Game Update

Sometimes game development is more than just making games. I would say that I did spend some time this week getting something important done, I cleaned my office enough so I can feel OK sitting in it again. Going back to “Atomic Habits” it’s important to create a place that encourages the activity you want to do in that location. When my office is dirty I don’t want to be in it which hurts my development time greatly. At least having my mentor pushes me through those times.

I feel like this week it will also be important to get my taxes done. I have the same personal taxes I always do, but this time I also have money made on my video game which wasn’t a lot but it still counts. The stock market was down so I’m hoping my losses there will help push me into a lower tax bracket this year. It’s been interesting getting better at learning how to handle my finances better. Still there is plenty to learn. The costs of game development were higher than what the game made this year so I expect that I shouldn’t owe anything still I’ve been wrong before.

Personal Update

My boys are away this week which does tend to throw me off a bit. It’s kind of crazy to think that not having them around makes me less productive. I suppose it’s good to write about the things I should get done in this blog entry. I’ve heard that writing things down makes it more likely that a person will follow through with their tasks.

I had an opportunity come up to work a lot of conventions this summer. If I work all of them it will be more than I have every done in a year. Maybe this will lead to something in the gaming industry. I don’t know if I’d be able to do that without having more assets feeding my finances though. I’m pretty comfortable where I am now, but this does feel like I’m pushing myself enough. Maybe this is “my edge” that I’ve been looking for. I still haven’t heard anything back from the local homeless shelters so I need to call them.