I want to second the external deadlines point. I've dabbled in game design since I was a teenager, but I had never finished a project. One day I entered a game jam on a whim, and with that deadline looming, I was motivated enough to actually finish something for the first time in my life at the age of 32. I started planning for another project, but with no deadline it hasn't gotten past that stage. If I set my own deadline, it doesn't work because there are no repercussions to missing that deadline.
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