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I am having a hell of time a time keeping up mentally with my side project. I recently read an article claiming it helps to keep your full time gig while you are working on your side project and I can say that at least for me, its a load of crock.

I found that after the normal nine to five grind my mind cannot process any additional problem solving nor muster up any creativity. My side projects currently are at the stage that require a large portion of creativity to get started. The ideas are rough and unfinished. There are no remedial tasks I can do for an hour a night to further me toward my goals. This makes progress impossible when there is nothing to progress and ultimately it is an inspiration killer.

I have tried many techniques to get the creativity spark turned on for a little bit after the normal grind and they only added frustration. This weekend due to the holiday was a three day weekend, so I tried as hard as I could to not worry or think about work or side projects. Then as almost as my brain had water sitting behind some mental block, sunday night the flood gates opened.

Solutions to work problems popped to my mind and most importantly the brainstorming came hard and fast.

This feeling could be attributed to the higher volume of alcohol consumed on a holiday weekend or the bike riding and endorphins released from exercising. I have no scientific answers, but I do think I have found my decompression point. The amount of time it takes to decompress my head, to sift thru the queue of problems my brain is attempting to solve.

It just so happens to be a three day weekend.