"When I was younger, I'd get burnt out so quickly that I wouldn't even see the project through to the end. I'd just scrap it, and I don't think that's good. It was like, if I didn't get a thousand sign-ups with just an email landing page then I failed. And that's the culture now. Everyone wants to fail faster. To hustle, hustle, hustle, work as hard as they can, making as much money as possible. That lifestyle just isn't for me. I like to slow things down, you know? I chose to have a partner and a baby. And I want to support them, so they'll always be first. And then, my day job. And then, whatever I'm working on on the side. Right now, it happens to be a SaaS web application. But even though I like to work slowly on my side-projects, I'm still like 2 years ahead of where most companies are tech-wise. My side-gigs may not have made me rich but they're really fulfilling and they've helped to make me a huge asset to any team."⠀
That resonates with me a lot. Thanks for the post Michael. Good to see other people are ont' the same page, but more over that there is no one single path to create things and find fulfillment doing it.
Yes! I get these nagging feelings that if only I kept pushing with some of the projects I was so quick to end, I'd be somewhere with them today.
Love this. So much aligned with my current situation and desire.
Love this philosophy!