Weekly Report 01/18

This week, I’ve been spending most of my time working and drawing. But I feel less tired than last week. After sorting out the specifications in my work, I will finally reach the first user test. Thanks to my engineering notes, I can focus on the problem working on, not on other tasks.

I spend about 4 hours a day for drawing. I compare my drawings every day, and it getting closer to the image in my mind. Sometimes it even exceeds. Hyperfocus is a good tendency for me.
I’ll just need some medicine for eye strain.

Right now, my room is full of cardboard boxes.
My mother sent me a package with clothes, blankets, vitamin B pills, food, and cookies. I ate all the cookies in incredible speed, leaving only a crumb. And I got 10 kg of rice with the hometown tax program “Furusato Nozei”, even though it’s not actually my hometown.
I also got a souvenir from Turkey. I’m going to use it for a special purpose.

This week, for some reason, I’ve been thinking about my best friend from time to time. She loves stories like me, and is someone associated with my passion for creative work and creations. What is she interested in now?

Plans for next week

Continue to draw the story. Control hyperfocus correctly to use for work and creation.
I would like to move this daily report to the another blog because here is a technical blog
I need to find a special gift for a friend who is getting married in March. It’s not déjà vu, but I’ve been wondering for the last week.
Have a Hypnosis mic fan-meeting live viewing party with my sister. Along with good food!

Long term goal

• Improve my engineering skills and be able to commit to projects.
• Enjoy creativity including development.
• Gain confidence by creating my own work.
• Think about what I would like to do in my life.

Weekly Report 01/11

This week was my first job of the new year. It was more tired than expected. The definition of the specifications is complex problem because of the ambiguous requirements from the users. (Of course, it’s natural since the users don’t know how it would be.) The steps need to be interspersed with user testing.

I spend more than 80% of my free time on drawing. I have started a medium-length series of fan art. Sometimes I feel brain fatigue.

When I create something, whether it’s a program or a picture, I get frustrated by the gap between my ideal speed and quality and the reality. I think the way to get out of a slump is to always look only at “now” and “the present situation. Any sentimentality is not necessary in my life.

I couldn’t even read books so much time. It’s not efficient to take a long time off while learning something. I want to suppress my impulses to properly allocate my time in the day.

Cooking and eating are my healing time these days. Nothing complicated. I like to eat while watching my favorite dramas or Youtube.
By the way, I applied for the stage greeting for ”Kodoku no Gourmet, Gourmet of Solitude”. I hope I get it.

Plans for next week

Continue to draw stories, but also set aside time to read books and study for software engineering. Don’t be too stoic for both.
In my work, I will get the small tasks done first and tackle the difficult problems.
And I need to find a special gift for a friend who will have a wedding ceremony in March.
I will receive a courier from my mother filled with candy, fruit and a blanket.

Long term goal

• Improve my engineering skills and be able to commit to projects.
• Enjoy creativity including development.
• Gain confidence by creating my own work.
• Think about what I would like to do in my life.

Weekly Report 01/04

The biggest news this week is that I went back home and celebrated the New Year with my family. My concerns about a healthy souvenir for my father were addressed by pumpkin bagels. The pumpkin specialty shop is a wonderful store.

The New Year holidays were the same as usual. On New Year’s Eve, my sister and I packed Osechi in tiered boxes (just 2 layer). We are professionals at that. And on New Year’s Day, we went to a shrine and a temple and my grandmother’s house.

I watched “Kodoku no Gourmet, English Title: Solitary Gourmet” many times and it taught me the pleasure of eating what I like, the way I like. I want to draw a story that just tells “how to enjoy something”. I got an idea while I was at a nearby shrine. I think this town is suitable for expressing people who enjoy something at their own pace.

My software engineering studies are going well. I started reading a book called “The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master” and have finished about 50% of it. I’m going to try engineering notes this year. And I need to read it repeatedly, not just once.

The first good news of the year is that I got a Norman Rockwell calendar. The pictures are selected from the Saturday Evening Post. I love his realistic but dramatic drawings. That’s how a drawing of people should be.

Plans for next week

I would like to finish reading the book above. I need to improve my work efficiency. One idea is an engineering notes. I’ll give my coworkers some quail egg cookies from my hometown.

And I’ll start drawing a medium-length comic with 5 or more chapters.

I don’t forget the indie game under development but it’s pending now.

Long term goal

• Improve my engineering skills and be able to commit to projects.
• Enjoy creativity including development.
• Gain confidence by creating my own work.
• Think about what I would like to do in my life.