having an online audience that gives feedback is motivating. even better if your friends (cheerleaders!) are your first users and constantly give you reallife f

having an online audience that gives feedback is motivating. even better if your friends (cheerleaders!) are your first users and constantly give you reallife feedback. if you don't have cheerleaders, try to find some. even better, find projects you can cheerlead for too. starting stuff without an audience gets depressing real fast. if someone takes notice of what you're doing it's a lot harder to bury yourself if things get tough. it's all about building structures that force you to succeed. put yourself on rails, and make sure it's really hard not to stay on course.