1. When was the last time you went on a 1 to 2 week vacation away from everything, with no work (job and side project) on your mind? I was feeling similarly to

1. When was the last time you went on a 1 to 2 week vacation away from everything, with no work (job and side project) on your mind? I was feeling similarly to you and I took a 2 day vacation and that was enough to give me enough will power and motivation for a few months. I'm due for another vacation now. 2. What do you spend your 1 to 2 hours on each day? You should be prioritizing your time carefully. You should stay part time on your side project until you have 12 months of expenses saved up. This is what I do. I have a notebook where I write the 5 tasks I'll focus on for the day. Then I'll take a look at all of them and decide which task is the fastest to complete or which task will create the most impact, then I come up with the first thing I have to do to finish that task. I then write that tiny task down on a whiteboard and I keep working until I get that tiny task done. I keep this process up until I finish my five major tasks. For example, your task could be close a sale, so instead you write down upgrade linkedin to pro account, once you finish that, you write down identify one potential client, once you're done with that, ... Another example, build my authorization library is the task so the first tiny task you write on the white board is identify one authorization library on ruby toolbox. 3. 10 years ago I felt my actions were driven by what others thought of me. Now, I don't even remember who those others were or what they thought of me. What i'm trying to say is it won't matter in the future what others think of you. 4. Surround yourself with people that believe in you and with people that inspire you. Surround yourself with people that you respect and want to emulate or become. This is what will keep you going. This is what will make you work hard and this is where you'll find your next co-founder. Where is this place? It could be a co-working space, a few great meetups, a hackathon or two, demo days of accelerator programs, college classes that you sit in or it could be soccer intramurals. 5. Get yourself a mentor. Find people on linkedin that you want to be like and reach out to them. Tell them that you're at a crossroad with your startup and that you need advice. the more meetings you take, the more people you meet, the more ideas you create, the more vision you have, the more opportunities that you get.