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hamdano2

I feel same way sometimes. Here are some ideas based off of my experience.

  1. I rarely subscribe to things (but you seem to be doing that too now so nice).
  2. Find one project that you enjoy working on or can summon passion for. That will sustain you when you find it hard to keep going. Because all projects have a "hard slog" period. Where your decisions start to bite you in the bottom and working on it isn't as fun as it was before. Recently I had an idea for a product I'd like to base a company off of someday.
  3. Make sure you are happy with the libraries and technologies you are working on in your free time. I kept restarting everything until I was happy with it. I think of it like this, I'm having a hard time putting extra hours on the weekends and after work so I better enjoy using those things.
  4. Don't feel bad if you don't code every day. Or if you can only summon enough energy to do it on weekends. I think I am passionate about being a web developer (hobbyist) but it takes a lot of focus. So it is easy to burn out if you are doing it every day after work for example.