Side projects are an excellent way to express yourself creatively and build up your tech stack. But how do you find time to work on your side proje...
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Nice! This topic is one that many of us struggle with. One that I recently started applying is: remember that everything your working on right now will be there tomorrow. Take some time off, spend it with your loved ones. It's too easy to forget about the world when your working on a passion project.
That's my two cents, great article! Thanks for sharing!
Great advice!
A habit that I recommend is:
This helps create momentum and consistent progress through the week.
I struggle with this. I have a side project I've been running for about two years now. I don't touch it for months at a time but sometimes I get the urge to change something or implement that feature I've been really wanting to get to.
And that's not even counting the ones I haven't even started.
This was shared in my feed today: pca.st/3qZjYh
One recent tip I heard was to make sure you defined a goal for the week, then work on it first before anything else. Once it's done, you can feel good knowing you made progress. This is similar to the idea of "paying yourself first" to control spending. This is how I've been making progress on my project where each week I have a list of small chunks of work to do and once I do, everything else is icing (and funny enough, the biggest barrier is taking action so usually once I start I just keep going!)
Important to mention people shouldn't feel obligated to work on side projects
I have a long-running side project and it's been reeeeally hard to keep developing it since I started a full-time programming job. Like, my users are asking for new features and bugfixes all the time, and declining their requests feels pretty sad. But I'm just a human, I only have so much time in my life, so that's the way it goes, I guess.
Am I dyslexic? I keep reading Emma's last name as Webekind. Sorry! No disrespect.
Back to the discussion and I have a question. How important is it to have consistent GitHub contributions as a junior looking for a role? I'm always worried that I don't push enough code every day.
A great summary and another great episode. I tend to be someone that flits from project to project, but none have any deadlines other than what I impose on myself. There was some super advice in this episode, thanks :)
Thank you for this.
It's definitely a balancing act. I have been learning and doing projects everyday waking up very early but I find myself borderline burning out because of lack of sleep. I have to hit the reset button and recuperate.
I'm now reading atomic habits by James Clear.
Changing the process and making an effective system is definitely much more effective than just setting goals.
This is probably the biggest thing I struggle with right now. Especially when everybody is working-from-home due to covid.
One thing y'all need to remember is to NEVER use your work computer for personal projects. From a legal perspective - you will screw yourself over. I also find that I'm more productive when working on side projects if I put away my work laptop in my wardrobe - right after finishing work. I then bring out my personal laptop (out of my wardrobe as well) and immediately start working on my side project. This way, I'm still in a "work" state-of-mind when working on the project.
Saying this, it's important not to burn yourself out. I myself am trying to find a long-term solution in balancing work/side-hustle/personal time.
Nice one!
Besides what you mentioned, I believe "chaos is the natural order".
So, embracing how chaotic our lives can be (with tons of projects / plans) makes things really simpler.
Hey interesting post.
We will use your tips while building our startup!
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Great post, Ali! Thank you for sharing.