Hm, I don't know that I have a formal process for finding good side projects, but here's something I've been doing recently that might work for you: 1. Find so

Hm, I don't know that I have a formal process for finding good side projects, but here's something I've been doing recently that might work for you: 1. Find something you want to play around with; for me recently, that was React Hooks 2. Start a codesandbox (I guess that only works if you're doing web dev stuff though), and just start messing with the examples from the tutorials 3. I almost always find something I want to explore further during that step, so then I take it offline and start a larger project So I guess my advice would be: start small; even smaller than you think you should start (i.e., don't come up with a whole project to do - just "mess around" with the tech/idea in some small way first). Then eventually, you'll get ideas about what you can try out, and what you should break off into a bigger chunk and try as a larger (but still small!) side project