Stop trying to squeeze professional results out of recreational hours.
Whatever inspires you fires you.
Blocking and countering like they do in the films doesn't work, so don't bother trying.
Writing has been challenging at times but that's where all the growth is. I know I'm in the right place if it's difficult. Something a British writer said to me once was: "If the project doesn't make him wobble, he doesn't take it." You have to be uncomfortable to grow.
I wrote my first book in a toilet in a factory where I was a floor sweeper.
Words without action are like wheels without traction. It is how you live that counts.