[adnanc]

Having worked on my side project https://ayahbyayah.com for the last 10 years, (10 year anniversary on the AppStore next month) my biggest take-aways are

1. Consistency instead of Intensity - steady progress in small chunks help instead of all-nighters which lead to burn out

2. Fall in love with the process - ignore the outcome and keep working on your steps instead, it stops the worry about what's going to happen in the future

3. Ship an initial version before talking about it - talking about a project before you've released something makes you think that you've already achieved it.

[Phileosopher]

I'm starting to think, for lack of a better way of visualizing the three ideas together, that true success requires a "slow, quiet masochism": build quietly, enjoy the pain from what it'll become, and pace it out to never have a burnout.

[maltehecht]

I find 1. very hard to achieve when I'm in a phase where I am really motivated. It's hard for me to not do too much then (and expect too much outcome).

[spoiler]

Very good advice!

Aside: I think there is a typo in your link

[adnanc]

Oops, how embarrassing.

Thanks for the heads-up, fixed.

[fullofdev]

thanks for sharing