Stop having new ideas. It sounds strange, but as long as you keep loving the idea that you constantly come up with new ideas, you will continue to do so, and t

Stop having new ideas. It sounds strange, but as long as you keep loving the idea that you constantly come up with new ideas, you will continue to do so, and the new ideas will distract you from the current project(s). Ideas always sound and feel a lot better in your head than when you're developing them. They are, in many ways, siren's calls. You new ideas may be either (1) truly unique new things worth pursuing, or (2) rehashes of existing ideas where what sounds cool is shaping them to your taste and liking, or (3) just plain bad ideas. When you are already embarked in a project, the only reason to look for a new idea is if it's substantially better than the one you're already working on, i.e. if you're working on a (3) and you get a (2), or you're working on a (2) and you get a (1). Without being experienced and/or exceptional, you will almost never have a (1). And if you have a (3), you're probably better off not starting it beyond a weekend jam project. So you will almost always be working on a (2) and at best you would switch to another (2). Nope, looking for and having another (2) idea is not worth it.