TechnoAnemonia

Posted on: 2026/11/10 11:43:06AM

So first of all I work full time and most of the time I literally no time to do anything for myself. from house chores to work to other stuff, I want to have more time to do creative projects. I think Shelvid is one of my biggest inspirations for this stuff. I especially want to make a game project. Only little tiny demos tho I don't have any big unreachable dreams. Since I have no knowledge on coding and I hate vibecoding, I kinda compromised myself and asked AI to fix bugs I encounter also to prepare me a little guide I can follow without giving me the answer directly to make 1-2 extremely small projects. I've actually improved compared to my previous attempts. But I don't understand how people have fulltime jobs and can do many other activities. I have to work but I also want to create my own projects too. simple games and then maybe a personal website with a blogpost. If possible I also want to make random videos but with all the responsibilities I never have enough time honestly. So I am asking randos here, how do people actually manage their responsibilities while working on cool projects ?? How do they create something in a week that would take me a month at least. And I know all the classic answers to this question and that there's no one simple trick that will make miracles. But I wanna see what other people think.

Anongus

Posted on: 2026/11/10 02:44:10PM

Those people that make something in a week, without taking into consideration vibe coding, have some sort of knowledge gained before doing the feat. Be it some failed projects or multiple years of experiments or both. Stop comparing yourself to others. Try to do what you can, whenever you can, but with a full time job, more often than not you'll have to sacrifice time and/or sleep for the gamedev hobby or dream. Whoever tells you otherwise is a tool.

Shelvid_

Posted on: 2026/11/11 09:20:38AM

Hey, thanks for posting on my forum <3 First of all, whatever Anongus said is very true. Through years of practice comes the ability to do things quickly, and since you can do things quicker, more you end up pulling off in a small amount of time (which is usually what you have after work). I'm very glad to inspire you! As for your question. Over the course of many years I've come to realize that time management is USUALLY just "I have no energy to do X thing" which then ends up looking like you have no time since you weren't able to do anything that you consider meaningful. I would like to think that I have a say in this as I pretty much spent 10 hours a day just straight up not having time to myself. The reality of solution is unfortunately not as pleasant: I had to force myself, and I mean FORCE myself to do these things that I wanted to do. It was exhausting and obviously on some days I'd allow myself to just be tired, but I tried to just do X thing cause I knew for a fact that I would not get the chance in a goooood while, and I just can't live like that. You probably hear about dropping social media/scrolling a lot and like yeah, it's a very good advise and I genuinely feel better after getting off it, but it doesn't automatically solve all your problems. You just feel less foggy, which is already a net positive and could also help with time allocation after job. If you got more questions, feel free to reply and I'll return an answer after I check in on the forum (I really should add a notification system for myself LOL)

Technomonia

Posted on: 2026/11/11 12:02:08PM

Well thank you all for the answers! They were the answers I've expected but still hearing it directed towards me helped me digest it easier tbh. But yeah I agree with both of you, my brain wants it to happen immediately but my current skillset didn't catch up to that yet sadly. Also as Shelvid said most of the time it is the "I'm tired I should do nothing and scroll" mentality that prevents any kind of productivity sometimes. Thank you again for your replies!! Also this kinda forum was what I was exactly looking for so I am glad I encountered this lol

Shelvid_

Posted on: 2026/11/11 12:58:09PM

Replying to Technomonia: Well thank you all for the answers! They were the answers I've expected but still hearing it directed towards me helped me digest it easier tbh. But yeah I agree with both of you, my brain wants it to happen immediately but my current skillset didn't catch up to that yet sadly. Also as Shelvid said most of the time it is the "I'm tired I should do nothing and scroll" mentality that prevents any kind of productivity sometimes. Thank you again for your replies!! Also this kinda forum was what I was exactly looking for so I am glad I encountered this lol

Yeah that's kinda the thing with a lot of useful advice. They're always very simple and mundane, which we as people generally don't like because it doesn't deliver on an expected solution in your mind. Even just thinking about how to do what you want to do every day is somewhat useful. I've been thinking about my creative path for years, every day. Helps you internalize a lot of what you want to achieve. Glad you enjoy it here, welcome to the shitshow that is this forum, hope we can see more folks appear here :)