It's perfectly fine to need a break. It's perfectly fine to find you have 0 inspiration and a complete lack of drive to start something new or even continue on with something you have half completed. The important part is recognising that this "downtime" is normal and infact you are probably learning more about yourself during this reflection period than you give yourself credit for. I have hundreds of failed and half finished ideas and projects. I feel a bit guilty sometimes but also I recognise that I need the space to think about other things too.
I think a large factor to self doubt is stemmed from the fact you only really see two things in life. The very good and the very bad. Social media and especially my own Twitter feed is full of this kind of stuff. I see so many awesome projects built by people who I think are some programming god. I see some failed start up tweets from techcrunch but most importantly I don't see anything about the people who are spending hours trying to code the simplest of tasks, failing, learning and stressing.
This does not mean the "trier's" don't exist. Trust me.. they do but they are observers and are probably sitting there just like you worrying about where to go and what to do next. This is the vast majority of the population. So don't let the top 10% and the bottom 10% make you think you have to be doing something to have worth.
The above is precisely why I've become a big fan of this community. I get to see the awesome projects and the inspirational ideas, along with threads just like this which are so relatable that you get a huge sense of grounding that you can't find elsewhere.
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It's perfectly fine to need a break. It's perfectly fine to find you have 0 inspiration and a complete lack of drive to start something new or even continue on with something you have half completed. The important part is recognising that this "downtime" is normal and infact you are probably learning more about yourself during this reflection period than you give yourself credit for. I have hundreds of failed and half finished ideas and projects. I feel a bit guilty sometimes but also I recognise that I need the space to think about other things too.
I think a large factor to self doubt is stemmed from the fact you only really see two things in life. The very good and the very bad. Social media and especially my own Twitter feed is full of this kind of stuff. I see so many awesome projects built by people who I think are some programming god. I see some failed start up tweets from techcrunch but most importantly I don't see anything about the people who are spending hours trying to code the simplest of tasks, failing, learning and stressing.
This does not mean the "trier's" don't exist. Trust me.. they do but they are observers and are probably sitting there just like you worrying about where to go and what to do next. This is the vast majority of the population. So don't let the top 10% and the bottom 10% make you think you have to be doing something to have worth.
The above is precisely why I've become a big fan of this community. I get to see the awesome projects and the inspirational ideas, along with threads just like this which are so relatable that you get a huge sense of grounding that you can't find elsewhere.