[earthWindFi]

I struggle with the same problem. My strategy is to wake up early and get at least 10 minutes of creative productivity done in the morning.

Sometimes this is just 10 minutes and I move on.

Sometimes I get in the flow and work for a few hours.

I tell myself to embrace my mediocrity and just produce, in spite of the fact that this probably isn’t the best piece of work out there.

As long as I actually do a bit everyday (writing, coding a side project) I’m satisfied.

As a semi-related aside, one of my favorite poems is by Charles Bukowski. Try not to fall into the trap of “Air, Light, Time, and Space”: https://wordsfortheyear.com/2014/10/15/air-and-light-and-tim...

Good luck!