Let me introduce myself:. 👨🏻‍💻 More than 10 years of professional experience in development.🤖 Main languages: php, python, go.💵 Launched couple projects with a total MRR of $50.📉 Funded a startup that closed after six months with a loss of $100k. 🇵🇹 I live in Lisbon for 2 years.

I spent almost two hours cleaning up my company's financial accounting application. I felt bad because I hadn't taken care of it for a few months.

Oh, this is such a wonderful feeling #buildinpublic #indiehacker #indiedev

Got my first traffic from chatgpt, even though I didn't do anything for it 🤯.

Motivation isn’t the goal. Progress is. Motivation is a tool, not a destination. Your job is to keep building — through doubt, silence, boredom. Show up. Iterate. Rest. Repeat.

Motivation is a lagging indicator of alignment. If your work consistently drains you, it may not be the how. It might be the what. Check your direction, not just your habits.

Long-term motivation is built from short-term honesty. Each week, ask:.– What worked?.– What drained me?.– What gave me energy?.Then adjust. The best system is the one you’ll stick with.

A calm mind is a productive one. You can’t create deeply from a reactive mental state. Silence, journaling, meditation — whatever works for you. The less noise inside, the more clarity outside.

Motivation fades when decisions pile up. – What to build.– When to ship.– What to post. Reduce friction:.👉🏻 Preplan tasks.👉🏻 Create templates.👉🏻 Batch content.Simplicity = sustainability.

You don’t need more dopamine. You need more direction. Stop jumping from shiny object to shiny object. Pick one path. Show up daily. Learn from friction. Focus makes progress feel real again.

Your motivation gets stronger when your work has meaning. Money is great. Momentum is addictive. But meaning is what keeps you moving when both fade. Find the purpose inside the process.

Every project gets boring at some point. That’s not a sign to quit. That’s a signal to zoom out and reconnect with purpose. Don’t chase novelty. Chase mastery.

Noticeably accelerated in the development of NoVPS. Right now I am finishing the last module - image docker registry and start final preparation of the project for release. I can't believe it

If you forget why you started, you’ll lose interest in continuing. Write down your why every month. – Who are you helping?.– What’s at stake?.– What will it feel like when it works?.Revisit your reason when motivation dips.

You don’t need a 2-week break. You need a 2-hour reset. Try this:.📵 No phone.🚶🏽 Go outside.🏋🏼‍♀️ Move your body.👨🏻‍💻 Come back and do one easy task. You’ll feel like a new person in 90 minutes.

Sometimes the best productivity hack is rest. You’re not lazy. You’re overextended. Sleep, sun, walk, silence — these are not luxuries. They’re operating system updates. Use them.

Momentum dies in the gap between effort and results. What fills that gap?. 👉🏻 Clear routines.👉🏻 Feedback loops.👉🏻 Internal wins. Find ways to feel progress — even when the world is silent.

Track the inputs, not just the outcomes. You can’t control if a tweet goes viral. You can control if you post daily. Inputs create consistency. Consistency creates outcomes.

Progress doesn’t always look like traction. Sometimes it’s just ‘I showed up.’. Celebrate:.🎉 Writing when you didn’t want to.🎉 Fixing one bug.🎉 Sending one email.Small wins compound. Big breakthroughs are just stacked days.

Sustainable pace > early sprints. If you can’t imagine doing what you’re doing for 6 more months — don’t do it this way today. Consistency beats intensity when you’re building for the long term.

You’re not behind. You’re just comparing your Day 20 to someone’s Year 3. Most demotivation comes from false expectations. Progress is slow, messy, nonlinear. That doesn’t mean it’s wrong. It means it’s real.