One of my biggest weaknesses can be that instead of doing something, I am content in reading about it or even just thinking about it. This is generally true when I have an idea for a little coding side project. Instead of just sitting down and starting to write code, I'll do various searches, read some blogs and before I know it, I've wasted an hour and then I really don't feel like starting so I don't.
The Open Loops blog has a few starting points to help with this. I think the Set yourself a time limit one is going to be most useful for me. Basically, I would adjust it so instead of a time limit, it would be some sort of functionality task like Display something to the console. That might be enough for me to see whether I want to keep working on the project or if I would rather move on to something else.
Posted by Josh at March 16, 2005 12:17 AM | TrackBack