I was running 3 side projects and couldn't remember why I started any of them
Been there?
I had the SaaS idea in Notion. The landing page copy in a Google Doc. User feedback scattered across Twitter DMs, email, and random screenshots. And my "roadmap" was a mental note that I kept rewriting every Monday.
Every time I sat down to work, I'd spend 20 minutes just trying to remember what I was supposed to be doing. And which project was I even working on today?
I'd start building Feature A, then remember Feature B from another project was "probably more important," switch contexts, lose the thread, and end up refactoring CSS for an hour just to feel productive.
Sound familiar?
The worst part: I'd solve a problem in Project #1, then three months later hit the exact same wall in Project #2 and completely forget how I fixed it. So I'd Google it again. Read the same Stack Overflow threads. Reinvent the same wheel.
I wasn't failing because I lacked motivation. I was failing because my brain was running out of RAM.
What changed:
I started using Springbase as my "second brain," but not in a fancy productivity guru way. Just... dumping everything in one place that actually connects.
Now when I have an idea, I tag it to the specific project. When I get user feedback, I link it to the feature it relates to. When I learn something the hard way, I actually write it down where I'll find it again.
Last week I was working on Project #3 and hit a wall with Stripe webhooks. I searched my Springbase and found a note from Project #1 where I'd already solved this exact issue. Copy-pasted my own solution. Done in 10 minutes instead of 2 hours.
The real win: I stopped feeling like I was juggling, and started feeling like I was actually building.
If your "system" right now is a mix of Apple Notes, browser bookmarks, and praying you remember that brilliant idea from the shower... maybe try giving your brain some external storage that actually works.
Anyone else dealing with "too many projects, not enough memory"? How do you keep track of your own context?
