457: How to Find Focus

Thought you're about to sing to me. Oklahoma or something. You know I don't do that while we're recording. Welcome to episode four fifty seven of the design details podcast. This is Brian Lovett. And this is Marshall Buck. I always follow you. Whatever you say, I I always just roll with it, but, you know, people tuning in for the first time might think, like, that's kind of pretentious way to introduce yourself. This is Marshall Buck. Right? Yeah. Anyways, welcome to the show. What do we got on the docket this week, Brian? Well, Marshall, today's a very special special episode number. I don't know if you realize this. It is. Yeah. Well, I know you realize this because you you wrote it in the notes. Uh-huh. But I just wanted to tease you a little bit. Four fifty seven. Why why is that special? Yeah. A little bit of quick maths. So, my predecessor, Bryn Jackson, who did the first 256 episodes of this this podcast. I came in on two fifty seven. So do a little bit of addition subtraction, come out with 200 episodes. Alright. How about tell me the most memorable episode you've recorded without thinking too long about it? Yeah. Probably the principles of design episode. I think it was a relatively early one. Yeah. That was, like, one of our first 50. It's just been downhill since there. Yeah. It was in, like, the fur definitely in the first 50. But I think that was, like well, one, it made it onto the list of, like, hey. You've never listened to the podcast, start here things on the website. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And I think it's a good representation of, like, the level of nerdiness that we're willing to commit to. So Mhmm. I also think it was, like, a just a really useful episode. So that's the one that stands out for me as, like, gold standard. What advice do you have for people who want to do side projects but struggle to keep working on them for four years? Is this turning into an interview? Just a little pop trivia. I mean, 200 episodes. That's like, in our in our math, that's close to four years. Right? Fuck. Four years. Yeah. What's my advice for people? Yeah. Sticking with a side I don't know, man. I I've got very lucky with this thing that I stepped onto a fast moving vehicle. Like, I didn't have to get it up to speed. I just kinda jumped in while I was already going fast. So that helps a lot when you have a built in audience already. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. It's like, oh, people are actually listening to this. That that'll help you keep going for sure. I don't know. Okay. But give give some advice for people who don't have a fast moving car to stop you. My longest go Why do you show up every week, Marshall? Honestly, this is …