I've found a variety of trîcks working for me lately. Kanban has been one. I've started it for things I'm learning, although it's not strictly. I'm using GitHu

I've found a variety of trîcks working for me lately. Kanban has been one. I've started it for things I'm learning, although it's not strictly. I'm using GitHub issues to track various different learning projects. Mostly I'll have an issue that lists a series of videos in a series or blog post series and I'll tick each one off as I do them and take notes in a comment. That has helped with falling off the wagon. I might slow down, but I remember eventually "oh I only got halfway through that series! Let's do the next one now" and continue to make progress. Projects where I make things have been a little different. I've found making an ecosystem of interrelated projects helps with bothering to complete things because as one project drags on and the enthusiasm for it dies, the will to keep going is fueled by the passion and excitement for starting the next project. I think I might call this concept a "Project Stack". The next project just so happens to rely on the current one, so it needs to be finished. Wish I had discovered this hack sooner. The other thing that has worked well is flipping from nights to mornings. And back again. Waking up first thing in the morning and working on my project for 1.5 hrs before work has definitely made me make progress after the enthusiasm wore off and I would have gone in search of shinier things. There's just something about there being no excuses. Not tired. No one needs me to do anything as they're all still asleep. Don't feel the need to entertain myself as it hasn't been a long day. Might as well make another step of progress. But then after awhile I start feeling the mornings become less productive and I slow down because really I'm a night owl at heart. So I switch back! This gives a renewed sense of energy. I'm a few days out from finishing project 2 in a "project stack" about 5 to 8 projects deep. Can't wait to start number 3.