Result: with every user interaction you will get a refreshment of motivation. I've done it for 5 years.
Long version:
I was all about starting projects and never finishing, until one day I actually put one online and started spreading the word through discussion boards.
So step 1) Launch and spread the word.
You get 1 thing out of this immediately: you WILL finish it to the bare minimum, because what if someone actually tries to use your product?
You could argue: yeah, but when I give up on the project it's no where near ready to be launched. I would argue back that if you dropped it, it probably means you got something out of it - could someone also benefit from it? Maybe, at that moment switch your brain to: now let's launch this and spread the word.
Step 2) Put metrics in it
You want to see if there's people coming to your website. Crucial for step 3, read on.
Step 3)
You will see people coming to your website and interacting with your product. This is the best part, because it gives you such a kick of motivation that will make you want to continue working on it. It just keeps giving.
I've started a project 5 years ago and I put it out there and forgot about it.
2 months after someone used it and I got my first reservation. That was such a source of motivation!! It's magical and it's a cycle. As I continue working on it as my side project and as I start losing interest, I get a new user which then sources me with more motivation to keep going. This cye repeats
I've learned a lot in terms of business, technology stack and devops, but all this applied to the same project I started 5 years ago.
To combine with "starting small" it can be a simple single-page app, or a blog post, or anything. At least for me, feedback is the fuel (even negative feedback >>> no feedback).
Result: with every user interaction you will get a refreshment of motivation. I've done it for 5 years.
Long version: I was all about starting projects and never finishing, until one day I actually put one online and started spreading the word through discussion boards.
So step 1) Launch and spread the word. You get 1 thing out of this immediately: you WILL finish it to the bare minimum, because what if someone actually tries to use your product?
You could argue: yeah, but when I give up on the project it's no where near ready to be launched. I would argue back that if you dropped it, it probably means you got something out of it - could someone also benefit from it? Maybe, at that moment switch your brain to: now let's launch this and spread the word.
Step 2) Put metrics in it You want to see if there's people coming to your website. Crucial for step 3, read on.
Step 3) You will see people coming to your website and interacting with your product. This is the best part, because it gives you such a kick of motivation that will make you want to continue working on it. It just keeps giving.
I've started a project 5 years ago and I put it out there and forgot about it. 2 months after someone used it and I got my first reservation. That was such a source of motivation!! It's magical and it's a cycle. As I continue working on it as my side project and as I start losing interest, I get a new user which then sources me with more motivation to keep going. This cye repeats
I've learned a lot in terms of business, technology stack and devops, but all this applied to the same project I started 5 years ago.