Today was project day, almost an entire day to work on personal projects. I feel the times I’ve learnt the most in my life is through personal projects. They allow you to create and explore new ideas and concepts, without the weight of the person who your trading time for money for breathing down your neck wanting a result.
I have found that almost without fail* personal projects have lead to new paid projects in the future.
5 reasons I enjoy personal projects.
- A chance to explore a new field or technology
- The people that you meet along the way, those who have gone before & are leading the way for those looking to follow.
- I love to learn new skills and work on new things. Dry repeatitive work is not my thing.
- Time usually flys. If your working on a personal project & watching the clock like you would in a day job, you probably have the wrong project.
- I almost always can do a better job of a pervious task in the same/similar field after working on a personal project.
Today’s projects:
- Swapping out the fan in my NASs PSU from a noisy one with a loose bearing to a nice quite one.
- Worked on my upcoming training video series for http://ageek.io called “How to Speed Up WordPress”.
- Played with some business card designs for a couple of gifts
* personally, I’ve never had anyone pay me to play music, yet I’ve spent time learning a couple, however it has helped in my studio recording & live sound work.