Agree with a lot here. One stupid trick that works for me is to decide to start out sloppy: accept the default name in the ide, project3, solution1, whatever. I

Agree with a lot here. One stupid trick that works for me is to decide to start out sloppy: accept the default name in the ide, project3, solution1, whatever. It's only throwaway anyway. If it turns out to be useful I'll be happy to fix it later. A colleague of mine once laughed because I was dumb enough to admit to being a perfectionist. He never saw that he said, which is true. Being a perfectionist doesn't mean perfect results, just never finished the basics so you can move on and polish. I also recommend * Quantity always trumps quality. * the done manifesto