I make games and write novels. I categorize my projects into two buckets. 1) Primary: I plan to take this all the way to the end and release it. 2) Explorator

I make games and write novels. I categorize my projects into two buckets. 1) Primary: I plan to take this all the way to the end and release it. 2) Exploratory: I like this project idea, but I know there is a ton to figure out, and I am not ready to fully commit. I only allow myself to have 2 primary projects (1 game and 1 novel). Whenever I'm bored or stuck on my primary projects I dabble in N amount of exploratory projects. This allows me to not get overwhelmed when I go off chasing some other idea, and it allows me to not go all in on the exploratory projects. Overtime I know what my next Primary project will be, because I have a stronger sense of what I need to do to get it done by dabbling in it previously. If I paid people I would want them solely focused on finishing one project. Because once you hire them, their time really is money, and you will want to make that money back.