My Complicated Relationship with Side Projects(lopezb.com)

My Complicated Relationship with Side Projects

https://lopezb.com/articles/my-complicated-relationship-with-side-projects

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> But let’s get back to programming. For me, a side project must satisfy specific requirements:

    > It must have high educational value
    > It must be complex
    > It must be monetizable
    > I have to feel it

This boils down to 3 items, educational, complex, and feeling it. You want it to be complex in order to "feel" it. My advice, eliminate the feeling it requirement. You will never feel like pushing something through the finish line, because doing so requires doing some boring stuff, "Work". Instead introduce discipline, working on things you do not want to work on because you want to complete what you started.

mitchm7 mesi fa

Worth reading The Creative Act by Rick Rubin. May help your relationship with side projects.

lopezb7 mesi fa

I've always been hesitant about that book, mainly because I've never been a fan of books about creativity. But you're not the first person to suggest it to me so I might read it.