It’s the only way to get better. Use a spreadsheet, get a notebook, whatever works – build something that keeps it together. Scattered papers work for the day, not the week, not the month, not the year. Getting Organized is key to moving forward, it’s the only way to move forward, because it gives you the direction to move forward in, mapped out in front of you.
The countdown is on, you’re almost there. Get that project out the door. Make it count. Complete. You’ve done the work, it’s almost time to celebrate your achievement.
If you can’t change your plans, you shouldn’t be planning. This isn’t a complicated post – if you aren’t willing to change your plan – you shouldn’t be planning. Because plans always change.
Fixes are minor annoyances that bug us and hold us back. Add a label, change the field, move a button to the right, add a new page, clean up the navigation, add in some extra fields, show this as a grid, use a different UI widget, etc, etc. Fixes are a long list, they are the backlog that drags on forever that you open up and say – “Does this stuff still matter?” They do,…
What you put in, is what you get out. If you want to know more, you need to learn more (Udemy courses are cheap and a great Getting Started). If you want to have more experience, find more work (not always the easiest) but you can lower your rates, reach out to groups you wouldn’t normally hit up, market yourself to other companies, engage in freelancing, build “stuff” for yourself while looking for that great…