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#ScribesAndMakers Day 4. What's the most challenging creative activity you've started? How did it work out?
Learning to play the piano.
My hands and I are not friends any more.

#ScribesAndMakers for July 3: When (and if) you procrastinate, what do you do? If you don't, what do you do to avoid it?
I'll swap right out of programming to read a book, play a video game, or watch some anime. Often got things open in other windows so it's as simple as alt-tab.
I've noticed recently I tend to do this more often when I have a hard problem to solve that I'm not 100% sure about. I definitely have cycles of better & worse motivation and I've gotten to a place where I'm pretty relaxed about it instead of feeling guilty. I work how I work, and that includes cycles of rest, and that's enough (at least, for me it has been so far, and I'm in a comfortable career, married with 2 kids).
Some projects ultimately lose steam and get abandoned, and I've learned to accept that too. I learn a lot and grow from each project, so nothing is a true waste of time, and there remains plenty of future ahead of me to achieve cool things.
The procrastination does sometimes impact my wife & kids, and that's something I do sometimes feel bad about, but I think I keep that in check well enough, and for things my wife worries about, I usually don't procrastinate those too much (used to be worse about this).
Right now I'm procrastinating a big work project by working on a hobby project instead. The work project probably won't get done by the start of the semester as a result. But as I remind myself, my work doesn't actually pay me to work during the summer, and things will be okay without the work project being finished until later.
When I want to force myself into a more productive cycle, talking to people about project details sometimes helps, as does finding some new tech I can learn about by shoehorning it into a project. Have been thinking about talking to a rubber duck, but haven't motivated myself to try that yet, and I'm not really in doldrums right now.

#ScribesAndMakers May 30 - Did you have a teacher who either supported or hindered your creative activity?
Spark! Our teacher held poetry Fridays, he invited authors to read for us, he allowed creativity. The subjects mingled a bit, but I learned a lot more when I had fun, I didn't even notice that we were being taught history or whatever at the same time.

#ScribesAndMakers May 30 - Did you have a teacher who either supported or hindered your creative activity?
Spark! Our teacher held poetry Fridays, he invited authors to read for us, he allowed creativity. The subjects mingled a bit, but I learned a lot more when I had fun, I didn't even notice that we were being taught history or whatever at the same time.

#ScribesAndMakers 8 June: Create a poll listing 4 books you've read. Which of these have you read?

#ScribesAndMakers May 29
What is your proudest or best moment with your creative endeavour this month?
I dared to read an excerpt from my WIP loud, I am terrified of reading for others. But I did it. It didn't suck.

#ScribesAndMakers 28/5 Have you ever made an app?
Nope, never.

#scribesandmakers May 26. Describe your creative workspace(s).
Chaotic, comfortable, unkempt and always loaded with a thermos with coffee.

#scribesandmakers May 26. Describe your creative workspace(s).
Chaotic, comfortable, unkempt and always loaded with a thermos with coffee.

#ScribesAndMakers 5/22. Which creative activities do you engage in (almost) every day?
Writing, since it's my day job as well as my hobby, my passion, and my greatest interest.

#ScribesAndMakers 5/22. Which creative activities do you engage in (almost) every day?
Writing, since it's my day job as well as my hobby, my passion, and my greatest interest.

#ScribesAndMakers Jun 6: What’s your best dish? What are the ingredients and how do you make it?
That is a question completely depending on whom you ask. My youngest child probably says pancakes or waffles, while my husband seems to enjoy the majority of things I put in front of him. My eldest, and my second eldest have entirely different opinions too, and my father is a difficult man…