At my present day job, I don't have to hold my ideas back because they are only tangentially related, if at all, to my employer's line of business. I give my d

At my present day job, I don't have to hold my ideas back because they are only tangentially related, if at all, to my employer's line of business. I give my day job only as much energy and enthusiasm as I need to get the work done well and in a timely manner. As far as personal habits go, keeping motivated while working more or less piecemeal on my pet project is difficult, but I've managed to work through worse.