Super Scripts, Robots, and Travel Apps | by Leon | shiftcreatorspace | Medium

I started the year with dozens of ideas I wanted to put into action. Physics engines, task completers, deep learning research, healthcare platforms, and ion thrusters were all on my mind, and there was no way I was going to get to all of them without being efficient. But as the semester began, I hit burnout for the first time in my life. I tried to brute-force my way through it, and learned a lot in the process (and spoiler: brute-forcing didn’t work). When my brute-force methods failed, I decided to temporarily throw productivity out the window. I stopped building for the “tangible impact” I so craved and began to build because of my love for it. I spun up a few less serious projects as a result and had a much better time. What I discovered in doing so became apparent in a conversation with a fellow creator. Impact, novelty, and building really matter to me. Helping others, discovering new concepts, and making things bring me more joy than most other things. I’ve tried to combine them

I started the year with dozens of ideas I wanted to put into action. Physics engines, task completers, deep learning research, healthcare platforms, and ion thrusters were all on my mind, and there was no way I was going to get to all of them without being efficient. But as the semester began, I hit burnout for the first time in my life. I tried to brute-force my way through it, and learned a lot in the process (and spoiler: brute-forcing didn’t work). When my brute-force methods failed, I decided to temporarily throw productivity out the window. I stopped building for the “tangible impact” I