I'm currently in the process of writing a book covering automated testing within Angular (2/4). The most practical advice for maintaining motivation is to look

I'm currently in the process of writing a book covering automated testing within Angular (2/4). The most practical advice for maintaining motivation is to look at things on a day or a week basis. I've described the process to others as running a mental marathon so I simply can't think about mile 26 right now. I have to think about the next eighth of a mile. Trello has been very helpful with this. I break up my work into small tasks and stack them into a completed list each week. Seeing that stack week after week has been very beneficial for my mindset by giving me the feeling of accomplishment. Without this, progress would be a lot more abstract. The other motivating factor which I imposed on myself was to quit my full-time job. I saved up all year so I could work on this giving myself as long of a personal runway as possible but there is an end. That motivates me.