I really enjoyed this video, Michael. Very useful. These are the exact stories I want to write and draw myself and have faced many of the same struggles you address.

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I've been not quite playing solo rpgs for a couple of years. I haven't really figured out a good flow. I've always been good at notetaking, later discovered that this was ADHD. It's an interesting mind shift, play sessions as outlining. I would always go all out, use up all my dopamine, then burn out quick.

Just what I needed to hear❤❤❤❤❤ Thanks, Mike😊

Outside the day job, do you have a certain # of hours you set aside for personal projects each day?

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Great advice! Your perspective can really change how you feel about your situation. I also liked how you mentioned not filling your time with other art endeavors like commissions, for so long I've felt like I had to want to do commissions, because that's what artists on the internet do, but only recently I've realized it's ok that I don't actually enjoy doing them and would prefer to put my energy into my own projects (although the extra freelance income here and there is still helpful)

Love the gravity falls hat 🌲💙

I’ve been going through this exact thing for the past couple years. Thought I needed to start an art based business, which I closed a year later because it took so much of my time, energy, and income to run. The right perspective is worth so much.

Absolutely agree. I love creating. But glad my day job pays the bills. I think that not having to stress on money gives me more freedom to create what I want.

Great video. I had all the same feelings and came to similar conclusions. I had been (effectively) unemployed for many months and couldn't settle on a project because I had put too much pressure on myself to choose and complete one that could bring income. Now that I have a day job, it's harder to find any time, but I feel a LOT less pressure from, and generally more interest in, creation/design/art projects.

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Another fantastic video. This is basically my plan right now and works great.

Gravity Falls!

Ooooh, I'm hooked! I wanna definitely see more. I've been wanting to write like this fore long time. I've tride some, but would like to see someone's prosses to adapt to my own. Thank you for these videos! I wanna see how you use the games mechanics to help tell the story too!

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Thank you man this came at the perfect motivating time. Just got a new job and things have changed a lot. Lost some motivation but now I feel pumped to push thru. Hope to make my first graphic novel soon and publish it online and physical! Love how you prioritize your family, as a dad I completely agree with that! Will be checking out your stuff shortly! Thanks again

I'm in a polar opposite place. Right now, I need to learn how to take advantage of the fact that I DON'T have a lot of bad stress in my life right now. I don't want to waste my time, but I do sometimes anyway.

And cartoon cat?

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Well, I know it’s not much towards how life can come at you, but my ten year old loved The Sleep Over and is excited about Deep Water Creek coming out.

Great advice, sir. I will certainly keep this in mind, especially these days when times are rough. I kind of think it is a compounding interest, where I do a small amount of my personal projects to create 1 big project in the long run; it really helps, though.

Thank you so much for sharing man, this really resonates.

Another great video. I have to watch the solo roleplay video too.

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A rare example of the background music not sucking. Great art too

Hey! I had the same idea and went through a months long journey until I found your channel, and got many of my questions answered. So, I thought it was a good idea to share some of my findings. In my experience, the system I used color (unintentionally) much of my writing, so I'd leaned on the more generic, narrative and rules light rpgs. I studied a whole metric ton of systems and always found some hard limits or a flavor that would be hard to remove, but something tells me that I found a gem: Kismet. It's my go-to, and uses only one stat for all your rolls (a d20). You can use *any* supplement or setting that you want, plus the solo mode is built-in. Still, to accomplish the retcon you mention, I use a second oracle (mythic, crge or matt jackson's 3d6 oracle, an elegant and simple idea). Add to that some random tables and inspiration for the setting, and I can play (and write) almost anything with little friction. The same guy that made Kismet (Cezar Capacle) also released another generic rules light system last year that seems very interesting, called Push. Apart from those, other options are Freeform Universal 2e, Loner 2e, Mini Six and Risus. Anyway, hope that I could contribute in any way - your videos helped me so much. Thanks!

this was a well-needed video for me. thank you :)

This is so cool! And I use Solo RPGs to write my ebooks! Ensures no ‘writers-block’

Hi Mike I'm Matthew Zheng Huai, Jr. I have your book Sleep over... It's very good and my favorite character is... Matt .

Hi Mike my name is Matthew Zheng Huai, Jr. I have your book. It's very good book. 👍

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Such a good RPG and an amazing Solo game as well.

Excellent discussion.

Very enjoyable. I like it.