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I am in the same boat right now - a project is 90% complete but I have no motivation to do the last 10%. I blame laziness, but really it boils down to a few thi
by vivan 8y ago
I am in the same boat right now - a project is 90% complete but I have no motivation to do the last 10%. I blame laziness, but really it boils down to a few things:
1. The enjoyment of building - I quite enjoyed building this project, and once it's "done" that joy ends.
2. The fear of failure - what if it's a flop after I publish?
3. The hatred of sales - I'm a programmer, I don't want to deal with selling the product!
- danschumann 8y agoSomething that is kind of helping me is this: ( I apply it to cleaning my house too ) I can't force myself to work on the project I say to myself, "You don't have to work on the project, but you can't do anything else. You can either sit here and do nothing, or work on the project" For some reason this works for me. My inner self is so fed up with being told what to do, it doesn't work, it rebels, but if I limit it, and let it drive forward, it tends to work a bit better. There also might be a factor with eliminating all distractions, setting the rule of "you can't do anything else". As for #3, I have the same, and I did a project I truly believed in; I truly believe if more people did more animation, they'd be happier. So, it's not really selling, it's just telling people how I actually feel about animation. #2 I accept the possibility. If it flops, well, I will have to do some actions to change that. Maybe I change the product, maybe I start calling people on the phone. A flop is a place, not a destination, I can move away from a flop, without failing, taking the product with me.