Yes. Sometimes when I feel stuck or paralyzed, I like to just fiddle with the existing code, refactoring here and there to do some obvious albeit small improvements. This entrances me into a little "flow" experience, and suddenly some bigger and more interesting opportunities emerge spontaneously. That's when I get really inspired and make a lot of progress.
Sometimes it's good to walk away, as in literally take a walk and utterly ignore all your problems, and sometimes it's good to chip away, as in doing one little easy thing that's within your immediate power, however meaningless it might seem. I find that such small efforts produce a sort of "compound interest" effect, where your gains start to pile up faster than you expect.
Sometimes it's good to walk away, as in literally take a walk and utterly ignore all your problems, and sometimes it's good to chip away, as in doing one little easy thing that's within your immediate power, however meaningless it might seem. I find that such small efforts produce a sort of "compound interest" effect, where your gains start to pile up faster than you expect.