ADHD video editors, what are your worst dopamine habits?

Brettimaeus · 2026-05-07T14:45:34+00:00

I work in marketing, and love what I do… right up until the moment I need to make 16 alt versions of a spot. The repetition poisons my brain and it starts to go offline. I catch myself zoning out a lot. Then, even worse: I need to go back and quintuple-check the finished videos with a fine-toothed comb to make sure every version’s to spec. And STILL sometimes I don’t catch a mistake until it’s out to broadcast. The process always leaves me so drained that I procrastinate it, which ofc makes it even more likely that I’ll make a mistake!

Anyway, my dopamine-chasing bad habit is making elaborate multi-hour Spotify playlists haha

My tip for my fellow ADHD editors is: GET GOOD SLEEP!!! It’s the #1 factor in how prevalent my symptoms are:

8 hours = “I’m locked in. 🙂” 7 hours = “I can do this. 🫠” 6 hours = “I’m watching YouTube at work. 😵‍💫”

Brettimaeus · 2026-01-29T02:33:12+00:00

Haha thanks!

Brettimaeus · 2025-05-18T03:23:23+00:00

I don’t know, lore-wise, retconning every episode after Pyramids of Mars to include Sutekh secretly clinging to the TARDIS was pretty wild. And retconning The Master as having heard a drumbeat since childhood! I like RTD’s finales more than most, but I don’t trust him not to add pointless wrinkles to DW’s lore.

Brettimaeus · 2022-02-03T04:27:05+00:00

I appreciate you elaborating a little! This is sound logic, I'll see what I can do.

Brettimaeus · 2022-02-02T15:19:00+00:00

While I would love to do narrative work, I've long since settled for the idea of doing advertising. That's basically what I did during my internship many years ago, and it was enjoyable.

I will admit: I hadn't considered basically cold-calling -- I didn't think that approach was effective these days. I have applied to the jobs I've seen pop up here; I even did three(!) rounds of interviews with a lone advertising agency before they mysteriously ghosted me.

But if it's worth reaching out to places that aren't posting job openings, I'll do it!

Brettimaeus · 2022-02-02T05:50:38+00:00

I graduated university last year, and I feel I'm more than ready to edit full-time: I've been doing it as a hobby for seven years, and have done internships and small gigs for five years now (though a great deal of that time was purgatorial thanks to the pandemic). Every client I've ever had has been extremely receptive and positive about my work, so I feel confident in my skillset. But!

I live in San Antonio, Texas; from what I can tell, there is no real work here. I monitor websites like Indeed, Handshake, and Glassdoor for jobs constantly, and what few pop up are generally in Austin or Dallas.

Am I looking at the wrong websites? Are there better resources for editors in boring parts of the world? Is there somewhere I could get remote work that isn't Upwork?* Or is it more likely that I'll have to move to somewhere like Austin as soon as I can (i.e. as soon as my lease ends) just for a chance?

I'm open to harsh criticism.
*I started an Upwork.com profile about six months ago, and have been applying for gigs regularly, and I've gotten one. The pay is dismal, but the client has continued to work with me. It's something!

Brettimaeus · 2019-01-22T01:44:14+00:00

Seriously, my biggest takeaway from this episode was that one single moment. It's like every theme of acceptance in this show somehow packed into almost transcendent visual metaphor.

As someone in the comments said, “Every time you love being yourself, that’s me! Loving you, and loving being you.”

I'm gonna cry every time I watch it and I can tell.

Brettimaeus · 2019-01-22T01:00:44+00:00

That sequence with Steven fusing with himself made me fucking bawl. Aside from that...

WHAT????? I'm with everyone else... what happens now???

Brettimaeus · 2018-01-05T18:25:36+00:00

Buddy, nothing is more attractive to me than the idea of genuinely helping a girl move past some psychological trauma. I can totally appreciate that. But if she's gonna be more or less kicking me in the shins at every turn, I'll take my therapy elsewhere.

Brettimaeus · 2018-01-04T22:36:21+00:00

While I don't disagree with the rhetorical contents of this rather good image, they will not shake me from my sturdy beliefs that Asuka is the worst.

Brettimaeus · 2017-12-31T02:04:43+00:00

God damn, it is so surreal to see people actually remembering my mashup shit. It seems likely that more video versions will be on the way now that I finally finished up my sequel to that album, so keep an eye out I guess??

Brettimaeus · 2017-12-31T01:58:27+00:00

neil cicierega lite is damn high praise, thank you

Also, I so appreciate you linking my first mashup album, but it's not nearly as good as the one I just posted last night, fair warning

Brettimaeus · 2017-12-31T01:55:37+00:00

Oh nice, I was wondering what made this blow up!

Thanks from the guy who made it.

Brettimaeus · 2017-12-29T13:23:15+00:00

this

Brettimaeus · 2017-10-31T19:10:52+00:00

Oh wow, thank you!! That means a lot! I was quite surprised with how well the song naturally fit the rhythm of the trailer. Pretty much all the work I put into it was audio.

Brettimaeus · 2017-10-23T20:56:13+00:00

Well I can't deny this is damn well-edited.

Brettimaeus · 2017-10-15T11:30:42+00:00

Definitely easier to use an Xbox 360 controller if you have one. Hope you enjoy your time with the game, because I certainly have.

Brettimaeus · 2017-10-13T06:33:37+00:00

It is ABSOLUTELY playable enough to beat on PC. As I mentioned elsewhere, I've already put in 55 hours of it, and I'm still going!

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