Progress Report February 2020
I haven’t really journaled here since May, wow.
Since it’s been so long I have a lot of updating to do. Let’s get into it.
COMEDY
Traveled all over PNW, Florida, Carolinas, TN, CO, MO.
I’ll be going to Detroit and Chicago and some other places I’ve never been before for a 2.5-week tour soon.
I even got new headshots, an IMDb pro account, and might do some acting for others as well.
Wrote lots of new jokes doing, made a decent amount of money doing comedy this last year. So much I need to claim it on taxes. I’ll call that progress.
Working harder on a point of view now too, instead of just working on funny jokes.
FILMMAKING
Lots of film festivals and awards so that was fun. Working on a few different scripts to see what’s the best to film.
Metal Gamer should be available on Amazon soon. It’s taking forever. Was going to do a premiere but decided it’s not worth the hassle. Especially since already doing a cast and crew screening, that’s most of the audience already used up.
Going to try to knock out a lot of sketches this year, even though I’m hoping to shoot a feature this year as well.
I actually acted and edited another friend’s sketch a few months ago as well. Now I have lots of people asking me to do this for them and paying me. Interesting how quickly you can make money off a new skill.
Watching all the masterclasses to see if I can learn a few things before I start the next project. Since I’ve made things the novelty of making stuff is gone, now I want to know I’m getting something out of all the effort so I’m taking my time and making sure the script is as good as possible before getting resources together for a big production.
I’ve also watched more movies over the past few months than even in my life. I’ve slowed down recently to get more done but I’m still trying to knock a few out a week so that I can better at it.
VIDEOGAME PROGRAMMING
Made about 4 demo videogames, now figuring out how everything works.
I bought Construct 3 so there’s some commitment shown.
Hoping to get a level done this month.
WRITING
Wrote another new screenplay, a few new treatments, a bunch of sketches.
I’ve read 2 new books on writing as well as some masterclasses too.
TRAINING BUSINESS
Working on a book and an online course so that I can make money while not working. This way people can learn everything I know with a great book and videos, and I can not lose money every time I travel or take a vacation.
Reviewing all this stuff has reminded me of a lot of things I forgot or was shaky on. It’s great to do that with any craft from time to time.
READING
I just finished reading Dune, lots of audiobooks such as Loserthink and Win Bigly by Scott Adams, Ultralearning and went back over a lot of them. I’ll put some summaries out soon. I’m reading the novels Proust and another Vampire Hunter D novel now.
So finally getting into a good habit of reading fiction novels instead of just self-development audiobooks.
OTHER
- Cleaning more
- I’ve been journaling every morning for 3 pages an entire year now
- about to start bulking to maximize my muscle potential
- trying to schedule everything so that I can regularly update this site while doing all the things I just listed
- Going to bed earlier. I actually went to bed before midnight a few times and got an earlier start working on my projects.
- Hanging out with friends(crazy right).
CONCLUSION
I said before in one of my first posts it’s good to just do one thing an learn all you can about it. Now I don’t feel the same. At that time I was burned out on comedy and training and was super interested in film.
Now I know enough about each and have good habits putting them all together. I could back off from them all and focus on game creating but they’re doing too well and having fun doing them so I’m going to keep pushing them while doing game creating on the side. I’ll just 80/20 everything and minimize distractions and downtime. Timing myself too helps me make sure I’m getting the best out of everything. Anyway, that’s enough for this post. I’ll put some more work into this, but I’ve got to fix my fitness site now too so I’ll do what I can.
I’ll post a few movie reviews, book summaries, and other stuff soon.