Ask HN: How you keep yourself motivated for year long projects?
I have been working on 3 projects for nearly 2 years.. they are actually done, but I&#x27;m finishing up some testing.<p>Basically, they are creative ways to help you remember information in different ways, started out as 1 project and eventually turned into 3.  No idea if they&#x27;ll be a hit or not, but I never create projects for anyone else... I create them for myself, and then I share with the world.. if I&#x27;m using it.. I&#x27;m sure someone out there, eventually will use it too, free or paid.<p>When I get bored, I usually get another idea for another project.. and I start working on it.<p>Since the creation of those 3 projects that I won&#x27;t mention at this time (as they are being saved for a Show HN) ... I&#x27;ve created:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mypost.io" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mypost.io</a> : allows anyone to create and publish web pages on the Internet in seconds.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;scamshare.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;scamshare.com</a> : helps expose scammers and scams to the world, specifically those scams being sent via email or text.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;callmeprivate.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;callmeprivate.com</a> : helps mask your real phone number behind a virtual number to receiving and make calls; great for individuals, entrepreneurs, or businesses.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;textmeprivate.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;textmeprivate.com</a>: helps mask your real phone number behind a virtual number, designed specifically for SMS-only.<p>Working on these other projects has helped me to understand the original three and even optimize the code to clear up any &quot;uncertainties&quot; that I had when I first started. Now that I&#x27;ve completed several more projects, I can go back, and although I realize I could&#x27;ve coded something better.. I&#x27;m actually seeing that you can code things in different ways and still get the same process done.<p>As for what keeps me motivated to work on so many projects? Success or failure.. the creation of a project [ and sending it off into the world ] means success to me. The other contributing factor for motivation: I want to run my own [ SaaS ] business and get away from having to work for someone, except my customers, of course. The continuing motivation would obviously be: the more people that understand and use and even pay to use my projects will give me more incentive to keep working on them and create new ones.