How do I trick my brain into completing a project? I’m making an app that shows which voice actor plays a character in the movie and what other movies they act in. It’s useful for me personally so the internal motivation is here but sometimes I feel like I’m making something that’s been done numerous times over and I lost the momentum because I’m on vacation with my family now.

I ran into some problems with the project too and getting help takes a ton of time so it’s disrupting the rythm too. I wish I didn’t have to rely on other people so much but the documentations don’t answer all of my questions. I really have to put at least 2-3 projects like this for a portfolio;_; halp

  • HParker@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    My trick is to rotate subprojects so I am always procrastinating something.

    You still have to eventually finish the last subproject, but even that might be procrastinating on something for your next project.

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      1 year ago

      Heh that’s clever. I haven’t come up with another project yet thoughhh

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      1 year ago

      I always liked this idea, but I find it hard to context switch between multiple projects. I am going to do way more if I stick to a single project for a week or two than if I’m constantly switching between them.