I honestly have no idea.
I’ve made a couple of short videos in the last, say, 8 years which is an appallingly slow rate of frames per year and I feel terrible remorse for not being more active.
I’ve not made a single podcast though I’ve been a guest on the Spodcast (RSS, episode #28 if anyone cares). Again I feel like I should be doing more.
In terms of audio/visual media I’ve really only spent time cutting together some audio clips for friends who are organising Christmas plays and splicing some ringtones for my iPhone (which is ten times easier with the latest Garageband update).
In terms of writing, I’ve been getting a lot more done and that’s because lately I have a lot to say in terms of technology/startups. My gaming writing, in comparison, has waned because I tend to switch between the two topics: technology and gaming and get a little focussed on one or the other. I enjoy the writing to the extent that I’d love to do it for a living but that’s pretty much never going to happen (the top 5% of blogs account for 50% of blogging revenue, Reference) so I’ve got to investigate other options and new challenges rather than staying in my comfort zone.
So how do I find time?
Opportunistic Sniping.
Being mobile helps. I write using my iPhone, I write using my MacBook Pro. I write when waiting for the dinner to cook. I write when my SO is watching TV. I write when waiting in the car. I write during coffee breaks at work. I write late at night when the rest of the household is asleep. I write early in the morning as the household starts to wake. If out and about I email myself reminders or set alarms with reminders about writing topics.
I pretty much don’t write on the crapper, in the shower, while driving or while engaging in the crazy monkey sex, The rest of the time I’m reading, writing, reading up for the writing or thinking about writing. One day I’ll refocus and write the Great Irish Novel. Or not.