How do I trick my brain into completing a project? I’m making an app that shows which voice actor plays a character in the movie and what other movies they act in. It’s useful for me personally so the internal motivation is here but sometimes I feel like I’m making something that’s been done numerous times over and I lost the momentum because I’m on vacation with my family now.

I ran into some problems with the project too and getting help takes a ton of time so it’s disrupting the rythm too. I wish I didn’t have to rely on other people so much but the documentations don’t answer all of my questions. I really have to put at least 2-3 projects like this for a portfolio;_; halp

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    1 year ago

    I had to learn to be my own PM and do the whole task grooming bit. Checking things off gamified the process.

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      1 year ago

      True, although it’s very difficult to plan things when you don’t know what’s to be done;_;

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        1 year ago

        It’s a lot easier than I initially thought: just write down a high-level, abstract sentence fragment of what needs to be done. Get it off your chest and put it in ink (or pixels?). Then ask yourself: how can I split this into two parts? Rinse and repeat.

        The initial limiter for me was anxiety and fear about it. Once I got into the habit, the limiter was avoiding hyperfocus and micromanaging myself in the project plan. I try not to break things down beyond 1-2 hour tasks.

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          1 year ago

          I’m doing this and it really helps. For me the main problem here is that I don’t know all the pieces and time estimates are weird too. I guess it comes with practice but it’s a pain in the ass :P