I was just thinking about this the other day. I am (was?) addicted to ideas. I love to create things and think of interesting situations that could potentially

I was just thinking about this the other day. I am (was?) addicted to ideas. I love to create things and think of interesting situations that could potentially take off. The idea itself is thrilling! There's a self fuelling feedback loop. But I've learnt to temper myself a bit. Great ideas are common, but to even just implement one "fully" will take many years to then sell on to other people and get investments and so on, not withstanding time it takes to maintain. Something I can't balance with a full job and kids. (Funnily enough, my current job is maintaining software for another person's great idea, but less risky, more upfront money, and more focused on what I want to do, so why do I want to do my own?). I sometimes think I should start my own software shop so that I can action ideas, but realistically this is more risky, not less. Because I'm staring at screens all day during work hours, I really cannot bring myself to make prototypes. So instead I just look to fill my pen-and-paper journal with ideas and wireframes and things. I'm thinking of getting an eink tablet to digitise the process. This helps me to get the idea down and out of the system, and then I look at it a bit more objectively and realise it does or doesn't work, or that I wasn't understanding the original problems fully, or that it was a hammer looking for a nail. If anything seems sensible and is low effort I'll do more to validate it, writing down why it might fail. I think this helps me the most, and I have an index of ideas I can refer back to when I'm out in the park.