’t funny.
I think that means that you win on productivity.
Pirate Club is the only web comic in the world that I read.
I am not as productive as some, Jason…I didn’t even draw at all last night! I worked til 6, rode my bike home, took the dogs for a walk up the canyon, ate some dinner, watched Devil’s Backbone and then went straight to bed. Most days I get some drawing done, but sometimes life gets in the way. But since you say you’re single, I’m gonna have to retract my previous statement and say, “You have no life, so what’s your excuse?”
That was my whole point… I have no excuse.