Lately I have found that I have not been enjoying my work as much as I used to and as much as I would like to for that matter. I find it more of a chore an inconvenience than something which is fun and challenging. Whilst pondering about this for a while I realised that just working on stuff all day that I don’t find that interesting has basically chipped away at me over time. It is true that life is too short to do something that you don’t enjoy – and it really is. I need a project that I find really interesting and that I can work on happily, something which is not about just making money to pay the bills, something which is about enjoyment. Basically an exciting hobby project.

One of my biggest problems is that I have too many ideas. Yes some of you might be thinking how can having plenty of ideas be a bad thing. Well, I actually come up with new ideas everyday and change my mind about what to do. I find that I have one of those minds that are constantly in overdrive and I cant slow down to concentrate on something. To be honest it is driving me mad because it feels like I am constantly going around in circles. I have that many ideas that I could create a website about sharing ideas so that at least other people could use them. There are so many ideas that I have had in the past that have since been done (and I am talking a year or two later) so it proves that some of my ideas must be credible. I am guessing that many people have the same problem that I do. Which idea should I actually pick out of a list of many? Or how do I find something to work on? This could indeed be the million dollar question.

What Makes an Idea Viable?

So what are the crucial and important parts about any idea that make it viable to spend months or most likely years working on it? I would say that the most important thing that will ensure that the project gets finished is to actually be passionate about the idea. This is simply the crucial part missing for me from my list of ideas. I have absolutely no passion for doing most of the things on my long list, but I am sure that many people would love to work on them. Damn, I seriously should think about doing some idea sharing site, I could fill it with hundreds of ideas instantly . Anyway, it would seem to most people that enjoying what your working on is obvious, but I find that this gets forgotten these days. It’s always about making money (well it was for me anyway) instead of doing it purely for passion. When you think about it, most of the best products out there were done probably because they enjoyed doing it rather than specifically to make money. Monetising seems to be something of a by product for doing something that turns out great. Great products are done by people who are passionate about the problem and solution. Markus Frindus wrote plentyoffish.com because he wanted to learn the .Net framework and created a dating site in order to do this. Now he makes gazillions of dollars but that was not his purpose from the start, it was a by product. Read more »

Those that might read my blog often will notice that I have been changing the theme often as of late. I have not been happy with the various themes that I have been using but believe that I have finally found one that I like. About time hey? Not much to tell really except that I am still looking for some work to bring in some money. After all, your savings won’t last a life time will they? There are some developments in this area but nothing that actually stands out. There is talk of me doing some work for the brilliant folks at Intergral GmbH (Germany) but nothing has come about just yet, although I do hope that they have some work in the UK that needs doing. It is always a pleasure working for them.Other things have been coming along painfully slowly and I am beginning to get annoyed. It just seems that as I solve one thing another one just pops in its place from no where. I can understand why so many just give up! But I will carry on regardless. After all, it’s all got to work out one day (we hopes )