The key is to actually not care about the time spent, but rather what you do with it. If you’re counting how long it’s been, it’s gonna be a grind, but if you’re really focused in your goals, time flies and you get what you wanted.

Also, as others have mentioned, having multiple interests to jump back and forth to goes a long way in preventing burnout.

I’ve been a co creator on a game that’s been in the works for about 10 years now, we finally started making real progress 3 years ago. It requires so much research, planning, and many many drafts let alone future fine tuning. I had to get better at drawing, developing designs, research many things about what and why characters look like.

It’s something that I do because I want to bring to life this project, and it’s an active part of my life.

It takes a lot of steps, so it naturally became time consuming. I am still passionate today as I was 10 years ago when the project was just a pipe dream. It was a place to escape to, something personal to grow. It was fun as it was difficult to create something, so I would say it naturally became something that takes many years to truly come to life.

The key is to do it frequently, but not for a long period of time. You will become exhausted if you play the same game for 6 hours every day.

I spend about two hours playing the same game every day or two. However, They constantly add new content. (TFT, WoW)

Or, when we are on a voice call, my friends may play a game (such as Tetris, Shapez, or Diablo) that is different from mine so that they don’t have to try too hard to maintain focus.