Ask HN: How do I make myself finish my project once and for all?

I've only released one (not too successful) project so far; with another in progress.

I still have my day job and realised that I need to pick my battles right now with which projects I work on.

I personally need to find the right balance between: 1) A good project idea to work on 2) Something doable in a shorter amount of time (short being a month or two?) versus longer projects that may be better, but I wouldn't expect to finish in after hours work

That may not help you too much right now though!

When this happens to me, its usually because I am not sure how to proceed, or I am distracted with what part to work on, or the part I am working on is boring.

Try taking a walk around the block, clear your head, and have a think about what you need to do to ship your product as version 1.0 (MVP / Minimum Viable Product)?

Put together a short list of steps you need to follow to get this done, then start at the first one.

Having a plan of action should give you some energy to work on your project.

I found the advice from Leo Babauta of zenhabits.net helped me quite a lot - particularly his book "The Power of Less". Basically, he advocates reducing other commitments and focussing all of your energy on a small number of projects (e.g. 3) and only starting something new when they are ALL finished. Easier said that done, of course, but I do finish things more frequently now...