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Discussion on: How do you stay motivated for the entirety of your project?

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Guillaume Martigny

AFAIK, there's two kinds of people: the starter and the polisher. Some prefer to make an existing idea better, some build a lot of new thing but never quite finish them. Maybe gather around you other people able to help with the "plateau".

I'm like you, I have trouble getting over that phase. The best thing I've found is pride. If I'm proud of something (on the technical side or on the result side), I enjoy messing with it and adding features.

Also, don't hesitate to do something else for a bit (dev related or not). It gives you new idea and new perspectives.

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Baruch Hen

I should try and get a few people involved, even if not to actually contribute, then at least to get me into "social debt."

Once it's not being made only for myself, I might have more motivation to perform in order to show results to those waiting!

as per your second advice on doing something else, I'm going to try and focus on blogging on my "off time" & sharing my knowledge 😄

Thanks! 🙌