The trick is in being able to pick things back up after (long) breaks. Forcing yourself to keep doing something when you don't enjoy it anymore isn't sustainabl

The trick is in being able to pick things back up after (long) breaks. Forcing yourself to keep doing something when you don't enjoy it anymore isn't sustainable and when life gets in the way there's nothing you can do, so trying to consistently keep working on any big project for a long time is just a pipe dream. The important things are, in my opinion: - Try to do something each day, no matter how much. Really even 5 minutes is fine. - Learn to get back to projects even after a hiatus of several months or even years. Progress is seldomly erased and unless you're retirement-aged it's very unlikely that you'll run out of time in your life. - Accept that over the long term we all operate at maybe 10% of maximum efficiency, and that's if you're a productive person. If you feel as if something should realistically take three months, expect it to be finished a year or two later. (coincidentally, this is also usually the solution to the "this would be simple to build and useful, why has nobody built it yet?" problem) In the end it's a marathon, not a sprint. A little bit every now and then will eventually get you there and you're realistically very unlikely to run out of time.