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Props to you that you have done so much in your early life. It takes tremendeous effort to do what you have achieve. :) To be motivated, one need to know his

Props to you that you have done so much in your early life. It takes tremendeous effort to do what you have achieve. :) To be motivated, one need to know his/her goal towards it. I read your post here, but I don't see yoru goal. Your friend has a goal of growing a community around a new programming language. That's why he beats you on stuff. :) If you want to be motivated, relax, think for a while (take as much time as you need), and decide what you want to do out of it. For example, if you have hobby of restoring cars, your motivation is the goal of having the restored car in running condition with pristine condition. THat's how car restorer stays motivated because they know what they want to achieve. Think about what you want to achieve, what goal you want to set... Come back here with that in mind, and we might be able to help you set up steps to ensure that you can stay motivated.

alecbenzer 15y ago
Well, part of the issue might be that I don't have definitive goals in terms of projects I want to complete. I like doing stuff (with code and cs and related things). I enjoy doing stuff. I did some basic game development when I was younger, and I do web development type stuff more now. I play around with language development occasionally. I do lots of stuff and I like all of that stuff... at first. But then the interest dies away. I suppose part of the problem is that I struggle in achieving balance between the means and the product. I feel like being passionate about the product but not about the means is a bad thing, because the work itself can become tiresome if you're not into it. But if you care about the means and not about the product, then you'll lose interest (as I do) because you don't see where the work is leading you. So maybe I need to get some more passion about a product instead of just enjoying the process of making it, even if ultimately that's what I'm really after. But I'm not sure exactly how to do that (or to keep the feeling around if it floats in for a bit).

alecbenzer 15y ago

Well, part of the issue might be that I don't have definitive goals in terms of projects I want to complete. I like doing stuff (with code and cs and related things). I enjoy doing stuff. I did some basic game development when I was younger, and I do web development type stuff more now. I play around with language development occasionally. I do lots of stuff and I like all of that stuff... at first. But then the interest dies away. I suppose part of the problem is that I struggle in achieving balance between the means and the product. I feel like being passionate about the product but not about the means is a bad thing, because the work itself can become tiresome if you're not into it. But if you care about the means and not about the product, then you'll lose interest (as I do) because you don't see where the work is leading you. So maybe I need to get some more passion about a product instead of just enjoying the process of making it, even if ultimately that's what I'm really after. But I'm not sure exactly how to do that (or to keep the feeling around if it floats in for a bit).