How do I trick my brain into completing a project? I’m making an app that shows which voice actor plays a character in the movie and what other movies they act in. It’s useful for me personally so the internal motivation is here but sometimes I feel like I’m making something that’s been done numerous times over and I lost the momentum because I’m on vacation with my family now.
I ran into some problems with the project too and getting help takes a ton of time so it’s disrupting the rythm too. I wish I didn’t have to rely on other people so much but the documentations don’t answer all of my questions. I really have to put at least 2-3 projects like this for a portfolio;_; halp
Tricks well definitely help you, but in there long run you can’t rely on them 100% as you’re finding out. The best thing that’ll have you see it through is discipline, plain and simple. Tricks and motivation are fleeting, and as you get used to certain tricks they won’t work as well. Motivation never lasts in the long run.
In the end, you need to develop some grit and get into a routine. You sit down at a certain time, for say an hour, and you HAVE to work on the problem.
I have pretty bad ADHD and it’s a constant struggle. It’s just something you need a work ethic for.
The other unfortunate truth is that you will always rely on others and the terrible documentation they write. There’s no shame in that, that’s just how coding is. We’re all iteratively building on top of other’s work.