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The author shares their experience of repeatedly losing interest in projects shortly after their launch. They initially blame the failure on various factors like market validation and criticism but eventually realize their addiction to feedback and new information plays a significant role. This addiction impacts their motivation to continue working once the initial excitement wanes. The author reflects on how algorithmic feeds have contributed to this issue.

I conditioned myself to fail

i have the same problem bro.how did you overcome with it.

It seems like they should share more about what they’re doing. Just because they might not see the market or the path ahead doesn’t mean that it’s the case.

Having skills to persist in building the same product is also a temperament to develop. Therapy works here.

I’m feeling the same way. Back in 2024, I told myself that 2025 would be the year I focused on long term projects and kept my YouTube channel updated. But here I am, not posting anything, just getting completely sucked into development for a month, losing motivation, and then ditching the project to jump into something new. This has been going on for four months now, since November. At first, I thought I was just scared to fail, but honestly, I just love getting feedbacks while also being afraid of failing. Overthinking eats me up, and now I’m dealing with the consequences after dropping four projects.