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Ask HN: How to Find a Side Project?

2 pointsby aizyuvalover 2 years ago
I&#x27;ve found myself in an interesting situation. 18yo. I&#x27;m interested in astronomy, sports, (Hardcore)History, language learning, and piano. Generally a curious human.<p>I&#x27;ve formed cool projects in the past year. But lately, I&#x27;ve expanded my areas of interest rather than started a new side project, and I&#x27;m bouncing from one to another(from running to playing the piano, etc.). It&#x27;s like walking in the park versus embarking on an adventure.<p>I like my day-to-day. I only think an adventure would be great for the mix. How do you find one?

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hitpointdrewover 2 years ago
&gt;How do you find one?<p>You don&#x27;t find one, you create one. Instead of forming cool short projects, form a long one. Just as an example, lets take running (since you mentioned it). Instead setting a goal like &quot;I want to run 2 miles three times a week&quot;, make a goal like &quot;I want to run a marathon by August 2023.&quot; Then setup a plan to make that happen, build up each week until you can run longer and longer distances.<p>Also, realize that focusing on one project will necessarily mean not focusing on most other projects.
night-riderover 2 years ago
&gt; How do you find one?<p>Find an itch, and scratch it. Find something that gratifies your creative urges. This could be anything. For me it&#x27;s mostly computer related things. I have several private side projects that I hack away on in my free time, and have no plans to publish them on GitHub just for validation and praise. Although I&#x27;m not ruling out releasing it publicly. If the project could help more people other than just me, it could be time to host it publicly it on GitHub.
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