Enjoy it when that gem takes 16 hours of your day and returns no viable results as your body rejects any further attempt to stay in a single position.
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DamianFatale
I'm fine with this. It's teaching me how to enjoy things in the moment, even when they aren't perfect. If you work a little each day to something, you can achieve.
taarna23
Yup. I'm enjoying this contest I entered whose deadline is soon... It's teaching me to separate the absolutely necessary for a game and how to cut the things I really wanted and focus on the core of the game. Of course, with a full-time job it's a little like being in school again... Go to work, cram game-making in at lunch, go home, do more game making, remember to eat (usually), go to bed late, get up early and do it all again.
BloodletterQ
I had no backup plan for if game design didn't go right for me, and I'm paying for it unfortunately. 
taarna23
Unfortunately, sometimes that's how it goes. But I do know the feeling - I didn't get back into school until I was 28, and 2 years of my 4 of school was making up high school because I dropped out. So, I wasn't in college until I was 30. Most of the people I was in class with were within a couple years of 20. But, I got through it, despite being "old." Just find something you enjoy and go for it.
BloodletterQ
At least RPG Maker is there for us who haven't made it, but I'll still keep pushing.
Good luck!