[fm2606]

Virtual hat tip to ya!

I finally have four ideas that I think worthy to build that I would like to monetize. All would be well within my abilities to build. No vision of grandeur that I'd retire from any of them and if I made $100 from one site I'd be ecstatic.

Two are simple games, one a directory and one a utility type site. No AI, no sign-up, no affiliate marketing, no upselling, just simple sites with ads.

However, my "paralysis by analysis" affliction is strong.

[90s_dev]

> However, my "paralysis by analysis" affliction is strong.

The solution is to remember that nothing is perfect, and that all code is eventually thrown away and replaced. So just start writing code and have fun!

[nonethewiser]

Strongly agree. I struggled with the same. A key discovery for me was that this "paralysis by analysis" is a form of perfectionism.

I always thought perfectionism was someone who was productive but way too hard on themselves, overworking to achieve some end that's just not worth it. Not necessarily - it can also mean DOING NOTHING because you dont see a way to do it perfectly.

This has helped me a lot with writing. Sometimes you just have to write down incoherent slop. Let the ideas flow and be content with knowing they will have to be revised later. By all means if you write with more purpose and structure without getting too bogged down to continue then do so.

[skeeter2020]

I think you have the motivation wrong. The cost-benefit economics work if you want to have fun building something, learn a lot and share it with others. It doesn't work if the goal is to make up to $100/month selling ads; getting a part-time job would be a better path. In this scenario not finishing your side project is the correct decision, and not starting an optimization of that.

[bemmu]

I've noticed it depends on one's personality.

To me, trying to make money with random projects is the most motivating thing. A dollar earned from some little project is emotionally to me worth many times that of the same dollar I'd earn as salary (as long as I don't starve). Most of my friends do not seem to share this feeling.

Also the internet is very big. You can sometimes have success with something, even it's a very silly badly implemented little thing. What people like, how you happen to get traffic, it's all quite unpredictable.

[fm2606]

Lots of truth to this.

However, I have difficulty in doing a personal site just for my own benefit and pleasure.

I enjoy learning, I enjoy the THOUGHT of building and doing but my execution sucks.