I’ve had to accept a new fact of my new life (the new life where I do more, and take charge of it). This fact is that I don’t always get to choose the time, or even the duration, of my tasks.
I have this sort of tendency to want start something and stay with it, until one of two things happen.
1. I start to mess it up, and it starts to go downhill on me. (this is a topic for an other post :))
2. I finish.
I don’t like to start drawing something, I know I don’t have the time to finish, or at least put a noticeable dent in it. This is no longer an option. I’m finding that I do have a lot of time in any given day, but it’s not always in large chunks. The first big step I’ve had to take, in getting more done, is learn to work in smaller time frames. I have an half hour? Get some drawing done. It may end up being an panel, or it may take that long to just get some gestures worked out. Either way, I have a bit more done, and I’m that much closer to getting my projects done.
As I said in the beginning, not only do I not always get to choose the duration of my drawing time, but when I draw has to be flexible as well.
Most of us have “primetimes”. Times of day when your at your peak. I always wanted to wait to draw during these times. (Early morning or late evening are mine) I still try to draw during these times when I can, but I also have to fit other times of day into my drawing schedule. If I have some time in the afternoon, I now take the time to fit in some drawing.
It’s really about sucking it up, and treating this drawing I do more like work.
Isn’t work a bad thing?
No, it is not. Work is what we all (well the able bodied) have to do to make a living, and give back to society. Whether that be pumping gas, healing the sick, or drawing comics. (if you want to argue that the realy wealthy don’t have to work either, I won’t call you wrong :))
If I want to make this business of making comics, a career, then I’m going to have to treat it like the work it is. Working at the times I can, not when I feel like it. If I’m only going to draw when I feel like it, it’ll always just be a hobby. 
Bri