User blog:NoGround/Taking breaks and Work Ethic

So it's been a few days since I last updated the blog. This is mostly due to having done a minimal amount of work in the past few days. Basically, took the weekend off to hang out IRL and get some stuff done and my inactivity bled into the week. It's also in part due to having little left that I could think of doing. Well, now it's Thursday, and what I have done can be summed up into a couple sentences.

I redesigned the Characters page, worked on The System, and formatted the Monsters page table. That's basically it. Oh I also edited some templates. No re-designs there, just some CSS input here and there.

So work's been slow lately. I still think that it is important to take a break so you can come back to a project with a fresh mind-set or objective view. Without these, it is difficult to come up with better, new ideas on your own. Kind of like how I re-designed the Characters page. I was copying the format from Re:Monster's wikia, but decided against that due to it just not making sense. Viola, we now have character tables split by Faction and listed by what order they are introduced.

Anyway, while it's important to take breaks, it is equally important to not get complacent. Growing complacent on a break is awful. You lose your ability to get back into work that you've yet to complete. It's honestly one of my worst habits, and I need to consciously tell myself to not stop working, especially on a project as large as this wiki.

Well, I gotta remember to list out what needs to be done that only I can do. There's not too much left in that department, but there is always room for improvement. At this point I'm starting to compare/contrast other wikis such as the Boku No Hero Wiki and Overlord Wiki for inspiration. I'm trying not to copy/paste templates right now for a few reasons: I don't have access to the CSS file, and many templates also require messing around with Javascript files that I don't feel comfortable editing. It was a miracle that I somehow got the simple Template:Dots working after digging through 15 different templates on the Undertale Wiki.

Now it's time to get back to work! Though I'm actually having a lot of fun and not getting paid for this, so I don't think I should be calling it 'work', but whatever. :shrug:

NoGround (talk) 22:40, August 30, 2018 (UTC)