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Discussion on: How do you stay motivated with your side projects?

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Maxime Moreau

I've already seen a lot of good stuff in comments, a lot talking about tasks, lists and so one.

Here's my biggest advice: don't scarry yourself with huge lists of "todo". As your tasks have to be manageable, small, your lists have to follow the same rules.

I used to work on a side project with a huge list of todo and... I've quickly lost my motivation "huhh, so much to do... Let's go on Netflix!". If you have a lot of ideas, write them in another board.

Don't put too much work/pressure :) Stay cool and stay awesome by making little progress.

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Jonathan Yeong

Oh my, having an endless todo list has happened to me so many times. One way I've worked around it is to prioritize and tag the todos. In my most recent project, I organized them via milestones. And before I start working, I figure out what is really important to me and ignore the rest. Thank you for the comment!

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Maxime Moreau

Yes, I'm doing the exact same thing! And that's awesome. By doing so, we're reducing the feedback loop delay, and that affects very positively the motivation :)