Hitting the Wall and Motivation

A little Truth time. Feeling a bit of negative “what’s the point” burnout this morning. I’ve been hitting the programming effort hard for several months now, coding almost every day. To the right, you’ll see my current GitHub heat map (i was coding a few months before re-incorporating GitHub as well). I’ve done quite a bit of Python, MicroPython, recently back to Arduino C, and now reading up on more direct AVR programming methods (again). I have purchased loads of components and modules and watched countless videos. You’ll find several posts on this blog about the recent clock app. This effort has kept me busy but is not terribly impressive in the grand scheme.

This is what happens to me in every area of interest. I get obsessed and super focused for a period of time, and then eventually boredom, frustration, or the lofty vision that was the initial impetus for the adventure loses its allure/appeal.

I think I should focus on making simple things that solve problems. I believe this may keep me a bit more motivated. The 100 Days of Code Python course was cool in that it provided objectives that I could/would complete over the span of a few days. In the end, I had something to show for it. I think I need to steal from that, both literally and figuratively.