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Work space and snippets

And a formula for productivity

Adam Ming
May 1, 2022
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Work space and snippets

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Marathon

On The last leg of a 5 week marathon of a picturebook, so much ground has been covered, but the last couple of miles of the journey feel harder than all the rest combined.

The best part of this project is that I’ve learned to lean in to the work I’ve done over the past couple of years. In a sense the work I’ve been doing, has ended up becoming pre-work for this project.

Productivity Formula

I use a thing called a time block planner, pictured below (the blue one) , it is a planner with instructions. In one of the weeks, Cal Newport states a formula for productivity:

Productivity = time X intensity of focus

For paid subscribers, here’s a look of what I’m working on including a character pose sketch, an unused color concept, and a finished character icon from the book that I’m working on.

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