[Perfect Day] How to Follow Your Ambition w/o Going Off the Rails

It’s a tricky balance between being lazy and working so hard that your eyeballs start to fall out of their sockets. Here’s how I found the middle road. (:
— Andrew, F the Lines

December 2019—I was getting good at illustration and that was a problem. When I started my 365-day challenge, it took me about four hours to draw a comic, but two weeks in, I was cranking them out in half the time.

At that rate, it would take me fourteen years to log ten thousand hours of practice. I wouldn't be an “expert” until I was forty-three.

On the other hand, free time seemed to be good for me.

After five years of grinding as a freelancer, I was doing…nothing. I would post my comic around noon then spend the rest of the day going for walks, reading, taking naps, and listening to music.

The less I did, the more creative I felt.

It got to such a ridiculous point, that I considered starting a local challenge called #RestedinROC (aka Rochester, NY) where people would compete to see who could spend the most time relaxing.

I thought I had discovered the holy grail of creativity.