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If you're spending all day in the office or with your clients you're going to be burned out and you won't have the energy to get down and dirty into the denser parts of your own project.
Be religious about setting aside your own time
Do as little work as possible. And deploy as much as possible.
Other people's feedback is a huge factor in being motivated.
Be consistent. Do some work every day, even if it's just 5mins of work. You will keep the idea in mind.
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My projects don't involve writing much code, but there are always different things I can be working on. I can be working on the visual look of the website. I can be working on firming up my definition of what the project is about. I can be working on talking to people and recruiting prospective audience members. Etc.
If pushing code is turning stale, what other thing can you do to further the project? Those other parts matter and you may be more able to address some other piece of it at some point where "pushing code" is the last thing you feel like doing.
