Project or business? These are very different. I'm not sure why you'd be having a hard time picking up a project, but having a hard time committing to a busines

Project or business? These are very different. I'm not sure why you'd be having a hard time picking up a project, but having a hard time committing to a business idea is more understandable. HN is very male-dominant so I'll throw out something different: stop thinking about yourself. Stop thinking about your demographic even. In fact, start thinking about the about the opposite sex. The average social gamer is 43 years and female. Zynga is making plenty of money from these people, not 20-something techie males. Another example: Etsy is making a killing by targeting arts & crafts. Personally I think it's more interesting to pick a project from outside your comfort zone. Think of it as learning in two dimensions: While you're building it, you're honing your development skills, but you're also learning about a set of users or customers that live very different lives from your own.