Neox, working on personal stuff for pleasure is not strange feeling to me. Doing stuff that you think is cool is more enjoyment than stress. My question was directed to people who are actually not having fun because they're not motivated/burned out/other reasons but are trying to force themselves to work anyways. I'd like…
totally agree with nick here it's definitely a pleasure to put some music on, make a coffee and get lost in your own world, but if you actually plan to make something that will be useful for your portfolio, there are bound to be a few dull moments along the way (cleaning up bakes etc) the times when I least enjoy personal…
I've thought about this some more and I think that personal development on your own time is the only way to genuinely improve and broaden your abilities. When I'm doing stuff in my day job I want to make the best piece of work in the most efficient manner I can so I tend to fall back on techniques/methods that I already…