I hate working from home. Generally if I have something that needs to get done, I go to my office. No distractions there. I feel down/negative if I try to work at home because I see I’m not achieving.
Ask HN: I'm a solopreneur and I feel demoralised
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#122For what is worth, you are like my kind of hero. My dream is to someday accomplish something like that and be able to work from home. And on top of that, you have so much time available for other things, that’s awesome.
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#123When was the last time you took a vacation? It might be worth it to spend some time to find someone to try and hold your clients at bay while you take off for a month or even to just tell your clients that you wont be available for that period.
If you can't take the time off, you can try and travel and work at the same time. You can join a coworking space and meet people and build a community and you might gain some perspective. Developers outside the US make significantly less and you may discover a sense of gratitude that you gain from this perspective.
I've been working remotely mostly in Asia with short stints in South America and Europe for a few years now and this has worked wonders for me. I mostly work alone and I can't imagine being back home doing the same thing.
A change in environment may be all you need to engage in new healthy practices like exercising. For example, if you're near a beach in Bali, like I am, it's easy to jog along the beach during sunset. And if you're not, being surrounded by yogis might get you in some regular classes that may help with being more mindful.
Hope this helps.
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#124Hope you feel better soon.
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#125You are burnt out. Have a holiday. Take a break. Life isn't about work, work is the process by which we attract coins to live.
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#126Though I'm not a solopreneur, I've been through similar streaks of difficult mornings. One thing realised - I was pretty weak on a sense of purpose those days. I wasn't sure what my immediate / 1 year / 2 year goals were and this led to complacency. Maybe deciding where you want to be in a year's time might help. A goal/mission to look forward is certainly a good thing to have. All the best!
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#127Exercise. It'll really help mentally and physically. Seriously.
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#128This is what I do. I use a canary pad and I write down specific actions needed. When I complete actions, I cross them out in red. When I get distracted, I look at the pad. I sometimes gamify it a bit, like cross off 3 items then I can play a game or similar.
Also, I have a special DNS set up in my router that shunts certain sites to localhost.
Couch time is a good suggestion. Any therapist worth a damn is going to tell you to walk 20-60 minutes a day, eat right, and supplement B and magnesium at a minimum because all that exercise and nutrition will minimize the funk. And yes, I do that too.
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#130Do you work from home? If you do, consider going somewhere else to work, and make that place your workplace. Coworking spaces are especially good because you'll be around people working all day, which will stimulate you to work too, without having to actually employ anyone, like other comments suggest. Some people are not made to work alone year-long. I know I'm one of them, working for home has been exactly what you…
This co-working thing can backfire a bit. I work alone in a shared office. There are plenty of people around, but they are all in teams and no one really talks other people from not their team / company.