Don't stress out over side projects. If you don't feel like working on them, don't. The cliche that good software devs have to sit at desks coding 20 hours a

Don't stress out over side projects. If you don't feel like working on them, don't. The cliche that good software devs have to sit at desks coding 20 hours a day is silly and unhealthy. Use your free time to do stuff you enjoy. Maybe you'll get inspired to work on the project, or come up with an entirely new one, but there's no point forcing it. And I'd suggest not taking work so seriously. Don't slack off, but don't over think it, either. Most work (in every field) is crappy and boring, so just do it and get it over with and don't stress out over it.