Re:Managing my motivation as a solo dev
by alex_suzuki on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @01:42PM
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For what it’s worth, I feel the exact same way about zero days. Intellectually I know I deserve them, but something inside me just refuses to stop thinking “I need to work now” until I’ve had some kind of “minimum viable productivity” to show.
But interestingly as soon as I do, I can absolutely disconnect.
Yeah, I know that feeling well. The day after completing a massive thing, I'm super happy to have a zero day, and just enjoy the feeling of having accomplished something big. Other days, not so much.
I have found there is only one way to get a zero ‘time’.
Extreme exercise or activity.
Something that requires my whole being to attend too.
Heavy weights, high intensity workouts or something that has the mental requirement like climbing.
Then the chemicals give a reset and I’d return to the subject.
I’d think of them as activity naps.
Haha I share in your frustration with the crickets launch, anything I post here that I actually care about people seeing, gets shuttled off to the shadow realm, then stuff like this that’s just musing tends to hit the front page.