How do you work around the urge to start over or begin new projects?
I have a dozen different projects I'd like to launch -- all fairly ambitious in scope. Have you found any strategies for trimming unnecessary details, sorting the essential to-do list, and single-tasking toward victory?
It's tough. That's the new idea fallacy, and i've suffered from it for a while.
It's all about committing to one project, really. I don't have any actionable advice because IMO there's no tricks around it - you just have to pick one and stick to it, even after the thoughts set in.
Regarding sticking to one project; I’ve been in this same situation with most of my projects. For me the key for sticking to my current project was trying to identify what excites me about starting a new one, and try to apply that to the current project (e.g. better branding, some new feature, etc.)
This isn't a bullet proof solution though. Still got a lot of projects I'd like to work on, and I often find myself working on a project for a short while, and then going back to my 'main project'. I guess it's part of being a maker.
I got this too. Big time!
I've got usually a few ideas daily and struggle to get them out of my mind until I've done "something" about it. For me it works best to write the idea down - as detailed as I feel it needs to. Then I can go back to my regular work 😂️
I'm similar to Peter where writing the idea helps a lot. I have a Trello board with all of my project ideas in it and whenever I get a new idea I write it in there immediately and spend as much time as I need to brainstorming it. I find thinking through all the logistics of how I'd build/sell/scale something normally satiates my need to switch to working on that
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