Getting Things Done, I’ve drank the kool-aide

This is a response to:
http://www.jasonloveslife.com/getting-things-done-and-the-artists-struggle/

I have officially drank the “Getting Things Done by David Allen” Kool-Aid; Hulk help us ALL!

I am still going through the book slowly, but have found some great resources outside of the book you can check out.

Here are 5 links that will help you if you are interested in GTD (Getting Things Done).

Top Links for getting things done:

• Get on Tracks: Doing Things Properly (software)
  This software was created for using the GTD system. I plan on sticking with Evernote, Google Calendar, Google Tasks, and Gmail. You might want to test this software out if you are looking for the best software for yourself.
• minezone.org: Notes from Getting Things Done

Getting Things Done and the Artist’s Struggle

I have to be honest with you guys; I’m a procrastinator. It is a mix of my ADD, obsessive compulsive tendencies, and what some call chaos addiction.

In other words, I am terrible at time management.

To get prepared for my goal of writing an article every weekday for this blog I’ve decided I need to work on a time management system that works for me.

This week I read:

Neither of these two books really resonated with me as perfect solutions.

While continuing to search online for the best system for myself, I stumbled upon:

Need your help! Comic creator to Comic Creator

I’m at a point with this blog where I have reached a cross roads.

As I see it, I have only 3 options for the future of the jasonloveslife.com website.

Option 1: I can quit posting regularly and specifically make this into a behind the scenes blog about my webcomic with the possibilities of losing you and the hundreds of other regular readers I have. This would allow me to pick up more freelance jobs.

Option 2: I can continue on with my current posting schedule and see what happens while keeping the same number of freelance clients.

Option 3: I can give up some of my freelance work and put more energy into posting more often, create some amazing resources, and provide some in-depth how-to articles (eventually adding audio and video).

It also needs to be said that I have a wife and a 3 month old son to provide for.

Goals

To find the best answer I need to really focus on my personal goals and the goals of this website.

 Personal Goals (in order of importance)

Making Web Comics & refusing to get a real job

I keep getting asked by family and friends what my current job situation is.  When I tell them I am creating a web comic they respond with, “Oh, that’s nice, but what are you doing for a “real job”.

I hate having a real job

I haven’t worked a full time job in my life.  I have always worked part time while running one side business or another.  The reality is, I have hated every job that I have had.  I had one or two I could stand (Teen Center Attendant, Camp Counselor, & Delivery Boy for a Farm Animal Feed Store) but most I hated with a passion.

Some of those jobs:

Packing Time: A Kickstarter Update

We are finally on the last leg of the Kickstarter Campaign.  We received the Comic Books from the publisher and they look great.

Leah and I will be packaging the Rewards this weekend.  Your package will be shipped out by Monday.  If you did not get a survey from Kickstarter asking for your address (for those that need to receive rewards via mail) please contact me through Kickstarter.  I still need several backers’ addresses to ship their rewards.

We want to thank everyone for the wonderful support and your patience in getting the Rewards out.  It has been a wonderful experience and an eye opener to the possibility of making this a full time career for my wife and me.

To support this we have:

• 2,800 Twitter followers
• 500 Facebook Fans
• 430 YouTube Subscriber (with 27,000 views!!!)
• And the best friends ever (we consider all of you our friends)

Is every idea a good idea? What side projects should I be doing?

I am constantly bombarded with ideas.  Projects I want to work on, funny photos I would like to create, short videos concepts, blog posts I want to write, etc., etc.

It is a constant struggle to stay focused on finishing the comic book even though the Comic is the thing that needs to get done.  I feel this is my biggest weakness as a businessman, an artist, and as a person.  No matter what I am working on, I can’t stop thinking about all the other things I could be doing or other projects I could start.

The criteria for a side project.

1. How much time will it take.  My newest thing in time management is leaving a time slot open for side projects.  Right now it is just a few hours on Saturday, but I hope to expand it to an entire day.

Goals of this Blog

Lately I have been posting a lot about my personal struggles with finding figuring out who I am.  The last article being a week ago on what I want to do with my life.  I have been continuing to mull this idea over and I feel like I don’t have an answer, but I am closer.  This being said, I feel this means I need to rethink the purpose and goals of this blog.

Blogging to Make money

I would like to make money from this blog.  It isn’t that I want to rip anyone off or get rich off of my readers.  I would just like to make enough money that I could cover my modest expenses and focus my full attention on my art projects (including this blog).  There is no problem or moral objection to this frame of mind, but I feel it has been forcing me to write a specific type of article.

The Digital Arts Alchemist

Having followed Internet Business Blogs/podcasts for a few years now I see the potential for making money online, but my obsessive compulsive tendencies have forced me to seek out everything I can find and devour too much content.

From this, I subconsciously want to have an internet marketing blog like the ones that I personally