On the whole, it might be easier to grind LC than to create many side projects that you actually care about. This is all about one's internal motivation. For e

On the whole, it might be easier to grind LC than to create many side projects that you actually care about. This is all about one's internal motivation. For example, I don't really want to code in my free time. I have long accepted that I don't care. I don't have energy for anything but small-size side projects. I do, on the other hand, like solving puzzles, so LC is somewhat preferable to me, out of the two choices. To each their own.