If you can’t hold yourself accountable, you should close shop and find a day job.
That’s all you need. Accountability to Yourself. Good Luck.
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If you can’t hold yourself accountable, you should close shop and find a day job.
That’s all you need. Accountability to Yourself. Good Luck.
Maybe it's a time and season sort of thing. Maybe this isn't the best time in your life to be doing your own thing. Having a little structure from a regular job might be a good way to ensure you keep a roof over your head (or bills paid etc.). And then you never know maybe in a year or 2 you'll feel a little more motivated and ready to strike out on your own again.
If you go the job route, I'd recommend getting a job in film/media to keep raising your XP, you can also keep your own biz and still do side work so that you are still building your personal portfolio and brand, so when/if you decide to go back to FT entrepreneur, you're business isn't too stagnant.
It can be really hard to stay motivated, especially when you don't have many external motivators. I've struggled with it too. I might suggest the Pomodoro method, a weirdly named method where you basically set a 25 min timer, where you cannot do anything except the task in front of you, if you slip up and start looking at your phone or read an email, you start over. You're goal is 25 minutes of uninterrupted work, when the timer goes off. You set a 5-10 min timer for a break, play a video game, surf your phone, grab a snack, when the break timer goes off, start another 25 min work timer and repeat.
You'll be shocked how much you can accomplish in 1 "pomodoro", string a few together through out the day and you'll have some really productive days. The concept seems to work for me bc I can't stay motivated all day, but if I force myself, I can focus for 25 minutes.
Either way, best of luck!
Check if you have ADHD. I do and I followed a similar pattern for years. I go diagnosed and prescribed medication and my life completely changed as a result.
I used to not be able to start. Just get up and start. It was a horrible struggle. Now, when i'm on my meds I just do. I don't even think about it.
See if that helps.