First and foremost: get over it. Particularly in IT we all have these hopes and dreams and ideas. Don’t confuse those with anything viable that you’re actually

First and foremost: get over it. Particularly in IT we all have these hopes and dreams and ideas. Don’t confuse those with anything viable that you’re actually going to do. Second: focus on what is doable and will take x hours to accomplish, x being a finite and quantifiable number. Third: get a significant other or family member. Are they complaining that you haven’t done x? That’s a good indication x really matters and is achievable.