Keep a book as your journal. I use a hardcover school exercise book to keep track of my projects with sub-items for features, bug fixes etc. It's also a doodle

Keep a book as your journal. I use a hardcover school exercise book to keep track of my projects with sub-items for features, bug fixes etc. It's also a doodle book. I note dates when I think of an idea, or when I begin coding them, the reasons for the choice of tools and of general progress. Whenever I feel exhausted/bored or completely disillusioned by anything I'm currently working on, I leave it, I walk away from it. But I make sure I write down my reasons for choosing to leave the work and, most importantly, my emotional state around that decision. I journal as I think. Many days later, sometimes years, I simply read my journal, paging though and recollecting my thoughts and emotional states. Many times I have found that things have changed in the intervening time such as my workload, improved skills, better understanding of the problem domain, or general state of energy. Many times I have resumed abandoned projects/features to completion. Good luck!