What’s the biggest challenge you face in maintaining productivity as a maker?

The biggest challenge in maintaining productivity as a maker is balancing focus with flexibility. On one hand, deep focus is essential for creating meaningful, high-quality work. This often requires long, uninterrupted stretches of time to fully dive into complex tasks or solve challenging problems. But on the other hand, the nature of being a maker often means handling a mix of creative ideation, iterative changes, and responding to feedback—all of which can interrupt that focus.

I would say the hardest is to stay focus and manage time effectively, it hard to have period of time to stay focus and be able to create high-quality works. So I personally prefer to do that early at the day or late.

Personally, I want to do many things at once so sometimes I jump over there from one thing to the third thing from the third to fifth thing and from the fifth thing to the second thing. It is not good when it comes to context switching.

Maintaining productivity as a maker often boils down to finding a balance between focus and flexibility. One strategy that has helped me immensely is setting micro-goals. Instead of tackling large tasks all at once, I break them down into smaller, time-boxed goals. This keeps me moving forward without feeling overwhelmed and gives a sense of achievement after each milestone. I also try to schedule deep work sessions with no distractions to tackle the most critical parts of projects. The mix of small wins and focused sessions is a productivity hack that’s been a game-changer!

Honestly, the biggest challenge for me is staying focused when there are too many distractions—ideas, notifications, or just life stuff. A hack that’s been a game-changer is time-blocking my day into chunks, with specific themes for each block. It helps me switch gears less and get into a proper flow. Would love to hear what’s working for others!

lack of sugar, so I start getting angry

Distractions are everywhere! I keep my phone out of reach but i still get sidetracked

Finding time to recharge has been huge for me. regular breaks help me avoid burnout

I’m always running out of time! Setting clear goals each day helps a lot