I know, you are putting the project off because you're "busy"
But now let's be honest with ourselves, are we really that busy or is this...
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On the "organization" point, my habit is to have a project log for every project. This is just a text file in which I write down what I'm doing, feature ideas, my musings about any difficult parts, etc. It's organized like a diary: whenever I add to it, I just add the current date, a row of equal signs, and then start typing.
Then whenever I come back to a project after it's been on the back-burner for a little bit, I just re-read what I wrote. This brings all of those thoughts right back to mind, and I can pick it up as if I had never set it down. Works like a charm for me.
It does sound pretty useful. Even when I give my best to write a comprehensive readme it never turns out good enough to 100% understand the codebase when I return to a project. Theoretically your commits should be logs, but I rarely give them a message body, and some of my commit messages are just:
(example if from the aforementioned touring machine)
Stuff like this is unreadable at some point
Saved me a trip to a Therapist
This was very relatable and helpful.
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Reallly well written @aneshodza! Can really relate to the underestimating how much is actually to be done in the projects that we start.
I've written something similar here
The Developer Urge to Start New Projects by Kunal Keshan.
What is it about new projects that we drop the current ones we're working on? Why are they (generally speaking) more fun? and how do we stick to the current
Thank you! I also read trough your article and liked how you picked a different way to approach the same issue.
Thank you!
Great!
Thanks!
Bravo! 👏 I agree with 99.9% of your analysis, @aneshodza. 🙂 Thx for the encouragement!
No propblem! I hope this helped
I'm currently reading a good book about habits: orellfuessli.ch/shop/home/artikeld...
It made me start turning the shower to cold for the last minute of each shower. Each single time it's a little struggle. But each time I overcome it.