There's basically two things I've found that put up obstacles for me - 1) not being focused on the task at hand and 2) having expectations of how things will tu

There's basically two things I've found that put up obstacles for me - 1) not being focused on the task at hand and 2) having expectations of how things will turn out. For the first one, once you give into those little temptations to distract yourself, it's much more difficult to get back on track than if you just ignored it in the first place. If you start to let yourself get distracted daily, you'll build bad habits that prevent you from staying on task. I know cause I've been there before. For the 2nd point, expectations can be a HUGE obstacle especially when they go unfulfilled. People who are only working on something because of where it will take them and not enjoying the work at the moment, I think, have a very difficult time staying motivated on the task. Because if the expectation isn't coming, then it becomes harder and harder to stick with something. I've put together a course to try to address these points and others that I see programmers commonly having a difficult time with. If you'd like to check it out, it's at https://www.programmingspiritually.com/ https://www.programmingspiritually.com/