That's exactly where I'm at right now, bootstrapped and solo-founder. It's an interesting beast. I have a tendency to want to do harder sprints because I want

That's exactly where I'm at right now, bootstrapped and solo-founder. It's an interesting beast. I have a tendency to want to do harder sprints because I want to clear out my backlog, clean-up docs, fix some bugs, and then continue on my way, but that's never going to be the reality of the situation for quite a while ... it's all on me. Every bug, email, social-media thing, log entry, bill, server, etc., is on me ... that shit is overwhelming. So I decided to adopt a more "go as you please" policy... only work on things I was interested in or was a blocking issue. I found my burn-outs reduced quite a bit, and now I can see them coming on a lot sooner. On top of that, I get to take breaks from bug fixes to tinker with R&D stuff to remind myself why I'm doing this, what I'm working toward ... which turns into longer working hours with fewer burnouts and more progress ... which is good because it's all on me. So that means my schedule is usually up by 8:30am, showering and coding by 9am and working and taking breaks as I feel like it to be honest. And if something comes up, I try to do that unless I have something that really gets done (like a blocking issue). So a lot of time it can be writing docs at 3:30am because I can't sleep, working 18 hours straight, or taking a weekend to read or visit friends because I've been burning out on a bug. The freedom to build it and enjoy life at the same time, all while working on my pet-project. It's gotten me this far, maybe it can get me farther, shrug, I've never done this before, haha.