Strip the project down to the basics and get a working prototype online. Don't try to develop a fully featured project by waiting until step 10 is finished befo

Strip the project down to the basics and get a working prototype online. Don't try to develop a fully featured project by waiting until step 10 is finished before launching. Instead, spend a weekend on step 1 and launch the site, then develop step 2, step 3, etc. This way you and others can use the project as it develops. It's a lot more fun when you can play with a working prototype of your project at any given time, and you have users enjoying the service and requesting features. It's great motivation. Also, if you notice at step 3 or 4 that no one cares about your project, you can toss it in the garbage, move onto the next idea, and be glad you didn't wait until step 10 to launch and waste all that time. When you bite off too much, the finish line is so far in the distance that you lose all motivation.